In December 2020, in partnership with the InterFaith Film Festival, we held a panel on writing faith-based stories for TV.
What are the challenges of writing faith-based stories for television? Can a faith-based series find a home in the ever-widening landscape of television platforms? And - can you be true to your core beliefs and still sell a show?
We talked with four television writer/producer/executives.
Ken LaZebnik, Moderator: Writer/producer for TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL, ARMY WIVES, PROVIDENCE, and writer of the Christmas favorite THOMAS KINCADE’S CHRISTMAS COTTAGE, moderates the panel. He’s Director of the LIU M.F.A. in Writing and Producing for Television.
He was joined by:
Brian Bird: Co-creator of the hit series WHEN CALLS THE HEART, and writer of the films THE CASE FOR CHRIST, CAPTIVE, and THE LAST SIN EATER, as well as writer/producer on TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL.
Camille Tucker: Co-writer of Lifetime’s hit biopic, THE CLARK SISTERS: FIRST LADIES OF GOSPEL. She has optioned six screenplays and two TV pilots to major studios such as Sony, Disney, Universal and Fox TV. Her short film CELLULAR won Best Narrative Short at the Roxbury International Film Festival.
Morgan Faye Jefferson: Earned her M.F.A. in Screen and Television Writing from Pepperdine University, works as Coordinator – Scripted TV at The SpringHill Company, one of the video-production companies created by LeBron James and Maverick Carter. The SpringHill Company has partnered with ABC Studios for a first look deal, as they create entertainment that moves culture forward, telling socially conscious and purposeful stories.
