Alec Pinkston
- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Cut my teeth at Second City and IO in Chicago before founding the Lakewood Manor Players, a tri-coastal sketch writing
collective that released over 130 sketches over our seven year history before selling out our first and only live show run
"Fancy Uncle Pant's Spectacular Comedy Spectacle" in 2009.
After relocating to LA in 2010 I filmed the budget adventure travel show pilot "How To Get Lost" which premiered at the NY Television Festival and later co-produced the financial documentary Bailout, the story of a Chicago lawyer who outwitted the bank and used the money saved on not making mortgage payments to finance a gonzo road trip and subsequent documentary on how the 2008 financial crisis created his legal loophole. In 2012 I opened the LA office for Chicago based production and post studio Odd Machine before returning to Chicago to work full time for Odd Machine as Executive Producer.
In 2014 I wrote, produced and directed the comedic morning show pilot "Sick Day" which premiered at the Independent Television festival and won the audience award at the Big Little Comedy Festival. In 2015 I wrote, produced and directed the web series "Senataur for President" which won Project Greenight's "Next Great Animated Series" hosted by Tongal in 2016. Went into production in 2019 on the political satire pilot about an alien centaur who is exiled to Earth and runs for President. The series was shot in the supermarionation style pioneered by 60's british tv series Thunderbirds and revived in the 2004 feature film "Team America: World Police" by the creators of South Park.
After relocating to LA in 2010 I filmed the budget adventure travel show pilot "How To Get Lost" which premiered at the NY Television Festival and later co-produced the financial documentary Bailout, the story of a Chicago lawyer who outwitted the bank and used the money saved on not making mortgage payments to finance a gonzo road trip and subsequent documentary on how the 2008 financial crisis created his legal loophole. In 2012 I opened the LA office for Chicago based production and post studio Odd Machine before returning to Chicago to work full time for Odd Machine as Executive Producer.
In 2014 I wrote, produced and directed the comedic morning show pilot "Sick Day" which premiered at the Independent Television festival and won the audience award at the Big Little Comedy Festival. In 2015 I wrote, produced and directed the web series "Senataur for President" which won Project Greenight's "Next Great Animated Series" hosted by Tongal in 2016. Went into production in 2019 on the political satire pilot about an alien centaur who is exiled to Earth and runs for President. The series was shot in the supermarionation style pioneered by 60's british tv series Thunderbirds and revived in the 2004 feature film "Team America: World Police" by the creators of South Park.
