The WGA East’s second Showrunner Academy will get underway at present, with the 31-member class collaborating in a program designed to assist tv writer-producers, upper-level writers and new present creators in honing the abilities essential to turn out to be profitable showrunners and TV business leaders.
The Academy, which offers instruction from present showrunners and different business professionals on a variety of subjects, is led by Diana Son (Genius: Aretha, Dirty John) and Frank Pugliese (House of Cards, Borgia).
“Being a showrunner is so much more than being the creative voice of the show,” Son stated in a press release. “It’s also managing a multimillion-dollar endeavor with over 100 employees. We’re bringing in accomplished and experienced showrunners who’re willing to share the breadth of their experience – the good, bad and the ugly – so new showrunners can have a head start on figuring out what kind of showrunner they’re going to be.”
This yr’s class contains Nick Bernardone, Ashley Nicole Black, Elaine Del Valle, Anna Drezen, Mike Drucker, Brian Egeston, Trey Ellis, Halley Feiffer, Matt Fennell, Zayre Ferrer, James Flanagan, Kate Fodor, Graham Gordy, Sheri Holman, Branden Jacob-Jenkins, CA Johnson, Nick Jones. Wes Jones, Gwendolyn Parker, Jacqui Rivera, Celine Robinson, Madhuri Shekar, Jen Silverman, Brian Tucker, Siobhan Vivian, Donal Ward, Colleen Werthmann, Matthew Whitaker, Dave White, Tracey Scott Wilson, and Keisha Zollar. The guild says that whereas the Academy is particularly designed for “the unique landscape and needs of the East Coast,” instructors come from each coasts.
According to the guild, 42% of the individuals are BIPOC, 55% are over the age 40, 15 determine as girls, 15 determine as male and one individual identifies as non-binary.
The 2022 Academy, which concludes in November, is scheduled to function panels and workshops that embody:
• “Things to Know Before Running Your First Series,” with Meredith Scardino, Laura Eason, Adam Wiesen and Patrick Coker.
• “Hiring Writers,” with Erica Saleh, Michelle King, RJ Fried and Derek Simonds.
• “The Executive and Showrunner Relationship,” with Alissa Bachner (Tomorrow Studio), Kira Innes (Bad Robot), Carina Sposato (Plan B), Odetta Watkins (Amazon Studios), and moderator Kelly Edwards (previously HBO’s SVP of Talent Development).
• “Crisis and Risk Management for Showrunners,” with Glen Mazzara.
• “Managing a Comedy Writers Room,” with Liz Flahive, Carly Mensch and Matt Williams.
• “Managing a Drama Writers Room,” with Beau Willimon and Jonathan Tropper.
• “Managing New Rooms – Zoom, Hybrid, Bicoastal, Mini, and More,” with Soo Hugh, Daniel Goldfarb and Antonio Campos.
• “Budgeting & Creativity,” with John Wells.
• “Greening Your Production,” with Earth Angels.
• “The Showrunner and 1st AD Relationship and On Set Safety,” with Kayse Goodell.
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