Three Pillars

Speaker: Chip Johannessen Moderator: Eric Kohanik Date: Sunday, June 24 Time: 4:15pm – 5:45pm Venue: TIFF Cinema 1 How do you combine believable emotional life and high stakes?  In this nuts and bolts presentation, Executive Producer Chip Johannessen (X-FILES, 24,...

Pitch Perfect

Speaker: Ben Watkins Moderator: Romeo Candido Date: Sunday, June 24 Time: 9:30am – 11:00am Venue: TIFF Cinema 1 Some call it a chore. Some call it a necessary evil. Some call it torture. Whatever you call it, there’s no getting around the fact that pitching is a...

The ‘Unlikeable’ Female Protagonist

Speaker: Stacy Rukeyser Moderator: Alison Brower Date: Saturday, June 23 Time: 4:15pm – 5:45pm Venue: TIFF Cinema 1 Stacy Rukeyser, showrunner of Lifetime’s UNREAL, discusses the story mechanics that help sell complicated, allegedly damaged, but always authentic...

Things I Think I’ve Learned About Writing

Speaker: David Shore Moderator: Glenn Cockburn Date: Saturday, June 23 Time: 9:30am – 11:00am Venue: TIFF Cinema 1 Join David Shore, Executive Producer and Showrunner of THE GOOD DOCTOR, for an engaging and insightful presentation on what he’s learned about the craft...

The Beaverton Punch Up

Saturday, April 22 10:45AM – 11:45AM John Bassett Theatre Join showrunners Jeff Detsky and Luke Gordon Field as they lead a table read and punch up session of a script from the second season development room of the COMEDY NETWORK’s hit satirical news series, THE...