John Tyler McClain

John's a Los Angeles-based writer for film and television. From the panhandle of Texas by way of Las Vegas, his work is heavily influenced by the spectacle of a youth misspent loitering on the Strip. On the page, John explores grounded emotional experiences through the prism of elevated, high-concept hooks. Coming from a family of hard-drinking Texans, his work turns a darkly comic eye to down-on-their-luck underdogs, centering characters who might be splattered across rock bottom, but who are willing to do whatever it takes to get back on their feet. Since earning his MFA in playwriting from UCLA, he was selected as an LA Ovation Stage Alliance Fellow, and his theatrical work has been performed around the country. His pilot, Marfa, was selected for the Sundance Episodic Lab, and his feature Hummingbird landed on the 2016 annual Black List. The same year, he was featured on the Young and Hungry List. He remains hungry, though by now, "young" might be a stretch.