Arc Studio Presents
Showrunner 101 with Peter Ocko
January 3, 2024
7:57 PM Pacific
Virtual event
Featuring Peter Ocko
About the event
Veteran TV showrunner and creator Peter Ocko has worked on incredible shows like The Office, The Leftovers, Pushing Daisies, Lodge 49, Boston Legal, Elementary and many more! In this interview he pulls back the curtain on what showrunners do and shares advice on writing great samples that can get you staffed.
Chapters
00:00 - Meet Peter Ocko
02:33 - What is a showrunner?
05:30 - Showrunning vs writing
08:00 - Submitting to shows with staffing samples
10:30 - The importance of the first 20 pages of your staffing sample
11:30 - How do staffing samples get to showrunners?
13:03 - What do you appreciate most from writers on your staff?
15:20 - Working as a writer when you don’t live in LA (or the USA)
16:58 - The process of breaking story in the room
