Ben Olcott

Showrunner's Assistant, NBC
Formats Interested In
Features
TV
Manuscripts
Particularly Interested In

Half-hour comedies, unique web-series, half-hour dramedies, hour-long dramas with political implications, and high-concept features. 

Authors (Fiction)
Writers of Color
Writers Outside LA
Writers Over 40
Feature Genres
Drama
Comedy
RomCom
Sci-Fi
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Thriller
Horror
Budget Range
All Budget Ranges
TV Formats
Half-Hour Pilots (single-cam)
One-Hour Pilots
Miniseries
Limited Series
TV Homes
Cable
Premium Cable
Streaming
TV Genres
Drama
Comedy
Sci-Fi
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Thriller
Horror
Book Genres
Apocalyptic
Autobiographies
Biographies
Book Series
Coming-of-Age
Crime
Detective
Dystopian
Essays
Female-Driven
Futuristic
Graphic Novels
High-Concept
Historical
Historical Fiction
LGBTQIA+
Literary Fiction
Magic
Memoirs
Mystery
Non-Fiction
Paranormal
Period Piece
Poetry
Political
Post-Apocalyptic
Psychological
Revenge
Short Stories
Socially Relevant
Sports
Supernatural
Suspense
True Crime
True Stories
Sub-Genres
Animation (family-friendly)
Biopic
Book Adaptation
Buddy
Coming-of-Age
Crime/True Crime
Dark Comedy
Dystopian
Female-Driven
Futuristic
Ghosts
High-Concept
Historical
LGBTQIA+
Period Piece
Political
Post-Apocalyptic
Psychological
Revenge
Socially Relevant
Space
Supernatural
True Story
Western
Workplace
Specifically Not Interested In

Self-help, faith-based, inspirational. 

More about Ben Olcott

Ben Carter Olcott is currently the Showrunner's Assistant for the forthcoming Hulu limited series thriller CANDY. Previously, he spent two years as the Senior Development Associate at Montgomery Studios , where he assisted the President of the Company with writing duties on BIG SHOT, a Disney+ show. Ben also worked at Rhea Films, and was an editor at literary magazines and publishers. His writing has been award-winning across multiple genres and formats. Ben has a degree in Creative Writing from Boston College.

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