Charles Borg is an award-winning writer/producer with an MFA in Screenwriting from Chapman University. He runs Smash To: Script Consulting, working with filmmakers affiliated with the likes of Paradigm, Bad Robot, Circle of Confusion, Nasdaq Studios and Anonymous Content. 

 

His professional background in script coverage and  analysis started as a reader for Bona Fide Productions, Daniel L. Paulson Productions, The Writers Store, and Stage 32.  Charles writes and ghostwrites feature films and pilots, as well as develops treatments and reality show pitch-packages. 

 

His skill set extends to writing VO for commercials and TV series’ promos, such as the Emmy winning interactive FB series, Never Settle Show, and for the boxing docu-series, Knockout (2015-2017), which he story produced, co-produced and wrote two seasons on NUVOtv/FUSEtv. 

 

In the feature film realm, Charles co-produced, Three Worlds, “Best Feature” at Queen Palm Int’l, and MAN, which he co-wrote and co-edited, winner of CICFF’s “Golden Fox Award”. 

 

Charles’s academic pursuits include teaching at Columbia College Chicago, Screenwriters University, Chicago Filmmakers, and Flashpoint: a campus of Columbia College Hollywood. He is also Head of Development for Creative Cypher, a Chi-based 501c3 that helps support and develop film/TV/web projects.

 

In addition, Charles heads CWL (Chicago Writer’s Lab) an annual screenwriter’s workshop and is a key member of the film collaborative, CFX (Chicago Film Xcelerator), fusing resources such as camera houses and post production facilities to support filmmakers complete projects.