ALUMNI
Act One alums have a distinct advantage within the entertainment industry due to our competitive application process, rigorous training, ongoing mentorship and inspiring community. Many go on to win fellowships, screenwriting competitions, and have successful careers in the industry.
Here are just a few of our graduates…
TERENCE BERRY, Producer: That Evening Sun, Audience-Award winner, 2009 SXSW Film Festival and Not That
Funny starring Tony Hale
JIM BRANDON, Writer: Dorm Life, Hulu’s most popular web-series; Winner: 2010 NBC Writers on the Verge;
currently writes for Work It (ABC)
KARA LEE BURK, Writer: Melissa and Joey (ABC Family) and Romantically Challenged (ABC); Winner: 2008
Warner Brothers Writers Workshop
TODD BURNS, Co-founder: MPower Pictures: www.mpowerpictures.com
STEVEN CHANG, Staff-Writer: Miss Guided (CBS)
MELISSA D’ARABAIN, Host: Ten Dollar Dinners with Melissa D’Arabian (Food Network)
CHRIS EASTERLY, Writer: Past Life (Fox), Unnatural History (Cartoon Network); Winner: ‘08 Warner Bros. Writers Workshop
JOSHUA EDWARDS, Junior Agent: Don Buchwald & Associates
DAN EWALD & RAJEEV SIGAMONEY, Writer-Producer: Jesus People
GILLIAN FRITZCHE, Producer: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Dreams of Christopher Duncan
JAMES FRYE, Senior Communications Specialist: The Walt Disney Company
SEAN GAFFNEY, Story Administrator: Warner Brothers
ZOILA GALEANO, Winner: 2010 NBC Writers on the Verge
MELISSA GLENN & JESSICA RIEDER, Writers: Hawaii Five-O (CBS) and Leverage (TNT)
CASSANDRA JOHNSON, Comedy Development Coordinator for ABC
ROBERT KIRBYSON, Writer-Director: Snowmen, starring Ray Liotta; CTRL web-series (NBC)
CHRISTINA LEE STORM, Producer: To Save a Life and The Least of These (Starz)
BEN LOBATO, Writer: The Unit (CBS), Justified (TNT), Lawman (FX)
ERIK LOKKESMOE, Founder: Different Drummer: www.differentdrummer.com
DICK LYLES, PhD, CEO: Origin Entertainment
BOB MARTINEZ, Writer: Deathgames (2011) starring Samuel L. Jackson
CHERYL McKAY, Writer: The Ultimate Gift, Never the Bride, and The Ultimate Life
ANDREA NASFELL, Writer: Christmas with a Capital C, What If…?
CARL ROGERS, Development Executive: Alcon Entertainment (The Blind Side, The Book of Eli)
NATHAN SCOGGINS, Writer-Director: The Least of These (Starz)
KURT SCHEMPER, Producer: Intervention (A&E) – winner of the 2009 Emmy Award
CLARE SERA, Writer: Curious George (Universal)
AMY SNOW, Writer, Kept Men (Paramount); Winner: 2006 Disney Writing Fellowship
SCOTT TEEMS, Writer-Director: That Evening Sun, Audience Award winner, 2009 SXSW Film Festival
Act One faculty and mentors visit our class rooms from Warner Brothers, Disney, Pixar, ABC, CBS, Paramount, NBC, Fox, and many production companies. They come from both the studio system and the indie film world. They write, develop, produce, direct, market and distribute feature films, television shows and web series.