About Yair

 

Yair Karlberger is a screenwriter and producer, born and raised between Belgium and Israel, now based in Toronto. After he immigrated from Europe, he leaped at the opportunity of working in the film/TV industry. He immediately propelled himself into the industry, learning anything he could on set. Putting together call-sheets, running coffees, securing locations, reassuring actors that they were doing great… the usual stuff. All that experience led him to produce a short film he had written. That’s when it hit… The day he realized that nothing else would give him the same satisfaction of seeing a project come to life.

He dove head first into the world of screenwriting and producing to bring his dream career to life. After starting off with short films, he focused on creating features and series. Having created a concept trailer for “Neon Nights”, starring Simu Liu (Marvel’s “Shang-Chi”), the project was optioned by Breakthrough Entertainment. He was then brought on to co-produce the feature “Goliath”, starring Michelle Mylett, Daniel Maslany, Andrea Roth and more. Shortly after, he produced “We Came To Wreck Everything”, a Toronto indie film, currently in post-production. This spurred his drive to work on larger projects as a Production Manager, and dig into Accounting on Network/Streamer shows.

Recently Yair workshopped his series pilot in the Sundance collab Pilot Course led by Sam Ernst (Netflix’s “Daredevil”) and Tracy Whitaker (NBC’s Blindspot) and received the Entertainment Law Certificate from Osgoode School of Law. Each a step towards bettering himself as a writer-producer and his next projects, focused on creating great original stories. Yair’s scripts have placed in competitions such as ScreenCraft,  SAVE THE CAT! Screenplay Challenge (Semi-Finalist) , Action On Film Writers’ Competition and Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards. (Finalist)

Next, his focus is on his series “On The Verge”, “The Veteran” and “Dr. R”, as well as the feature films “The Hunting Ground” and “Lethal Dose” and many others. Yair is determined to enhance development and production processes, focused on bridging the gap between Toronto and LA.


Recent accomplishments:

Sundance Collab - TV Episodic Writing

In depth analysis of Pilot writing and creation of a roadmap for a television show with character breakdowns and season arc outlines.
Course instructed by Sam Ernst of Netflix’s Daredevil,  ABC’s Haven and Amazon’s Hand of God.

Osgoode School of Law / Entertainment Law Certificate

Certificate in Entertainment Law covering intellectual property, copyright law, production tax law, errors and omissions, writers and talent contracts and more.

George Brown College / Screenwriting Certificate

Specialized course focused on screenwriting including structure, dialogue, formatting, outlining, story building and much more.

Awards / Commendations

On The Verge - Pilot (Script)

  • Winner - Cinequest Screenwriting Competition (2020)

  • Finalist - Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards (2019)

  • Semifinalist - Screencraft Pilot Launch (2019)

  • Quarter-Finalist - Finish Line Script Competition (2020)

Lethal Dose (Script)

  • Semi-Finalist - SAVE THE CAT! Screenplay Challenge. (2019)

  • Selection - Action On Film MEGAfest (2019)