Craig Kellem

Craig Kellem served as a development executive at Universal Television (VP of Comedy Development) where he oversaw the development of many pilots and series, including three that were Executive Produced by Steve Martin. Several of the shows that Craig oversaw received critical acclaim and Charles in Charge was a huge hit. At 20th Century Fox Television, Craig was Director of Development for Late Night, Syndications, and Daytime, where he conceived and sold the well-received "Roadshow" reality pilot for NBC. He has also served as a Saturday Night Live staff member (Associate Producer and Talent Consultant) and was a theatrical agent at one time, representing George Carlin, Lily Tomlin and other notables. Craig has also worked on individual films, having produced NBC's classic faux documentary film, The Rutles for Lorne Michaels/Eric Idle. At the Arthur Company at Universal, he executive produced series for both Network and Syndication. He was Co-Executive Producer of FBI-The Untold Stories (which he sold to ABC). This show was broadcast for two seasons. In addition, he Co-Executive Produced and was the show runner for the last two seasons of The Munsters Today. He has taught screenwriting at several colleges as an adjunct professor and has conducted weekend screenwriting workshops. He also contributed an article to the noted screenwriting book, NOW WRITE! SCREENWRITING. He now co-owns and operates the successful international script consultation company, Hollywoodscript.com, which he runs with his business partner Judy Hammett. Craig and Judy help writers develop their film and television projects via their WORKS IN PROGRESS service, and improve existing scripts for film and television (sitcoms, dramatic series, etc.) through their CONSULTATION service, all of which help writers seriously prepare for the marketplace. Learn more at hollywoodscript.com. Several films have been produced from client screenplays. Many writers have found agents and have been optioned as well. Craig is quoted in: LIVE FROM NEW YORK by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller COMEDY AT THE EDGE by Richard Zoglin SATURDAY NIGHT: A BACKSTAGE HISTORY OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE by Doug Hill and Jeff Weingard FURIOUS COOL: RICHARD PRYOR AND THE WORLD THAT MADE HIM by David Henry and Joe Henry 7 DIRTY WORDS: THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF GEORGE CARLIN by James Sullivan