Science Storytelling and the Contagion of Ideas

What makes an idea spread into a shared vision? How do story tellers use those levers for reach and influence? Join us on February 4 to listen to Scott Z Burns, discuss and share his ideas on this topic.

Scott Z. Burns, Award-winning Producer/Screenwriter & mediaX Distinguished Visiting Scholar. Scott is a writer, director & producer. His credits include: the original screenplay for Side Effects, a psychological thriller starring Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta Jones, and Channing Tatum-which received the coveted Golden Tomato for 2013- directed by Steven Soderbergh (produced by Burns, Greg Jacobs and Lorenzo Di Bonaventura), the original screenplay for Contagion, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, and Jude Law.