ALUMNI
Graduates of our programs join a vibrant alumni community that interacts on our secure Alumni Community Website, and through a variety of Act One sponsored events. On the site they can build personal profiles, contact each other through email, share ideas in blogs, forums and on-line groups, promote events and post their completed projects. Graduates can also join our alumni board, which sponsors events throughout the year, and provides feedback and encouragement to Act One graduates as they pursue careers in Hollywood.
Here is a small selection of our 500+ accomplished graduates:
KARA LEE BURK, winner, 2008 Warner Brothers Writers Workshop, writer, Romantically Challenged (ABC)
TODD BURNS, Co-founder, COO, and Legal Counsel, MPower Pictures
STEVEN CHANG, staff writer, Miss Guided (CBS)
KEVIN CHESLEY, staff writer, MTV, writer’s assistant, Extraordinary Measures (2010)
SEAN and TERRY DILLON, staff writers, Two and a Half Men (CBS), writers, CTRL web series (NBC)
CHRIS EASTERLY, winner, 2008 Warner Brothers Writers Workshop, staff writer, Past Life (2010, Fox), writer, Unnatural History (CN)
MELISSA GLENN, story editor, Leverage (TNT)
CASSANDRA JOHNSON, Comedy Development Coordinator (ABC)
ROBERT KIRBYSON, writer-director, Snowmen, starring Christopher Lloyd and Ray Liotta; writer-director-producer, CTRL web series (NBC.com)
CHRISTINA LEE STORM, producer, To Save a Life, The Least of These
BEN LOBATO, staff writer, The Unit (CBS) and Justified (FX)
ERIK LOKKESMOE, Principal, Different Drummer
DICK LYLES, PhD, CEO, Origin Entertainment
CHERYL MCKAY, writer, The Ultimate Gift and Never the Bride
CORNELIA MOORE, writer, The Dark Horse
MEGHAN NASH, assistant to executive producer, Medium (NBC)
VICKI PETERSON, screenwriter, Origin Entertainment; Programs Director, Act One
JESSICA RIEDER, story editor, Leverage (TNT)
NATHAN SCOGGINS, writer-director, The Least of These (2009, Starz)
KURT SCHEMPER, winner, 2009 Emmy Award for Intervention (A&E)
JIM SHORES, Ph.D, writer-producer, Acts of Renewal, Professor, Montreat College
CLARE SERA, writer, Curious George, Captain Abdul’s Pirate School (2010)
AMY SNOW, winner, 2006 Disney Writing Fellowship; writer, Kept Men (2010, Paramount)
SCOTT TEEMS, writer-director, That Evening Sun, starring Academy Award-Nominated actor, Hal Holbrook; Audience Award winner, 2009 SXSW Film Festival
CARL ROGERS, Creative Executive, Alcon Entertainment