Industry guest lectures
In addition to class, students participate in lectures and Q&A's given by working professionals in the industry. Check out a selection of these lectures below.
You've seen him on "Gotham," "Spin City," and "Red Oaks." You've heard him as Bing Bong in Disney/Pixar's "Inside Out." Now hear Richard Kind impart some wisdom from his decades of acting to TVWS Cohort 7.
The students of the TV Writer's Studio at LIU conduct a Q&A session with the author of the bestselling book "Your Screenplay Sucks" Will Akers.
Join the TV Writer's Studio's Q&A session with acclaimed author and screenwriter Steve Cuden. Known for his books on writing such as Beating Broadway, the hit Broadway and international musical Jekyll and Hyde, and over 90 teleplays for animated programs.
TV Writers Studio presents not one but two acclaimed guests speakers. "Lizzie McGuire" and "Andi Mack" creator, Terri Minsky and her husband, editor in chief of Audible Online Publishing, David Blum.
TVWS hosts Mike Reiss, famed EP and writer of The Simpsons and creator of The Critic for a live and in person lecture.
Documentary filmmaker and adjunct professor at Hunter College, Pam Sporn provides a look inside the Blacklist of the 1950's which displaced her dad Paul, to Detroit, MI. Her work includes Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories and With the Stroke of the Chaveta.
TVWS hosts APB staff writer and former TVWS alum Jorge Rivera for a live online Q&A with our students.
TVWS presents a live lecture and Q&A with Designated Survivor writer and EP Sang Kyu Kim. Kim's other credits include HawthoRNe and The Walking Dead.