Live Q&A w/Comedian and CONAN Writer Levi MacDougall
Thursday 17 June
5pm - 6pm
Live Q&A w/Comedian and CONAN Writer Levi MacDougall
Join Canadian-born Levi MacDougall - comedian, writer and actor - in an arm-chair style Q&A about all things comedy and his enviable job as a writer/performer for CONAN. Hear about his start as an award-winning stand-up and sketch comic, his experience working in comedy in LA and the art of writing for a hit show. We'll be turning a portion of our session over to you, the audience, to ask Levi questions and demystify the process of becoming a working comic writer.
Speaker: Levi MacDougall
Chair: Jessica Fox
Chair
Jessica Fox
TV/Film director, author and story consultant | XpoNorth film sector specialist
Jessica Fox is a tv/film director, author and story consultant. She created/starred in the Youtube series “My Famous Dead Boyfriend”, directed commercials for PictoProductions and her short “Bluebeard” featured internationally at festivals. Her memoir, “Three Things You Need to Know About Rockets” was ‘romantic memoir of the year’ (Daily Mail) and is in development with Endeavor Content. Most recently she wrapped on her first feature film, “Stella” set in 1937 Scotland and co-founded Innerwell Media. Off set, Jessica created The Open Book, Airbnb’s most popular destination, and is a storytelling consultant for science organizations like NASA. Jessica is proud to be XpoNorth's film sector specialist.
Speakers
Levi MacDougall
Writer and Comedian
Levi MacDougall is a writer and comedian originally from Calgary, Alberta, now based in LA. The New York Times Magazine named him one of the Best Alternative Comics and he’s been called “one of Canada’s finest young comics” by Time Out New York. His hour-long stand-up special won two Canadian Comedy Awards. Levi was a writer for Comedy Central’s Important Things with Demetri Martin, and for the past 6 years he’s been a writer and performer on the late-night show CONAN on TBS.
