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TV writers, if you've ever wondered whether or not being a showrunner is for you. It sounds amazing - getting to be the writer/producer in charge and calling the shots - but what are the responsibilities you would have? How do you actually sell a pilot, assemble a writers' room, run that room, and then produce and deliver the episodes to the streamer/network?
Roadmap is thrilled to welcome showrunner Todd Slavkin to host this lecture series to give you a primer on what it takes to be a showrunner!
This 4 Week Lecture Series Will Cover:
- The pilot process
- The writers' room
- Production
- Post-production
- Live Q&A
Todd Slavkin is a writer/showrunner/director with over 38 years of experience writing in both film and television. Working with his oldest friend and writing/producing partner Darren Swimmer, Todd has worked in all different genres and has written and showrun many popular television shows, including SMALLVILLE, SHADOWHUNTERS and most recently THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY, for which he was nominated for four Emmys; Outstanding Young Teen Series and Outstanding Writing for a Young Teen Program for two seasons of the show. He has written pilots for ABC, NBC, FOX, FREEFORM, SYFY and The CW, where he created and was showrunner of MELROSE PLACE 2.0. Other television credits include NO ORDINARY FAMILY, ALPHAS, DEFIANCE, DOMINION and GUILT. He's directed episodes of SMALLVILLE, DEFIANCE and SHADOWHUNTERS. He began his career in features, penning DARK REFLECTION, starring C. Thomas Howell and produced by Kiefer Sutherland, and CONTROL, starring Ray Liotta, Willem Dafoe and Michelle Rodriguez. Todd attended the University of Southern California, where he earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Film Writing.
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