Bert V. Royal

Bert V. Royal, Jr. is an American screenwriter, playwright and former casting director. Royal moved from Florida to New York City at the age of 21 after receiving an internship at the Public Theater. He first worked in casting, where he was involved in the casting of "Third Watch" and "Chapelle's Show," but quit after five years to become a writer. His first successful script was for "Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead," a play centering on the Peanuts comic strip characters as teenagers. Royal submitted the script to the 2004 New York International Fringe Festival, where it won the award for Best Overall Production and was picked up by producer Dede Harris to become an Off-Broadway production, premiering in December 2005. "Dog Sees God" won the 2004 GLAAD Media Award for Best Off-Broadway Play and the 2006 HX Award for Best Off-Broadway Play, among other awards.

Following the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, Royal wrote the spec script for the high school comedy film "Easy A." He sold the script to Screen Gems almost immediately and the film commenced principal photography nine months later. After "Easy A" was released in September 2010, Royal wrote a television pilot set in Jacksonville, Florida, which was picked up and shot by MTV. As of 2010, he is writing a television series for CBS Television Studios and an adaptation of the 2002 Japanese horror film "2LDK."