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Hi, I’m Claire Abbotts. I’m a writer and producer with a broad track record across the entertainment industry, including work on Dick Wolf’s CBS show, FBI. I also teach screenwriting at UNC Chapel Hill. I’ve collaborated with producers, agents, showrunners, and IP creators to develop, pitch, and execute projects across television formats and genres. I excel at developing story arcs, shaping characters, and coordinating across writers’ rooms and on-set production to bring ideas to screen. I bring a collaborative, deadline-driven approach and an ability to adapt quickly to feedback while maintaining a clear creative vision.…Hi, I’m Claire Abbotts. I’m a writer and producer with a broad track record across the entertainment industry, including work on Dick Wolf’s CBS show, FBI. I also teach screenwriting at UNC Chapel Hill. I’ve collaborated with producers, agents, showrunners, and IP creators to develop, pitch, and execute projects across television formats and genres. I excel at developing story arcs, shaping characters, and coordinating across writers’ rooms and on-set production to bring ideas to screen. I bring a collaborative, deadline-driven approach and an ability to adapt quickly to feedback while maintaining a clear creative vision.

Claire Demorest Abbotts

Writer, Content Producer, Story Producer, +6

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Hi, I’m Claire Abbotts. I’m a writer and producer with a broad track record across the entertainment industry, including work on Dick Wolf’s CBS show, FBI. I also teach screenwriting at UNC Chapel Hill. I’ve collaborated with producers, agents, showrunners, and IP creators to develop, pitch, and execute projects across television formats and genres. I excel at developing story arcs, shaping characters, and coordinating across writers’ rooms and on-set production to bring ideas to screen. I bring a collaborative, deadline-driven approach and an ability to adapt quickly to feedback while maintaining a clear creative vision.…Hi, I’m Claire Abbotts. I’m a writer and producer with a broad track record across the entertainment industry, including work on Dick Wolf’s CBS show, FBI. I also teach screenwriting at UNC Chapel Hill. I’ve collaborated with producers, agents, showrunners, and IP creators to develop, pitch, and execute projects across television formats and genres. I excel at developing story arcs, shaping characters, and coordinating across writers’ rooms and on-set production to bring ideas to screen. I bring a collaborative, deadline-driven approach and an ability to adapt quickly to feedback while maintaining a clear creative vision.

Available to hire

Hi, I’m Claire Abbotts. I’m a writer and producer with a broad track record across the entertainment industry, including work on Dick Wolf’s CBS show, FBI. I also teach screenwriting at UNC Chapel Hill. I’ve collaborated with producers, agents, showrunners, and IP creators to develop, pitch, and execute projects across television formats and genres.

I excel at developing story arcs, shaping characters, and coordinating across writers’ rooms and on-set production to bring ideas to screen. I bring a collaborative, deadline-driven approach and an ability to adapt quickly to feedback while maintaining a clear creative vision.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Writer/Producer on Dick Wolf’s “FBI” at Universal Television

May 1, 2018 - October 1, 2023

Wrote and revised one-hour episodic scripts for the #1 primetime show on network television; Pitched character arcs and story ideas for new episodes; Extensively researched story points; Led story-based pre-production meetings (concept, script, tone) and advised on departmental meetings (art, props, costumes, stunts, etc.); Produced episodes on set in New York, often troubleshooting and re-writing in real time

Television Development Assistant at CBS Television Studios

July 1, 2016 - May 1, 2018

Executed administrative duties for high-level television writer and producer under a studio term deal, booking travel, scheduling meetings, tracking projects in development, etc.; Read all incoming development materials and provided coverage and feedback; Researched story ideas and background information; Assisted with the development, casting, prep, and production of a network television pilot; Created costume and production design lookbooks for network television shows in development

Television Literary Assistant at Paradigm Television Agency

July 1, 2015 - May 1, 2016

Supported television writers and directors by organizing travel, scheduling meetings, and drafting script submissions; Created and maintained financial grids to track paperwork, contracts, and payments for client projects

Adjunct Professor, Communications Dept. at University of North Carolina

September 1, 2024 - Present

Designed curriculum for 'Writing the One-Hour Television Drama'; taught undergraduates about the history of television dramas, navigating the entertainment industry, and working in a television writers’ room; ran mock writers’ rooms in which students created, outlined, and wrote episodes.

Writer/Producer on Dick Wolf’s FBI at Universal Television

May 20, 2018 - October 1, 2023

Wrote and revised one-hour episodic scripts for the #1 primetime show on network television; pitched character arcs and story ideas; extensively researched story points; led story-based pre-production meetings and advised on departmental meetings; produced episodes on set in New York, often troubleshooting and re-writing in real time.