Independent Writers' Caucus
Philippe Bowgen
Tigran Babadjanian at Principal Entertainment LA
PHILIPPE BOWGEN is a queer, Latinx writer and comedian who brings a bold, irreverent voice to stories exploring culture clash, family dynamics, and drawing outside society’s lines.
Pulling from his multi-racial, multi-national, and multi-lingual background, Philippe’s work is deeply informed by his lived experiences.
Most recently, Philippe finished co-writing the first season of THE SETUP, a scripted narrative romantic comedy podcast produced by SONORO Global Media, set to debut on iHeartRadio on Valentine’s Day 2025. It stars Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows) and Christian Navarro (13 Reasons Why) as part of Wilmer Valderrama’s My Cultura Network.
Philippe has been recognized as a 2022 Willamette Writers Lab Fellow, a 2023 #ReadLatinxWriters mentee, a 2024 Pre-Rainbow Pages mentee, and a 2025 Mentorship Matters Fellow – mentored by Hilly Hicks, Jr (The Big C, Jessica Jones). He was also one of the Nickelodeon Writing Program’s top five finalists for 2025. Over the last five years, his scripts have placed or been recognized by the AFF, Sundance, Nashville Film Festival, WeScreenplay, Humanitas, Outfest, and myriad other competitions.
MFA Brown; BSFS Georgetown
Honors & Awards
Mentorship Matters Fellow - KETALUMA - 2025
PreRainbow Pages Fellow - BROWN AND OUT - 2024
#ReadLatinxWriters Mentee - BROWN AND OUT - 2023
non-WGA
Male, BIPOC, Latinx, Multi-Ethnic, LGBTQ+
KETALUMA
Half Hour Comedy - WILFRED meets OZARK
When a failed novelist returns home to his estranged cat-loving parents, he embroils them in a ketamine drug ring on the cat show circuit and races to pay back a vicious kingpin, redeem his dignity, and save his family’s lives - all while vying to win the Cat Fancy Association’s National Championship.
BROWN AND OUT
Half Hour Comedy - ENTOURAGE meets VIDA
When he’s exposed wearing brown-face while promoting his new movie, a white-passing Latin heartthrob agrees to re-learn how to be Latino in the public eye to win back his ex, save his career, and reclaim his heritage
THE FAMILY SWINE
One Hour Drama - SIX FEET UNDER meets WHITE LOTUS
When a grieving mother and son travel to sultry Barcelona in search of their second acts, they discover a corpse and pose as the dead man’s family to run his butcher shop with dangerous criminal ties.
Character-driven, BIPOC-centric, Queer, Science, Bittersweet, Slapstick, International, Magical Realism
Male, BIPOC, Latinx, Multi-Ethnic, LGBTQ+
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