Pilot Writing for Actors

In the competitive world of Hollywood, it is not enough to sit at home and wait for your agent to call.  More and more talented young actors are creating their own projects to showcase their abilities.

Learn from a true master of the Hollywood Game: Co-Exec. Producer (Everybody Love's Raymond):  Ellen Sandler

Take control of your career!

Join the ranks of talented actors creating their own projects.  Don't wait for Hollywood to call - knock down it's door!

Our Goals Are To:

• Define the premise of a series
• Identify the core dilemma for your Central Character
• Use story ideas to effectively develop the series.
• Find your best pilot episode.
• Mine your passion and find the story you really want to tell
• Create an effective premise line for your series
• Develop your central character
• Determine how the supporting characters provide conflict
• Define the world of your show

What You Get:

• Clear understanding of the basic elements needed for any pilot
• Thorough analysis of the series concept
• Written notes
• Template for series bible includes a guide for series episode presentation

Immediately, you will begin to institute a plan to get your project in motion.

SCHEDULE:

TBA

Contact us today to be put on the waiting list or to inquire about our Free Demo workshop (with special guest Christopher Moynihan).

Intensive Cost: $550

ABOUT THE COACH:

Ellen Sandler

writer/producer

Ellen Sandler received an Emmy nomination as Co-Executive Producer for the CBS hit EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND.  She is the Executive Producer and Director of MARISA RULES, an original comedy webisode series.

She has worked as a writer/producer on over 25 half hour network television series including ABC's long running comedy, COACH as well as FOX's THE WAR AT HOME, NBC's THE MOMMIES, EMPTY NEST, MY SISTER SAM, KAE & ALLIE, and TAXI. In addition, she has created original pilots for ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox Family, Oxygen, and The Disney Channel.

Ellen began her career in the theatre where she continues to work as both a playwright and a director. She has directed Fran Dresher, Anne Heche, Daniel Stern, Megan Mullally, Joe Regalbutto, Doris Roberts, Frances Fisher, Rhea Perlman and many other prominent actors in her own plays as well as the plays of others.

Her consulting company, Sandler Ink, provides script development, pitching & audition technique, and career coaching for professionals in the entertainment industry. She is a member of the Writer's Guild of America, earned an MFA from the American Film Institute, and is the author of The TV Writer's Workbook (Bantam/Dell).

Don’t miss your chance to work with one Hollywood's heavy hitters!

ACW is bonded and licensed.  A workshop is not a job interview or audition. The presence of a casting director, agent or manager is neither a guarantee nor a promise of employment. The intent of the class is solely educational. Attending a workshop is not a way to obtain employment as an actor. Such contact as you may have with a casting director at a workshop rarely results in any further contact with that casting director or any company affiliated with that casting director.