Elyse Endick is a New York-based screenwriter developing content for film, television, and new media platforms
She is currently seeking new opportunities
Elyse Endick is…
…a feature and television writer based in New York, most known for her feature WHO IS CHRISTMAS EVE, and for developing content for Hooked, the leading mobile streaming platform for Gen Z. Elyse has also served as a writers’ assistant at Netflix and Nickelodeon. She received her MFA in Screenwriting from NYU Tisch in 2016. Through her work, Elyse hopes to champion LGBTQ+ stories and provide on-screen representation for queer youth.
My Background
Elyse holds a B.A. in English and Film from the College of William & Mary, and an MFA in Screenwriting from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Rita and Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing. She has worked as a writers assistant for Netflix’s BLOODLINE and Nickelodeon’s BLAZE AND THE MONSTER MACHINES, as well as a personal assistant to acclaimed director Steven Shainberg. From 2018-2021, Elyse served as a full time Senior Staff Writer and Creative Executive at Hooked, a mobile streaming platform for Gen Z. Her first feature, WHO IS CHRISTMAS EVE, will premier this November on Bounce, part of the Scripps Network.
Hooked
Senior Staff Writer, Creative Executive
2018 - 2021
The Blacklist
Reader - providing coverage on feature and television scripts
2016 - 2018
(maintains active reader status through present)
Coming soon...
Elyse’s first produced feature, WHO IS CHRISTMAS EVE, will premier Sunday, November 29th at 8:00 EST
Recently…
Elyse’s work was selected to be read by Tisch Represents, an NYU Tisch alumni organization which promotes diversity in the entertainment industry. As part of the Tisch Represents HOLIDAY HACK, writers were asked to submit diverse scenes featuring LGBTQ+ and/or BIPOC representation that otherwise feel as though they could be part of a Hallmark Christmas movie. Elyse’s scene, GAYER THAN CHRISTMAS, is a queer take on familiar Hallmark holiday tropes.
LOGLINE: Libby’s love of the holidays is put to the test when she agrees to attend a Christmas party as her closeted friend PETER’s date. There, she runs into her Christmas-hating crush, KATE, who arrives at the party with a date of her own.
Tune in December 19th at 9 PM EST/ 6 PM PST - RSVP here to attend!
Recently…
Elyse’s script I’LL CRY IF I WANT TO recently took home Best Feature Screenplay at the 2020 Vail Film Festival!
Elyse’s work at HOOKED
As the leading mobile-first streaming platform for Gen-Z, Hooked features serialized and MOW-like content for teens and young adults - or anyone who loves YA!
At Hooked, Elyse develops, curates, and implements ideas for short, feature-length, and episodic content for the Hooked app and HookedTV. Her scripted adaptations of Hooked’s TREVOR AND THE VIRGIN and TREVOR AND THE VIRGIN 2 have gained millions of loyal fans on social media, and her 5-episode fiction piece, DARK MATTER, was covered in Variety. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, Elyse has helped Hooked develop short-form content that could be shot completely remotely - and has served as a screenwriter, as well as an executive producer, on various recent projects.
Elyse is perhaps most proud of HOMECOMING QUEEN, a feature-length LGBTQ+ script developed for the Hooked app.
Elyse’s work for Hooked has found a mass audience on Hooked, HookedTV, Snapchat, and TikTok.