William Chandler

Lecturer, Film; Director of the Young Artists and Writers Project

Will Chandler, an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Nicholl Fellowship screenwriter, has sold scripts and worked on assignment for many studios and independent producers including Sony Pictures, The Jim Henson Company, writer/producer Michael Schiffer and actor Russell Crowe. He was a script development executive in movies and miniseries for Green-Epstein Productions, where he guided dozens of projects for ABC, CBS, NBC and HBO. Prior to that, Chandler was a story analyst/script doctor for CBS, Viacom, Harpo Productions, New World Pictures, Lifetime and more. He continues work on his own screenwriting projects and is a judge for an internationally recognized screenwriting competition.