‘Unorthodox’ Showrunner Anna Winger on Algorithms, ‘Misused’ Writers’ Rooms and How Understanding Budgets Is a Writer’s ‘Superpower’

At the Thessaloniki Film Festival as part of the Agora Series workshops, British-American writer, showrunner and executive producer Anna Winger — who created Netflix’s “Unorthodox,” co-created the streamer’s “Transatlantic,” and co-created Prime Video’s “Deutschland 83” — spoke at length about the evolution of the role of the showrunner, the misconceptions around writers’ rooms and the […]