WGA East votes Pikser for VP

Jeremy Pikser has been elected as vice president of the Writers Guild of America East, topping Matt Nelko for the post.As expected, the WGA East also announced Friday that Michael Winship was officially re-elected president to a third two-year term without opposition along with Bob Schneider being elected unopposed for the Secretary-Treasurer post. Schneider had been VP of the WGA East.Incumbents Susan Kim and Courtney Simon were re-elected to open freelance seats on the WGA East Council along with Henry Bean, Bonnie Datt, Elliot Kalan, and Bernardo Ruiz. Also running for the freelance seats were Robert Levi, Leslie Nipkow, Tom Jennings, Daryn Strauss, Michael Kantor, Richard Vetere, Jenny Lumet and John MarshallA trio of incumbents were re-elected to staff seats in the council -- Sue Brown McCann, Phil Pilato and Duane Tollison. Gail Lee, who had been secretary-treasurer also ran for a seat.Winship, a former senior writer for ''Bill Moyers Journal,'' was first elected to a two-year term in September 2007 over Tom Phillips and became part of the WGA's negotiating team about a month before the guild launched its 100-day strike against the congloms. He was re-elected unopposed in 2009. Pikser began his screenwriting career in 1980 doing production rewrites for ''Reds'' and is the co-writer of ''Bulworth.'' He also has credits on ''War Inc.'' and ''The Lemon Sisters.''The NY-based WGA East reps about 4,000 scribes. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

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