Jelena woehr

Jelena Woehr is a writer, story editor, podcast host, and businesswoman residing in Los Angeles.

Her viral West Wing Twitter spec was covered by the A.V. Club and Upworthy, attracted the attention of showrunners like Krista Vernoff and Brian Koppelman, ranked 27th on NPR’s list of 50 Wonderful Things from 2020, and was performed live by an all-star cast as part of Ben Blacker’s Retro Specs series, with all proceeds benefitting the non-partisan Center for Civic Education.

Her produced scripted audio & digital work appears on the Disney+ official YouTube channel, Amazon Kids+ on Echo (Disney Dailies); all Google Home devices & apps (say “OK Google, tell me a Frozen story”); and on the Parcast podcasts Serial Killers, Hostage, Political Scandals, and more.

Jelena won a 2021 Stowe Story Labs fellowship; placed first in the Junior Hollywood Radio & Television Society’s screenwriting contest; placed third in UCLA’s Writers’ Program Pilot Writing Competition; and was a finalist for the WB Writers’ Workshop, the Fox Entertainment Writers Incubator, and Disney Launchpad Shorts. Her work for Disney Digital won two Webby Awards, including Best Writing.

Jelena’s work also appears in print in publications including Thrice Fiction Magazine and Equus Magazine, and online at sites including Prism by Daily Kos, i-D (Vice), Business Insider, CMX Hub and Attorney At Law. She created and co-hosts TestMax’s official LSAT & law school podcast, The Legal Level, now available on all platforms.

Jelena is represented by Chris Coggins, Krista Sipp, and Devon Byers at Heroes and Villains Entertainment.

It’s pronounced “Yell In A War.”

Professional Experience

WRITER
Disney+

- WRITER for YouTube series "Disney+ Deets," promoting key Disney properties. Wrote final episodes of Season One & all of Season Two. 2020-2021
- PILOT WRITER for TBA original talk show series from Disney+ on YouTube, focusing on social issues and activism. 2021 - 2022

Story editor
spotify (via the content group / asylum entertainment group)

Oversee story development for TBA Spotify Originals series on criminal justice reform with A-list celebrity host. Wrote 3 episodes, hired and managed writers, story-edited all episodes of entire Season One, participated in voice directing. 2020 - 2022

head writer
Lava media (via the content group / asylum entertainment group)

Lead all writing & story development for upcoming scripted nonfiction criminal justice reform podcast series on the aftermath of wrongful convictions. Writing/editing entire season, voice directing host’s narration, participating in all aspects of production. 2021 - 2022

freelance writer
disney digital

Completed two major work-for-hire scripted audio projects for Google Home and Amazon Echo Dot: Kids Edition devices, writing within major animated movie franchises FROZEN 2 and RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET. Total of 70 short scripts approved & produced across both projects. Both projects won Webby Awards, including an award for Best Writing. April 2018 & October 2019

Writer / editor
Parcast studios from spotify

Wrote over 30 produced scripts across multiple shows, including #1 ranked Serial Killers; Unsolved Murders; Assassinations; Female Criminals; Hostage; Political Scandals; Falls From Grace; and more. Edited other freelancers’ drafts. 2018 - 2020

Podcast host & writer
testmax

Created & co-host Testmax’s LSAT & law school podcast, The Legal Level. Write articles (Forbes Council, Attorney At Law Magazine), books, and other communications for CEO. Create and publish curricular materials. Currently writing a book on LSAT Logic Games. 2019 - present

writers’ room Intern
s.w.at. (CBs)

Observed all activities in Zoom-based writers' room; learned from support staff; read script drafts & boards; took notes. Summer 2021

Founder
#WGAvirtualmix discord

Created 1,600-member and growing group for emerging screenwriters and TV writers, to replace mixer & networking events during social distancing. Host weekly “Friday Drinks” Q&A events with working writers & “Demystifying..” webinar series in partnership with Final Draft. Join at bit.ly/wgavirtualmix March 2020 - present

crime victim advocate
victim outreach

APR. 2012 - FEB. 2014
On-call for eight local Police Departments. Provided trauma support for victims and witnesses of crimes against persons. Trained in the same trauma support method taught to US diplomats and ambassadors. Present on-scene for cases of domestic violence, rape, homicide, unattended death and more.

“Jelena is bright and brilliant — a big thinker with a sharp intellect and awesome communication skills. She has an impressive capacity and range of abilities. She bangs out eloquent copy at the drop of the hat and pulls innovative solutions to complex problems out of thin air.”

— Darnell Witt, Sr. Director, Support Community at Vimeo

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endurance riding

Outside of writing, my passion is endurance riding, an equestrian sport in which horse and rider teams compete to complete distances of between 25 and 100 miles safely, within prescribed time limits and with the approval of veterinarians stationed throughout the course. Think of this sport as the ultramarathon of the horse world. Unlike flat track horse racing, endurance riding takes place at a lower relative speed and on varied, often mountainous terrain. Endurance is a sport that prizes radical self-sufficiency, with most riders carrying all they need to care for themselves and their mounts throughout a competition on their bodies and saddles. In 2019, I completed the 100 mile Tevis Cup, known as "the world's toughest horse race."