Scott Yacyshyn

 

Type of Work Seeking:

  • Development Opportunities (Including Open Writing Assignments)

  • Staff in a Room (Staff Writer or Story Editor)

  • Staff in a Room (Producer Level)

Credits:

  • SNATCHERS (2019) - Feature-length horror comedy. "After status-obsessed teen Sara has sex for the first time, she wakes up the next day nine months pregnant - with an alien." Premiered at SXSW, distributed by Warner Brothers.

  • GROSS GIRLS (2019-22) - Animated comedy show. “Best friends Zoey and Chuck survive the hairy grossness of junior high by totally embracing it." Co-produced by Adam and Naomi Scott and Developed at Cartoon Network, my co-creator and I led a writers room to script six episodes and produce an 11-minute animatic.

Personal Highlights:

  • DEVELOPMENT DEAL, CARTOON NETWORK (2022-23) - After the end of GROSS GIRLS, we were kept on with a deal to develop multiple shows and feature length projects at Cartoon Network.

  • THE NEW YORK TIMES FOR KIDS (2023-25) - Writer for the kids supplement to the Sunday paper, which appeared monthly. Along with articles about the life-cycle of cicadas and unexplained phenomenon like bigfoot, I wrote more serious fare, including WHAT THEY SAVED FROM THE FIRES, an article chronicling the items children brought with them while evacuating from the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.

  • THE ONION NEWS NETWORK (2007-2011) - Graphic design work for The Onion's online video content.

Representation:

  • Scott Yacyshyn is seeking representation.

Learn More about Scott:

 

  • Scott Yacyshyn grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, before attending UCLA for graphic design. He went on to work at THE ONION NEWS NETWORK, where he would photoshop things like "evil zombie Ronald Reagan," before fully pivoting to comedy and writing. In 2015 Scott co-wrote the horror-comedy short SNATCHERS, which premiered at SXSW. Four years later, the feature-length version premiered at the same festival. Scott has worked with Cartoon Network to develop a cartoon series, and The New York Times to write about bigfoot. With his work, Scott tries to be as mold-breaking as a white, bearded, Silverlake father of two can possibly be.

  • LOGO (Feature-length/Dark Horror Comedy)

    Failing pop-artist Adrien is hired by a shadowy company to design their logo, but comes to discover the work is twisting his art and mind into something nightmarish.

    HAYDEN, BRAYDEN, AND A.I.D.E.N (Half-hour/Comedy)

    Two bros are enlisted to babysit the world's most advanced AI... To keep it dumb.

    BRANDMASTERS (Half-hour/ Comedy)

    In the fast-paced world of marketing, it takes style, wit, and intelligence to rise above the rest and be a true 'Brandmaster.' Maddie, Sandra, and Robin also work in marketing.

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