VFS In-Production Bootcamp | Writing for a Series with Rick Cleveland
Schedule
Fri, 29 May, 2026 at 10:00 am to Sat, 30 May, 2026 at 05:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
151 W Cordova St | Vancouver, BC
About this Event
In this immersive, day-long workshop, Rick takes on the role of showrunner, leading a group of writers in breaking a brand-new episode of a fictional reboot of HBO's Six Feet Under — a series Rick wrote and produced from its first season through its landmark finale.
Friday May 29th: Q&A + Screening
- 6-7:15pm: Rick Cleveland Credit Reel, Q&A
- Quick break
- 7:30-8:45pm: Series Finale of Six Feet Under (runs for 73 mins)
- 8:45-9: Closing comments, final plug for Saturdays workshop
Saturday May 30th: Writing the Reboot
- 10-4pm : Writing Workshop: Six Feet Under Reboot
- At 1pm Rick will host an informal brainstorming session over lunch. Attendees are asked to bring their own lunch (and screenewriting ideas!).
Location: VFS Film Campus, 151 West Cordova Street
Cost: CAD120
Cost to attend workshop only: CAD20 (at the door)
In-Production Bootcamp
Writing for television is vastly different from writing feature films. While some series are driven by a single showrunner, most are collaborative — a staff of writers working together, not unlike a band.
In this immersive, day-long workshop, Rick takes on the role of showrunner, leading a group of writers in breaking a brand-new episode of a fictional reboot of HBO's Six Feet Under — a series Rick wrote and produced from its first season through its landmark finale. The new episode will center on six young adult characters, each introduced as children in the original series. Together, this workshop group of writers will pitch ideas, build characters, and experience firsthand what it's like to be inside a real writers' room.
No prior familiarity with Six Feet Under is required, but fans of the show will find the premise especially exciting. Please note: the episode created in this workshop is a purely creative exercise, unaffiliated with HBO and in no way connected to any potential reboot of the series.
Rick Cleveland is an Emmy winning television writer/producer, screenwriter and playwright whose credits include "The West Wing," "Six Feet Under," "Mad Men," “Nurse Jackie,” “House Of Cards,” “Archer” & “Legit.” Aside from his six Emmy nominations, he also won three Writers Guild Awards and the Jury Award for Best One Person Show at the HBO Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado for his play My Buddy Bill. His screenplay for Runaway Jury was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award and his plays have won grants from the National Endowment for the Arts & the Kennedy Center’s Fund for New American Plays. He received his MFA from the University of Iowa and in his spare time he mentors young writers for the WGA Foundation’s Veteran’s Writing Project.
Where is it happening?
151 W Cordova St, 151 West Cordova Street, Vancouver, CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
CAD 20.00 to CAD 120.00
