NEW DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED
Drawing on his extensive experience as a Showrunner and Executive Producer, Jeff Melvoin will put best practices and models under a microscopic lens for participants to analyse how to manage the creative process through production
PROGRAMME OUTLINE
This is a unique opportunity to examine your role, as a writer or producer, in the ongoing management of the production of TV drama series, and the elements constituting the lead creative role, with all that this would entail regarding the associated responsibilities
Sessions will provide a comprehensive picture of how a show is managed by the creator, showrunner and department heads. Jeff will consider the example of the American tradition of writer/producer in contrasting UK/European and US production models
In studying these perspectives, participants will identify how producers and writers can better synchronise the creative process, and management of the different departments for pre-production, production and post-production, to achieve the best quality results for the vision and delivery of a show
Guest specialists joining Jeff to be announced
Dates:
Coming Soon
Fee:
TBC
Who is this for?
Established head writers, producers, writers and those in creative roles who are aspiring to take the next step into the lead creative role in the scripted drama genre, and are seeking to acquire a greater understanding of the producorial process for TV drama series
Location:
Online Programme via ZOOM / All Online Programmes will be conducted in English
For more details contact: [email protected]
JEFF MELVOIN IS AN EMMY-WINNING WRITER-PRODUCER AND SHOWRUNNER
Jeff Melvoin has worked on over a dozen primetime series and was showrunner on eight of them. In all, he’s been involved in over 470 hours of produced television, most recently as an executive producer on season three of the BBC America series, Killing Eve. His executive producer and showrunner credits include Designated Survivor, Army Wives, Alias and Picket Fences
He was supervising producer of the CBS series Northern Exposure, for which he won an Emmy and two Golden Globe Awards. Other writer-producer credits include the NBC series Hill Street Blues and Remington Steele
Melvoin is also founder and chair of the Writers Guild of America West’s celebrated Showrunner Training Program, now in its eighteenth year. In February, 2015, Melvoin received the Morgan Cox Award, the WGA’s highest recognition for Guild service. He has taught at USC School of Cinematic Arts, UCLA, Harvard, and the Sundance Institute. Jeff has also lent his experience to the European Showrunner Programme, leading sessions at the inaugural edition in 2022 and will be returning in 2023
“A highly informative and practical program, delivered in a well structured yet charmingly informal way. Without trying to hide the challenges of showrunning, Jeff chunks it all down with wisdom and sanity, and makes it fun!”
KEN HARMON
WRITER, SERIES CREATOR
IRELAND
“The course is extremely instructive and demystifying. An invaluable peek behind the wizard’s curtain.”