Meet Isabelle!
FINALIST - HALF-HOUR PILOT
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Isabelle McKelvey
She/Her
Television Track
Half Hour Comedy
BIO:
While earning her B.A. in Playwriting from UC San Diego, Isabelle discovered her passion for comedy writing while serving as Head Content Editor of the university’s satire newspaper. Her current training at UCLA, combined with education in late-night, sketch, improv, and stand-up comedy classes across Los Angeles, has further honed her voice and strengthened her passion for comedic storytelling.
Isabelle has also gained behind-the-scenes industry experience through communications and development positions with NBCUniversal, Intuition Productions, UCLA GSA’s Melnitz Movies, and BroadStage Performing Arts Center.
Whether it’s a female-driven ensemble comedy, industry or political satire, adult animation, or a classic workplace comedy, Isabelle is drawn to stories driven by complex, imperfect, and truthful characters.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION:
Wilson Family Screenwriting Award.
Showcase Scripts:
THE LANDLORDS - Half-Hour Pilot - Comedy - Finalist
In this adult animated comedy pilot, Mitch, an ambitious pushover, and Tuck, his dumb yet well-intentioned twin brother, take over as landlords of one of Goodyear, California’s largest apartment complexes. In their quest to be ethical landlords, the twins' intentions are
constantly misinterpreted, sending them on wild quests to win over their residents.
INTERNS- Half-Hour Pilot - Comedy
Emme Wade, a third year at an expensive liberal arts college, forms a Intern Club with her blunt roommate, her ex-boyfriend who’s still in love with her, and an awkward graduate student. When their idyllic first gig ends up being an exploitative pyramid scheme, the interns have to decide whether to put their heads down and push through, or stand against it and risk ruining the Intern Club's reputation forever.
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