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ELIJAH GUO is a director/writer/actor whose original TV pilot, MY FRIEND WILL premiered at Tribeca and streamed on The Roku Channel. His original TV series STAND-INS premiered at the Emmys-sponsored Catalyst Story Institute. He’s a Sundance Screenwriting Challenge winner, Emmys Foundation Competition finalist, Clubbed Thumb Early Career Writers Group member, David Mamet Playwriting Contest winner, David Nathan Meyerson Fiction Prize finalist at Southwestern Review, and BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop attendee (as composer-lyricist). In addition, his play BUTTON LAKE BAND CAMP was produced by Obie-Award winning Clubbed Thumb as part of their Winterworks series. He’s worked with Poet Laureate Robert Hass to adapt the author's collection “Time and Materials” to the stage. As an actor, Elijah’s credits include the Mark Wahlberg feature “Patriots Day” (CBS Films/Lionsgate), as well as “Law & Order: SVU”, “The Blacklist” (NBC), “Power” (Starz), and recurring roles on “High Maintenance” (HBO) and opposite Adam Brody on “StartUp” (Netflix/Crackle). Elijah is a graduate of the Harvard/American Repertory Theater MFA Acting Institute, UC Berkeley’s English and Theater BA programs, American Conservatory Theater’s Summer Training Conservatory, a literature residency at the University of Cambridge, and the Upright Citizens Brigade Improv Academy.