E22 - Storieroad Lecture Series: #2 The Showrunner - TV’s Mysterious & Powerful Role.

Catalyst Executive Director, Philip Gilpin Jr., delves into the intricacies of being a showrunner with writer, showrunner, and executive producer, Karl Gajdusek. 

 

Topics covered included:

• What's the process of getting your show made?
• Pitching to networks
• The writing room process
• Leading a large production
• Indie vs network productions

 

Karl's current feature projects include The King's Man at Fox/Disney with Matthew Vaughn directing Ralph Fiennes in the next film in the Kingsman franchise. The gun-violence story His Only Living Boy for Amazon Studios for Ben Affleck, the original FOX/Disney sci-fi feature Courage also with Matthew Vaughn directing as well an adaption of the sci-fi novel Salvation Day for E1 Entertainment. Television work includes showrunning Season 1 of Stranger Things at Netflix, creator and showrunner of ABC’s Last Resort with Shawn Ryan (The Shield, Timeless, SWAT), and Riverview with Daren Aronofsky at HBO. Most recently Karl is creating Flickermen for Peacock/USA and an adaptation of the novel Age of Light about the artist Lee Miller. Previous credits include the Tom Cruise film Oblivion, the Pierce Brosnan thriller The November Man, the Nicole Kidman and Nicholas Cage Trespass, Story Editor for the Showtime series Dead Like Me, and feature film Blood Brother at Lionsgate. Other endeavors include Showrunning season 2 of Z: The Beginning of Everything at Amazon, the science-fiction series The Spark at HBO, and an adaptation of the Gary Shteyngart novel Super Sad true Love Story with Ben Stiller. Before establishing himself in TV and film, Karl was a playwright who’s plays have been produced in New York and across the country. Karl has a B.A. from Yale University and an M.F.A. in playwriting from the University of California at San Diego.

 

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