Erin Cardillo and Rich Keith have been developing TV together since 2011, but it was winning the 2013 New York Television Festival that solidified their partnership. Shortly thereafter, they partnered with Alloy Entertainment to develop Significant Mother for CW Seed, a half hour comedy that was picked up to series by the network and premiered on The CW in 2015. Also in 2015, Cardillo & Keith sold an original pilot script to The CW called, The I Do Crew, with Little Engine Productions and Warner Brothers. In 2016, Cardillo & Keith served as Co-Executive Producers for Fuller House season 2 on Netflix and sold another original pilot to The CW called Life Sentence, with Doozer Productions and Warner Brothers. Life Sentence premiered on The CW in 2018.
In this episode, we learn how two entirely different career paths landed Erin and Rich exactly where they needed to be, from first meeting in an acting class in Los Angeles, to winning the prestigious New York Television Festival for their pilot, and all the little moments in between. Listen to find out how they wrote the script that became their calling card to agents and how they earned themselves a development deal with the top networks in the industry. This is an incredibly insightful interview for every actor and writer who wants to find their own voice.
Recently, Cardillo and Keith have began their own production company called In Good Company. Look out for Cardillo’s upcoming romantic comedy, Isn’t It Romantic, starring Rebel Wilson, Priyanka Chopra and Liam Hemsworth.
IG: @theerincardillo, @richkeith
Tune into our Interview on iTunes HERE
Resources
LINKS:
- Erin Cardillo imdb
- Rich Keith imdb
- Erin’s Instagram
- Rich’s Instagram
- Rich’s Twitter
- http://www.erincardillo.com/
- Sam Christensen Studios
- New York Television Festival
- Life Sentence Trailer
- Significant Mother
- Isn’t It Romantic
QUOTES:
“I think that’s a big thing for writers out there who might be listening to this podcast is, you know, it starts with producing material and producing as much material as you can, that you can get into as many hands as possible, but then there is a little bit of serendipity and trust and all of those things involved to actually get stuff on the air.”
“You are perceived in a certain way whether you like it or not.”
“Everybody has a story to tell, its a contract you’ll never sign.”
“The things that you like the least about yourself are the the things you should own up to first with strangers and it will make people connect with you quicker.”
“You get better each time you write. So as you get better you start second guessing yourself more, you start looking for more structure.”