Build Your
Blockbuster Life.
Helping ambitious professionals in a plot twist regain clarity, build momentum, and rewrite the next chapter of their lives — using the timeless principles of blockbuster storytelling.
- Clarity
- Control
- Momentum
- Fulfillment
- Sovereignty
- Self-Reliance
Jeremy Elice spent twenty-five years at the epicenter of the Golden Age of Television. As a senior executive at AMC, he played a pivotal role in developing and producing Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, and Mad Men — franchises that redefined the medium. His own work has been recognized with two Peabody Awards.
He has collaborated with Academy Award-winning storytellers including Vince Gilligan, Frank Darabont, and John Ridley, and today produces active projects at Sony and Amazon — among them the television adaptation of his own novel.
He teaches the same structural rules that power blockbusters — because life follows the same rules as story. He speaks from the room where it happened, not from a theory.
- Breaking Bad
- Mad Men
- The Walking Dead
- Hell on Wheels
- Rubicon
- The Shield
- Rescue Me
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Tut
Build Your Blockbuster Life
How to rewrite your character, find your clarity, and turn a professional crossroads into your next great chapter.
Every meaningful professional transformation follows the logic of a great story: you define the character, choose the destination, confront resistance, develop the capacity to prevail, and take ownership of what comes next. For high performers frozen at a career crossroads, the problem isn’t confidence — it’s a loss of narrative control. This keynote hands it back.
Keynotes
Second Act Problems
Why the script that got you here won't get you there, and how to diagnose which act you're actually stuck in.
From the Writer's Room to the Board Room
What twenty-five years of building blockbusters teaches about character, conflict, and betting on people.
Take Action (Against Your Antagonist)
Action is not the reward at the end of a good plan. It is the instrument that tells you what is broken. When a story stalls in Act II, it is almost always an Act I problem — and the same is true of a stalled career.
“Action is your diagnostic tool. Write the crappy first draft to see where your foundation needs fixing.”
“Perfectionism kills more dreams than failure ever will.”
Available as a 20-minute talk, a 45-minute keynote, a half-day workshop, or a podcast conversation — adapted to your room.
- The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS)
- The Hollywood Radio & Television Society (HRTS)
- UCLA — Classes & Alumni Media Panel
Former officer, Junior Hollywood Radio & Television Society (JHRTS). Member, ATAS.
Best suited to audiences in transition: corporate teams facing restructuring or a strategy shift, professional associations, entrepreneurship and creative-career programs, and podcasts covering career change, productivity, creativity, leadership, or the entertainment business.
Your Blockbuster Life
Being written in the open, one chapter at a time, on Substack and LinkedIn. Read along as the book takes shape.
Start Reading →The Blockbuster Narrative
Coming soon. In the meantime, Jeremy is available as a podcast guest — Hollywood war stories, the craft of thrillers, and the storytelling rules behind reinvention.
Book a Guest Spot →Easy to Book.
Easy to Prep.
- Why life follows the same rules as story
- Diagnosing a stalled career like a stalled script
- What it took to protect Breaking Bad
- Rebuilding after the industry stopped
- Why you can't build a blockbuster by committee
- Action as a diagnostic, not a result
- AI, independence, and the future of storytelling
Learn to Dad — guest
Suggested Questions ↓
- 1.You teach that life follows the same rules as story. How do I know if I have a second act problem?
- 2.What life lessons did you learn from Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and The Walking Dead?
- 3.In 2020 the business shut down and you wrote seven books in four years. What was the very first move?
- 4.What do you tell someone at 41 with two kids and a mortgage who thinks it’s too late?
- 5.Your uncle gave you a rule at one of the lowest points of your life. How did it eventually become the foundation of your career?
- 6.What are you up against?
- 7.You argue that a blockbuster is never permanent. Why is that the good news?
Tell Yourself a
Blockbuster Story.
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contact@eliceisland.com