In April, we held an open house for upcoming students to learn about our MFA in Writing and Producing for Television.
Here at the TV Writers Studio, you'll learn from one of Hollywood’s most experienced writers whose former students are in writers rooms right now. MFA Director Ken LaZebnik has written and produced hit shows for over 25 years, including TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL, PROVIDENCE, STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE, ARMY WIVES, WHEN CALLS THE HEART, and a soon-to-be-announced series for a top streamer!
The Long Island University, Brooklyn MFA in Writing and Producing for TV - what we call the TV Writers Studio – gives students the experience of being in a writers room, exactly as it unfolds in Hollywood. In this two-year MFA program, you’ll form a writers room and create a TV series. You’ll break stories in the room, develop character arcs, write first drafts, second drafts, and then move into production, working with a professional director, a professional casting director, SAG-AFTRA actors, and complete the cycle of production by the end of your second year. The TV Writers Studio mirrors exactly what you’ll do in Hollywood. And you’ll do it all at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn, the creative capital of the world.
You’ll learn from showrunners and award-winning TV writers. Recent guest speakers have included:
Sneha Koorse (THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY)
Niceole Levy (FATE: THE WINX SAGA)
Zoanne Clack (GREY’S ANATOMY)
Valerie Woods (QUEEN SUGAR)
Brian Anthony (STATION 19)
Ben Snyder (GRAND ARMY)
Theresa Rebeck (SMASH)
Sahar Jahani (RAMY)
Dawn Prestwich (Z: THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING)
Ligiah Villalobos (UNDER THE SAME MOON)
Maria Escobedo (EAST LOS HIGH)
Alexa Junge (FRIENDS)
T. J. Brady (NARCOS
