Doran Seff is a Screenwriter/ Author/ Producer in Playa Del Rey, CA who specializes in the craft fundamentals of the storytelling process. He received an MFA in Writing for Film & Television from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, and has a BFA in Creative Writing from the University of Colorado Denver. An award-winning screenwriter and published author, he developed storytelling techniques that transcend medium and get to the core of the writer’s perspective. He’s consulted on projects of all kinds: films shown at Cannes Film Festival, Feature Films, Masters Theses, Book-to-Film Adaptations, Memoirs, and College Applications. 

Although the goal changes from client to client, his fundamental approach is the same; Identify the story you’re trying to tell, and help you actualize the best way to tell it. His approach has been molded by the eclectic mentors he’s studied under, the writers of Batman Movies, Emmy-Winning Sitcom jokesters, and Lead Writers of hard-hitting Netflix crime dramas. He also uses terminologies and frameworks from pedagogic influences such as Robert Mckee, William Goldman, David Howard, Frank Daniel, and more. But beyond leaning on the giants, Doran’s method for finding and excavating the story inside his clients is more personal than that. He’s built a process that breaks down the truth of a story to its smallest, most indivisible core, and helps you build around it.

In his personal life, he lives with his partner, Hannah, and their Border Collie, Bean. He lives near the beach and loves to play volleyball and ride his superscooter along the SoCal coast. He takes Jeopardy too seriously, loves history and true crime podcasts, and can solve a Rubik’s Cube in under a minute. While freestyle rapping. But please, don’t time him. It makes him nervous.