Bret VandenBos

Bret VandenBos is a TV writer with a professional background in political communication and speechwriting. He is a writer-producer on The CW's Walker, and also served as a consulting producer on CBS' Silence of the Lambs series - Clarice. Prior to joining Walker, Bret wrote on the CW's Valor, CBS' MacGyver, TNT's King & Maxwell, and SyFy's Hunters. He has developed and sold original one-hour drama pilots to FX, DC Universe (now HBO Max), and CBS. Politically, he has served as a speechwriter to the last two Mayors of Los Angeles -- Eric Garcetti and Antonio Villaraigosa. Bret is a graduate on the University of Southern California's Writing for Film & Television program, where he now teaches. While at USC Bret - and his writing partner Brandon Willer - won the Josh Schwartz scholarship for dramatic TV Writing, and were finalists for the Humanitas Student Drama Fellowship. After graduation, they were members of the 2013 CBS Writer Mentorship Program. Bret VandenBos and Brandon Willer are represented by James Engle at Echo Lake Entertainment.