Ross Brown

Ross Brown began his writing career on some of TV’s most successful comedies including The Facts of Life, Step By Step and The Cosby Show. He wrote, produced and created comedies for ABC, CBS and The WB.  He is the author of the book Create Your Own TV Series for the Internet. His full-length plays Hindsight and Trapped have had staged readings at The Pasadena Playhouse and The Barter Theater in Virginia. His short plays have been performed in Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and Minnesota. His screenplay Julia Morgan: The Woman Who Built Hearst Castle was a quarterfinalist at the Nashville Film Festival. He was the founding director of the MFA in Writing & Contemporary Media at Antioch University in Santa Barbara and held that post from 2016 through June 2022. Prior to that he was a tenured Assistant Professor of TV Writing & Production at Chapman University. Earlier in his career Professor Brown worked as an assistant director on feature films including National Lampoon’s Vacation.