Twenty years in the room. Every kind of room.
I am a script consultant, author, and educator with more than two decades of working experience across development, writing, and teaching. I built my understanding of what makes scripts work from the inside — as a development executive reading hundreds of submissions, as a working writer navigating the market, and as an instructor at one of the world's leading screenwriting programs.
My MFA in screenwriting gave me the theoretical foundation. The development work at Samson Entertainment gave me the reader's-eye view. Twenty years of teaching at UCLA gave me the laboratory. The result is a methodology that is simultaneously rigorous and practical — built for writers who are serious about the work.
UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting, 2010
M.F.A. in Screenwriting
Terminal credential in the discipline. Theoretical grounding in dramatic form, narrative structure, and the aesthetics of the moving image.
Development Executive, Samson Entertainment
Evaluated hundreds of script submissions — developing the reader's-eye perspective that is the foundation of my consulting methodology.
Instructor, UCLA Extension Writer's Program
Long-tenured instructor in advanced screenwriting technique. Courses draw working professionals and serious emerging writers from across the industry.
Global Seminar Speaker & Corporate Consultant
Delivered workshops for writing conferences, film institutions, and Fortune 500 companies around the world. The methodology translates across all professional storytelling contexts.