Webinar-Stories From A Showrunner With Mark B. Perry
April 18th
2-4pm
What Is a Showrunner?
How Is a Showrunner Different From a Creator, a Director, and an Executive Producer?
What Skills Do You Need to Be a Good Showrunner?
What Experience Do You Need to Be a Showrunner?
Throughout his 30 year career, Mark has written and produced a wide variety of series including THE WONDER YEARS, PICKET FENCES, LAW & ORDER, PARTY OF FIVE, PASADENA, ONE TREE HILL, WHAT ABOUT BRIAN, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, GHOST WHISPERER, REVENGE, and HEARTBEAT. He was the show-runner on Mike White’s short-lived but cult-favorite PASADENA, then for the first two seasons of ONE TREE HILL, and the second season of BROTHERS & SISTERS. As a writer-producer on the first season on David E. Kelley's PICKET FENCES, Mark shared an Emmy Award for Outstanding Dramatic Series. For his "Falsies" episode of PARTY OF FIVE, Mark was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Achievement in Dramatic Writing. For his writing and producing services on that same series, Mark shared a Golden Globe Award for Best Drama. Mark is currently developing a sequel series to the cult class DARK SHADOWS with Amasia Entertainment and Warner Bros. TV
