Quit Your Day Job and Break into Hollywood

<p>Would you leave a stable career to pursue your dream? We sit down with a writer and producer in television and streaming, Barry Schkolnick. We talk about how he started his career as a lawyer in New York before making the leap into Hollywood. We also talk about his experience on such shows as Star Trek: The Next Generation, Medical Investigation, and The Division.</p><p>--</p><p><strong>BARRY SCHKOLNICK </strong>(CoEp/Consultant):  Barry is a high-level writer and producer who’s worked on SEQUESTERED, a dramatic web series released on <a href="https://www.crackle.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Crackle.com</strong></a>, USA Network’s IN PLAIN SIGHT and THE GOOD WIFE for CBS.  Barry also wrote and produced such shows as LAW & ORDER, UNFORGETTABLE, THE GUARDIAN, THE DIVISION, MEDICAL INVESTIGATION, IN JUSTICE, THE DRESDEN FILES, and STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Barry wrote fifteen episodes for LAW & ORDER; his work was honored with a nomination for a Writer’s Guild of America award for Best Episode, Dramatic Series and a Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association. In addition, he was a member of the writing staff of LAW & ORDER’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning season.</p><p>In 2015, Barry was honored to give a keynote address in Rio de Janeiro at the RioContent Marketplace, a gathering of over five thousand television writers and executives from all around the world.</p><p>He is currently adapting Mike Papantonio’s “Deke” Deketomis novels for television. Previously, he created and executive produced DUALITY, a dramatic series set in Mexico City for Televisa and created the serialized crime drama HIDDEN PARTNERS for eOne with director David Von Ancken and producer Michael Rosenberg.</p><p>Barry received his undergraduate education at Swarthmore College, where he graduated with Honors. He began his career as a lawyer after receiving his J.D. degree from the New York University School of Law.</p><p>~ ~ ~</p><p>Support the show on Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/norlund" target="_blank"><strong>@