Let me tell you about me… and you just might learn a little bit about yourself.
My name is Troy.
I write stuff. I produce theatrical advertising campaigns. I creatively direct a team of writers for network promos, rebrands, print copy and consumer brands.
I’m from New Hampshire. I have always loved writing. I have always loved movies. I have always wanted to live in Los Angeles.
One day I drove my crappy Nissan Sentra to Santa Cruz, where I had a couch to flop on. Santa Cruz was farther from Los Angeles than I realized. I was an auto detailer at a used car lot. Then I pumped gas for a while. I met my future ex-girlfriend and moved to Los Angeles to be a famous moving picture writer guy.
Upon my my illustrious arrival in L.A., to keep it real, I unloaded trucks and packed up shipments for Crate and Barrel in Century City. Sounds glamorous – and it was glamorous – so seductively glamorous that I commenced to a-courtin’ my lady boss. Then I quit. Yep. Walked away from it all to take a job working for a television legend.
I worked with Norman Lear for seven years. We spent pretty much every day together. I learned a lot about writing and about the craft of developing television shows and feature films. I wrote a pilot for a tv show that didn’t get made. I wrote a screenplay for a movie that didn’t get made. I earned membership into the Writers Guild of America. Norman and I are still buddies. He’s my mentor. Enough about that guy.
I was a script coordinator. I was a director’s assistant. I produced a Cake video. I studied improv comedy at The Groundlings, UCB, and Second City/Los Angeles. I wrote more scripts. I married the lady boss I started courting two paragraphs back. (Potential employers: You’ve been warned!)
I stumbled into the world of creative advertising seven years ago. Holy crap. What a fun business. I have never been paid so well for dick and fart jokes.
I love this place.
Let’s make something.
You can reach me at: troyh8701@gmail.com
(Some other, jerkier, Troy Hutchinson already took the email address I wanted.)