DETROIT (WWJ) – It’s a Hollywood success story made in Detroit. Native Detroiter Jay Anthony White is making his mark in Hollywood as a screenwriter. His first big project to hit the silver screen is “Pawn,” which recently held its Red Carpet debut at the Emagine Theater in Royal Oak. Writing was something White says […]

“Pawn,” the crime thriller recently filmed in West Hartford, was written by Jay Anthony White. I interviewed him to find out how he found success as a screenwriter. In 2006, Jay Anthony White was living in Detroit and working at a family-owned record store. Today he is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. A screenplay

The idea bounced around Jay Anthony White’s head for several months. That’s not unusual for the burgeoning screenwriter from Detroit, as ideas for movies routinely root around in his mind. But this concept was more nuanced. Up to that point, in early 2009, most of White’s scripts focused on big-budget productions. “Eventually,” he says, “I