Neil Landau is a bestselling author‎,‎ producer and award winning screenwriter who runs the Writing for Television program in the UCLA Department of Film‎,‎ Television and Digital Media ‎(‎his alma mater‎)‎‎.‎ Credits include Don‎'‎t Tell Mom the Babysitter‎'‎s Dead‎;‎ Melrose Place‎,‎ The Magnificent Seven‎,‎ Doogie Howser‎,‎ M‎.‎D‎.‎‎,‎ The Secret World of Alex Mack‎,‎ Twice in a Lifetime‎,‎ MTV‎'‎s Undressed‎,‎ and one‎-hour drama pilots for CBS‎,‎ ABC‎,‎ ABC Family‎,‎ Warner Bros‎.‎‎,‎ Disney‎,‎ Lifetime‎,‎ and Fremantle‎.‎ Neil has also served as Executive Script Consultant for Sony Pictures Television and Columbia Pictures‎.‎ His animated movie projects include the Tad‎:‎ The Lost Explorer‎,‎ which earned him a Spanish Academy ‎"‎Goya‎"‎ Award for Best Adapted Screenplay‎;‎ Capture the Flag for Paramount‎;‎ and Sheep & Wolves for Wizart Animation‎.‎ He‎'‎s the author of the bestselling 101 Things I Learned in Film School‎;‎ The Screenwriter‎'‎s Roadmap‎,‎ and The TV Showrunner‎'‎s Roadmap‎.‎