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Showrunner Networking Hour (Private) Exclusive to Certificate Program Participants

Online Dec 5 (1 Thursday Evening)6:00pm - 7:00pm Pacific

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You attended the panel, now spend some time in a smaller group session to get more deets on what showrunners look for as well as how to get staffed. This intimate networking opportunity is only available to Writing Pad TV Certificate Program participants.

Dailyn Rodriguez

Showrunner, THE LINCOLN LAWYER, 7 Pilots Sold

Dailyn Rodriguez is currently the Executive Producer/Co-Showrunner of THE LINCOLN LAWYER on Netflix and was the Co-Showrunner for the 4th and 5th seasons of QUEEN OF THE SOUTH, and was the Co-EP for seasons 2 and 3. She's sold 7 pilots and has worked in both Comedy and Drama.  Some of her credits are: GEORGE LOPEZ, UGLY BETTY, LIE TO ME, THE NIGHT SHIFT. She received a Writer’s Guild Award for writing for an Outstanding New Series (UGLY BETTY). In 2001, she participated in The Walt Disney Studios Television Writing Fellowship. She’s a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where she earned a BFA in Dramatic Writing. MORE

Sam Ernst

Showrunner, Amazon's CROSS, 7 pilots

Sam Ernst is currently a Co-Showrunner on season two of Amazon's CROSS. He was an Executive Producer on season one and before that, an EP on Amazon's CARNIVAL ROW with Orlando Bloom. He wrote on Apple TV’s TRUTH BE TOLD with Octavia Spencer, was Co-Executive producer for Marvel’s DAREDEVIL (Netflix), Co-Executive Producer of HAND OF GOD (Amazon) and the co-creator/Executive Producer of SyFy Network’s HAVEN, based on a book by Stephen King. Sam also sold seven pilots FX, Amazon, Apple, and ABC. He has been on staff for THE DEAD ZONE, and Consulting Producer on NBC’s CRISIS, starring Gillian Anderson and Dermot Mulroney. He’s also worked for Legendary Studios, 20th Century/Fox, Lionsgate, FX, ABC Studios and Entertainment One. He's written SHREK video games for Activision, DEFENSE GRID Video games for Hidden Path Entertainment. MORE

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