[On-Demand] Crafting a Studio Level TV Pitch

Want to work one on one with David around your schedule to get ready to pitch at the studio level?

Are you ready to pitch professionally? That's the question all writers ask as they pursue a career in TV. But what goes into a full, professional pitch? How much detail should you be prepared to include? How fleshed out should your world and series pitch be? And how can you avoid making rookie mistakes in the room?

To teach all this and more, Roadmap is thrilled to welcome manager David Chien to teach this private 4 week program! After you sign up, you will work privately with David around your schedule to complete the four assignments!

This program is for experienced TV writers only!

In This 4-Week Program You Will:

Polish your pitch deck
Flesh out your story world
Prepare your professional 20 minute series pitch
Receive feedback on your pitch and pitch deck

Meeting One - Your Pitch Deck

Summary

David will review and give feedback on your deck, focusing on helping you build out your story and your world.

Meeting Two - Your Revised Pitch Deck

Summary

David will review your revised pitch deck and give final feedback. He will answer questions and prep you for your 20 minute series pitch.

Meeting Three - Your 20 Minute Pitch

Summary

You will practice your 20 minute series pitch as if you were pitching at the studio level. David will create a real world environment, ask you the questions studio execs would ask, and give you feedback on the pitch.

Meeting Four - Your Revised 20 Minute Pitch

Summary

You will practice your 20 minute series pitch again and David will give you final thoughts and answer questions.

More about

David Chien

Talent and Literary Manager

Crossover Entertainment

David Chien is a talent and literary manager with over ten years of experience working with actors, writers, and directors. David fell in love with the business as a kid when he immigrated to America and absorbed the culture through his TV screen, experiencing firsthand how tv and film can connect people.

Starting in the business in 2008, working for talent agent Mark Scroggs, he helped launch the careers of Danny Pudi on COMMUNITY, Fiona Gubbelman on WILFRED, and Kaitlyn Black on HART OF DIXIE, amongst others. Realizing his love of building long-term strategies and 360 brands for clients, he decided to pivot from the agency side to talent management.

Joining Art/Work Entertainment in 2012, he discovered Awkwafina on YouTube and acquired her first television deal with Comedy Central. Through that experience he found his passion for working with multi-hyphenates and literary talents. With his then client, Jonnie “Dumbfoundead” Park, he set up three pilot development deals as well as his first feature deal, K-POPS, starring and directed by Anderson.Paak, which premiered at TIFF. While at Art//Work Entertainment he started their director division. He found an exceptional young director, Bola Ogun, and helped her advance from directing short films to directing the season 3 finale of THE WITCHER. In addition, he worked with writers, such as Tom Westfall, who co-created a limited series with Academy Award nominee, Lee Danials, as well as other writers and showrunners of high pedigree.

In the Fall of 2024, David left Art/Work Entertainment and founded Crossover Entertainment. Today, he identifies and brings to light underrepresented and undervalued voices and talents.

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