showrunner course

BECOME A SUCCESSFUL SHOWRUNNER

I’m committed to the next generation of showrunners.

In my comprehensive showrunner course, I distill four decades of experience in writing, producing, and running hit TV shows. This program is a culmination of lessons learned and wisdom gained, offering you an exclusive opportunity to become the master of your craft in the television industry. It's designed to transform talented individuals like you into visionary leaders capable of bringing compelling stories to life on the screen.

showrunner online course

ABOUT the course

This course is designed for experienced writers, producers, and creative professionals aspiring to step into the pivotal role of showrunner or lead creative. It's tailored for those ready to elevate their storytelling acumen and leadership skills to guide successful television productions. Whether you're an American writer ready to take the reins, a head writer elsewhere seeking to expand your creative influence, or a producer aiming to integrate deeper narrative understanding and team-building skills into your work, this course offers the tools and insights to propel your career forward.

In this comprehensive program, you'll gain firsthand knowledge from my experience and that of other industry leaders in the US, UK, and Denmark, including noted author, story expert, and former BBC exec John Yorke. The course not only covers the artistic aspects of showrunning but also imparts crucial management skills required for running a writers' room and overseeing a production. You'll explore the development process, delve into various showrunning models, and learn how to apply these concepts to your professional context. By the end of our journey together, you'll have a clear roadmap for advancing your career in the dynamic and evolving landscape of TV creation and production.

  • "Advance in the creative process."

    "In bringing his experience to the table in his new course - Running the Show - Jeff has taken us all one step further with this valuable addition to international writers and producers on how to advance in the creative process and while understanding the management of drama series."

    Katrina Wood, CEO, MediaXchange, UK

  • "Step away from habitual behaviors."

    “The course is brilliant, because it causes you to step away from habitual behaviours, reflexes and just really think about whether you’re making the best version of the thing you’re setting out to make. Not only were the industry professionals and the exercises brilliant, but talking to all my peers on the course was fantastic as well. So many different backgrounds, so many different levels of experience. It’s already informing how I go about dealing with situations.”

    Iain MacLeod, Executive Producer for Continuing Drama, ITV Studios

  • "Opportunities to learn these skills feel hard to come by."

    “I especially appreciated the insights into the different ways to run a writers’ room, both as a creative exercise and as a constructive and respectful, interpersonal one. In the UK, opportunities to learn these skills feel hard to come by beyond piecing together approaches from staffing in different rooms or being thrown into the deep end to lead your own, perhaps before you are ready.”

    Ed Cripps, Writer

  • "Becoming the best version I can possibly be."

    “I started this course so that I could learn about showrunning, and all that it entails, in order to become a better non-writing producer. I feel that the knowledge I gained, the insights of what it is to be a showrunner, will be incredibly valuable to me in becoming the best version I can possibly be. The two parts of the industry can, and should, work in tandem in a symbiotic relationship and this course showed me that I can, and will, be part of that from now on. This course is not just for people who want to become showrunners, it is also for people who want to become producers. I totally recommend it.”

    Susan Parker, Line Producer - Our Flag Means Death, Three Pines and mores

  • "Giving me renewed confidence."

    “This course has helped me demystify and understand the showrunner role, giving me renewed confidence in both my industry experience and developed my knowledge about the behaviours, expectations, and responsibilities of a good showrunner.”

    Bridget Deane, Writer - Emmerdale, EastEnders and more