Pilar Alessandra

Pilar Alessandra is the author of »The Coffee Break Screenwriter«, host of the »On the Page Podcast« (now in its 18th-year), and one of the entertainment industry’s leading story instructors. Currently an Assistant Professor in MFA Screenwriting at The University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Pilar has traveled the world teaching screenwriting and television writing to production companies, film schools and festivals. She’s trained writers at Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Program, Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat Productions, Disney, DreamWorks, the NBC TV Writers Program, the CBS-Paramount Writing Program and BSO Rogers. As an international trainer and speaker, she’s coached writers and producers at Rome’s MIA Market, the International Film School in Cologne, SP Televisao in Lisbon, Triggerfish Productions in Cape Town, iQuiyi in Beijing and many others. Pilar’s greatest accomplishment is the achievement of her students, many of whom gained success on series such as »House of the Dragon« and »The Morning Show« and have sold feature films to A24, Netflix and Warner Bros. Clients who have been coached by Pilar ‘story to script’ have won the Nicholl Fellowship, The Austin Screenwriting Competition and the jury prize at South by Southwest.