CARRIE SCHRADER

Carrie Schrader is an award-winning writer-director known for her latest short film proof of concept called Okay?. She also directed Don't Mess With Texas alongside Tricia Cooke and Ethan Coen from the Coen brothers, as well as the Netflix commercial Batdad: Battle For Bedtime and the feature film The Founders, which is available on Amazon/Peacock. Carrie has directed unscripted content for various networks, including AMC and Bravo. Her television pilot Phoenix recently won the Blacklist's Georgia LIST prize. Carrie is developing a one-hour drama pilot with A Really Good Home Pictures, the company behind Unstoppable, produced by Amazon/Artist’s Equity.

She makes her living from multiple write-for-hire contracts, specializing in adapting real-life stories for film and television. Carrie's other short films & screenplays have received accolades from the Orchard Project Episodic Lab, the Outfest Screenwriting Lab, IFP, Austin Film Festival, and she was named one of the “Top Ten Directors To Watch Out For” by IndieWire.com. She is also the creator of the #nicewhitemom videos, which use humor to critically examine how white women perpetuate racism. Carrie has a ridiculously expensive but surprisingly useful MFA in screenwriting from Columbia University and will be forever proud of her early days as a theater nerd.

Upcoming Events with CARRIE SCHRADER

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ON SET: Directing and Cinematography
Oct 12
ON SET: Directing and Cinematography

Join writer/director Carrie Schrader and filmmaker Chris Hamilton for a fast-paced, hands-on one-day workshop designed for both directors and cinematographers. Through practical exercises and collaborative scene work, you’ll learn how to break down a script, build a dynamic shot list, and bring it to life on camera—from your own unique creative lens.

Past Events with CARRIE SCHRADER:

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Shot by Shot Take 2: Camera Sketch/Pre-visualization
Aug 10
Shot by Shot Take 2: Camera Sketch/Pre-visualization

In this hands-on class, you will learn how to pre-visualize a scene and translate storyboards/shot lists into a cinematically engaging, visually compelling series of shots that engage the viewer. You will be able to bring storyboards for a 2-3 minute scene to class, either from your script or a published screenplay, which the Instructor will approve before the course starts. 

Shot by Shot Directing Workshop (Virtual)
Jul 20
Shot by Shot Directing Workshop (Virtual)

A great director knows how to emotionally motivate their shots in a way that captivates and grounds their viewers in the EXPERIENCE of the story. In this online version of Shot by Shot: Directing Workshop, we dive deep into cinematic language to give you the tools to translate written beats into dynamic, moving, memorable, visual moments on the screen. This skills you learn in this workshop will be your secret weapon in your quest to create movie magic. 

Shot by Shot: Directing Workshop
Mar 9
Shot by Shot: Directing Workshop

We’ll review and learn the building blocks of cinematic language, and use those to break down a script, beat by beat, to prepare you to not only be a good director but a GREAT director who creates unique, compelling, cinematic masterpieces. This course will fundamentally change the way you approach storytelling.