No more reverse engineering! Former development exec Kelly Edwards lifts the veil, and tells you exactly how to get the studio to say 'yes' to your pitch in her new book, The Executive Chair.
Kelly Edwards Biography
Veteran producer and creative executive Kelly Edwards has worked at every major studio in Hollywood. After years as a feature exec on the Sony and Disney lots, Edwards eventually shifted her focus to television, where she served as a development exec at both Fox and UPN.
After producing a drama series for Paramount, she moved on to NBCUniversal, where she oversaw diversity for their twenty networks. Edwards spent her final stint as an exec creating HBO’s emerging artists programs.
Edwards holds a B.A. in Theater from Vassar and an MFA in Writing for Film and Television from Emerson College. She has been a Sundance Episodic Lab fellow and was recently staffed on the new Fox drama "Our Kind Of People." Her new book "The Executive Chair: A Writer’s Guide To TV Series Development," was released October 12th.
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095 - Michael Narducci (Showrunner of The Originals)
094 - Arika Lisanne Mittman (EP of Paradise Lost, Timeless)
093 - Sarah Watson (Creator of The Bold Type, Author of Most Likely)
092 - Bob Goodman (Creator of The Zeta Project, EP of Elementary)
091 – “How I Wrote That” Podcast Host Khanisha Foster (VIDEO)
090 – Touched By An Angel, A Prairie Home Companion Writer Ken LaZebnik (VIDEO)
089 – Kirby Buckets Co-Creator Mike Alber (VIDEO)
088 – Jimmy Kimmel Writer, 2nd Smartest in the World Rick Rosner (VIDEO)
087 – Hand of God Creator/Showrunner Ben Watkins (VIDEO)
086 – Automatic Pilot Author Bill Taub (VIDEO)
085 – San Diego Comic-Con Panel - How to Write a TV Pilot (VIDEO)
084 – Unseen Africa Pilot Producer/Host Francis Tapon (VIDEO)
083 – Bad Teacher Creator/Showrunner Hilary Winston (VIDEO)
082 – Caper Creator, Eureka Writer/Producer Amy Berg (VIDEO)
081 – Lost Co-Creator, Tuck Everlasting & Necessary Roughness Writer Jeffrey Lieber (VIDEO)
080 – UK Writers James Whitehouse & Hannah George (VIDEO)
079 – The Finder, The Good Guys Writer Aaron Ginsburg (VIDEO)
078 – The Client List Writer, Script Anatomy Consultant Tawnya Bhattacharya (VIDEO)
077 – Own Your Career – Sterling Anderson from Sterling Writers Group (VIDEO)
076 – Hemlock Grove, Battlestar Galactica, Smallville Writer/EP Mark Verheiden (VIDEO)
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