Scott Burkhardt CV 2

350 West 37th Street, 5J [email protected] SCOTT BURKHARDT NYC, NY 10018 646 241 2774

Highlights

SMASH, WRITER - 2011/2012 Wrote for the NBC/Universal/Dreamworks one hour drama SMASH.

• Credited writer of “Hell on Earth”, Episode 109: “I’ll say that tonight’s Smash episode is much better than anything the show has done since the pilot. (I’d even say it’s better than the pilot, too.)” - Noel Murray, The AV Club

THE ASSASTANT, WRITER/DIRECTOR - 2008 When Staniel, an assassin’s assistant, tries to do a job himself he suffers the consequences at the hands of his aging boss, Red Cobra.

• Distributed by Cinetic Media via Hulu. Link to the short: https://vimeo.com/167158294 • Nominated for a Student Academy Award. • Awarded the $10,000 New Line Cinema Development Award. • Awarded the Farrelly Brothers Outstanding Achievement in Comedy Award. • Awarded Student Choice Award for Best Writing. • Awarded ﬁnishing funds from The Caucus Foundation, The Milos Forman Fund and the Carole and Robert Daly Foundation. • Faculty Selects- 2008 Columbia University Graduate Film Festival.

GIRLS ARE STRONG HERE, WRITER/DIRECTOR - 2020 When a mother and daughter are stranded at his service station overnight, new American Saed’s faith in his adopted country is put to the test.

• Successfully raised $13,750 on Kickstarter ($10,000 goal) to ﬁnance the project. • When a mother and daughter are stranded at his service station overnight, new American Saed’s faith in his adopted country is put to the test. • Winner 2019 Sun Valley Film Festival 1 Potato Award- a $5,000 production grant and dedicated premiere at the 2020 Sun Valley Film Festival. • Awarded First Place in the 2018 Fade In Short Script Competition. • Awarded 2018 Best Short Script at the 2018 StoryMode Independent Short Film Awards.

Academic

KILLER FILMS/STONY BROOK MFA FILM PROGRAM, TV WRITING FACULTY — FALL 2017 - PRESENT • Television Writing: Spec. Instructs MFA students on writing a spec episode of a currently airing television show. • Television Writing: Pilot. Instructs MFA students on developing their own television series culminating in a pilot and a series bible. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, LECTURER — SPRING 2015 - PRESENT • Introduction to Screenwriting. Instructs undergraduate students on writing a screenplay using traditional three act structure while discussing alternative approaches for visual storytelling. • Television Writing. Instructs undergraduate students on developing their own television series culminating in a pilot episode or writing a spec script of an existing television show.

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, INSTRUCTOR — SPRING 2015 - PRESENT • Introduction to Television. Instructs undergraduates on the different types of television (half hour, one hour, mini-series, anthology series, late night, etc.) with complimentary writing exercises. • Television Writing: One Hour Drama. Instructs MFAs and undergraduates on writing an episode of an existing television show.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR — SUMMER 2014 - SUMMER 2017 • Television Writing: Spec. Instructed students on conceiving, developing and writing a spec episode for a current television series. Both one hour drama and half hour comedy.

ROWAN UNIVERSITY, ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR — FALL 2014 • Film Scenario Writing. Instructed students in writing a short ﬁlm. • TV Program Packaging. Students conceived, wrote and packaged a new television series and learned about the business of television.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, TEACHING ASSISTANT — 2008 • Assisted professor (Theresa Rebeck) with Television as a Dramatic Medium class tailored towards playwrights transitioning into television writing.

TV Creative

ADJUNCT, WRITER/DIRECTOR - UPCOMING Web series about an adjunct professor balancing his teaching duties with the share economy to survive in an unaffordable New York City.

SUMMER SHARE, WRITER/PRODUCER - 2015 One hour dramedy about a broke blue blooder who helps a newly moneyed girl climb the social ladder in the Hamptons but ﬁnds an unexpected reason to stay in an about-to-be-married ex-ﬂame.

• Developed with Mason Novick, producer (Juno, (500) Days of Summer)

MEN IN SHORTS, UNIVERSAL TV, CONSULTING PRODUCER — 2014/2015 Consulted on half hour comedy pilot, MEN IN SHORTS, based on the life of LA Galaxy soccer player, Robbie Rogers.

• Sold to NBC/Universal.

AN UNROMANTIC COMEDY, CBS TELEVISION STUDIOS, WRITER/PRODUCER — 2012/2013 Half hour comedy about a straight guy and a lesbian who inadvertently become friends when they discover they are dating the same girl.

• Fred Savage, producer/director. Drew Barrymore, executive producer.

SMASH, WRITER, NBC/UNIVERSAL/DREAMWORKS — 2011/2012 Wrote for the one hour NBC drama SMASH. Credited writer of Episode 109.

• “Hell on Earth”, Episode 109: “I’ll say that tonight’s Smash episode is much better than anything the show has done since the pilot. (I’d even say it’s better than the pilot, too.)” - Noel Murray, The AV Club

Film Creative

GIRLS ARE STRONG HERE, WRITER/DIRECTOR - 2020 When a mother and daughter are stranded at his service station overnight, new American Saed’s faith in his adopted country is put to the test.

SLIPSTREAM, WRITER/DIRECTOR — 2020 A feature length ﬁlm about a down-on-her-luck woman driving her teenage daughter across the country to a better life, while hiding the true motivation behind their destination.

• 2011 Nicholl Screenwriting Competition Quarterﬁnalist. (top 5% out of 6300+ scripts submitted).

END OF EARTH, PRODUCER/ACTOR — 2017 A short ﬁlm about a boy obsessed with space travel going to meet his father who has just broken out of prison.

• Ofﬁcial Selection 2017 Sidewalk Film Festival; Ofﬁcial Selection 2017 Dallas Film Festival.

JOY/KEVIN, CO-PRODUCER/ACTOR - 2014 Co-produced and co-starred in independent feature directed by Caleb Johnson.

• Ofﬁcial selection 2014 Sarasota Film Festival: Nominated Independent Visions Award.

THE ASSASTANT, WRITER/DIRECTOR - 2008 When Staniel, an assassin’s assistant, tries to do a job himself he suffers the consequences at the hands of his aging boss, Red Cobra.

THANK YOU, GOOD NIGHT, PRODUCER/ACTOR — 2001 • Produced and co-starred in independent feature ﬁlm, Thank You, Good Night starring Mark Hamill, Christian Campbell and Geoff Stults.

Work Experience

GOOGLE, STORYTELLING CONSULTANT — 2013 • Advised Google's analytical sales teams on how to use the principals of storytelling to connect with their business-to-business clients on an emotional level.

MADWOMAN IN THE ATTIC, ASSISTANT/CREATIVE EXECUTIVE — 2005 - 2011 • Worked with Pulitzer Prize nominated playwright Theresa Rebeck on her theater, fiction, film and television projects. Responsibilities included re-writing, giving notes on scripts, building and managing her website, managing travel and day-to-day office work.

BURKHARDT/GRIFFITH PRODUCTIONS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER — 2000 - 2003 • Co-founded production company to produce feature films and television. • Raised over $1 million for first feature film, Thank You, Good Night.

Education

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — MFA IN FILM, 2008 • Master of Fine Arts in screenwriting. • Awarded first year merit based scholarship based on strength of application. • Awarded one of five second year Departmental Research Assistant Fellowships based on first year work.

DAVIDSON COLLEGE — B.A. IN HISTORY, 1998 • Minor in International Affairs Professional Memberships

WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, EAST SCREEN ACTORS GUILD