Funny or Die
Description
Producers, writers, and directors from the award-winning destination for comedy on the web, Funny Or Die, will offer insight into how they create their online video content. For aspiring writers and directors who are passionate about comedic filmmaking- or anyone interested in what generates laughs online-this is a chance to gain real-world experience in how to produce and market short form comedy videos for the web.
Alex Richanbach graduated from the University of Oregon and has been at Funny Or Die for 3 years. Richanbach writes, directs, acts and produces at Funny Or Die. His work includes the feature film “We Are Young”, the web series “Frenemies”, “Mornings with Alex & Drew” and “Comeback: Baron Davis” as well as the television pilot “Boyfriends.”
Eliza Skinner is originally from Richmond, VA and started her performing career as an unnamed child revolutionary in a local production of Evita. She is now a stand-up comedian and regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York and LA. She has performed in festivals all over the world including RiotLA, SXSW, Bridgetown, the NY Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe, and was named by Patton Oswalt as a notable “up and coming” comedian. Before coming to Funny Or Die, Eliza was a writer and performer on Totally Biased on FXX, produced by Chris Rock. She has also written for Glamour, Showtime, Cracked, and many other publications, websites, and TV shows. Plus, RuPaul once called her “She-larious!”
Originally from Lynchburg, VA and a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, Jason Carden got his start in the entertainment industry as a freelance producer for online corporate videos. He very quickly realized his mistake and made the transition into comedy, producing sketches and web series for UCB performers in New York. It was there that he met writer/director Maggie Carey and worked as an associate producer on her feature film debut “The To Do List”. Next, Jason was back in New York working as a coordinator for the digital shorts on Saturday Night Live. In late 2012 he was hired as a producer at Funny or Die, and in addition to producing many web exclusives he just completed work on a FoD short film entitled “Barbados” Jason is a big Batman fan and will gladly tell you all about it anytime you’d like.