Stephanie Varella

Stephanie Varella is the creator and instructor of “TV Development: From Idea to Small Screen,” in the Entertainment Studies department at UCLA, a professional TV expert/consultant/owner of TVDevelopmentCoach.com and an indpendent producer with Time to Fly Productions. As Vice President of Series Development and Production at Jerry Bruckheimer TV and Director of Development at Spelling Entertainment, she developed and worked on such hit TV shows as CSI, CSI: NY, CSI: MIAMI, Without a Trace, Cold Case, Amazing Race, Charmed, 7th Heaven, Any Day Now and The New Love Boat. Stephanie has been developing TV shows with all the major studios and networks for over two decades. One of her shows with MGM Studios is based on a NY Times Best Selling book series. When she isn't working she enjoys spending time living in Los Angeles with her daughter, Sage.