ELLEN SANDLER received an Emmy nomination for her work as Co-Executive Producer for the CBS hit Everybody Loves Raymond. She has worked as a writer/producer on more than 25 network television comedies, including ABC's long-running series, Coach.  In addition to staff work, she has created original pilots for ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox Family Channel, Oxygen, The Disney Channel, and the Australian Children's Television Foundation in Melbourne. 

Sandler Ink, the consulting company Ellen founded, provides script development and career coaching for professionals and emerging writers in the entertainment industry.  She is also a sought-after seminar leader at conferences and universities both in the U.S. and abroad.

Additionally, Ellen teaches film and television writing for the UCLA Extension Writer's Program and is a star speaker at the annual Screenwriter's Expo in Los Angeles.  In New York, she has taught Television Writing for Playwrights at The New School and at The HB Playwrights Foundation. 

Many of Ellen's students have gone on to success, earning positions on hit television shows including Sex in the City, Men in Trees, Malcolm in the Middle, Everybody Hates Chris, and The New Adventures of Old Christine.  Ellen's students have gained acceptance in the Disney Writing Fellowship and the Cosby Writing Fellowship, and have won numerous writing competitions including those at the Austin Film Festival and Scriptapalooza. 

A member of the Dramatist Guild, Ellen began her career in New York as a playwright and director and continues to work in theater.  Her autobiographical one act,  Jewish Roots, was produced at the Hudson Theatre in Los Angeles; her comic play How'd It Go? was produced at the HBO/Warner Bros. Workspace and starred Megan Mullally. 

Ellen is a member of the Writer's Guild of America. She also serves on the board of The American Screenwriting Association, is a judge of The Hartley Merrill International Screenplay Award, and is a mentor at the Duke City Shootout Digital Film Festival.   

Ellen holds a BS from Syracuse University and an MFA from The American Film Institute.