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Directed by Adrian Rojas Elliot Written by Ben Kawaller Executive Produced by Lauren Finerman, Ben Kawaller, & Adrian Rojas Elliot Edited by Ian Levine Director of Photography Joe Picard SERIES LOGLINE: A hapless West Hollywood homosexual falls into odd jobs, strange beds, and bad habits as he chases professional and romantic exaltation. PILOT EPISODE LOGLINE: An earnest West Hollywood gay man with a skewed sense of decorum chases meaning and intimacy, routinely humiliating himself while every so often stumbling into moments of grace. PILOT EPISODE SYNOPSIS: An entirely uncivilized mix of the absurd, the irreverent, and the heartfelt, This Isn’t Me follows a hapless gay man’s misguided search for happiness. With the support of a daffy mentor and a heroically tolerant roommate, Fred Knobler falls into odd jobs, strange beds, and bad habits, occasionally finding redemption as a part-time tutor of underachieving children. This Isn't Me is a coming-of-age story for the developmentally deferred, a series about becoming the person you could be—if only you were someone else. Note: "This Isn't Me" was previously entitled "Low-Achieving Children"

"This Isn't Me" Comedy Pilot | Original Comedy Series

Created by Ben Kawaller & directed by Adrian Rojas Elliot

An earnest West Hollywood homosexual with a skewed sense of decorum chases meaning and intimacy, routinely humiliating himself and occasionally stumbling into moments of grace

This Isn’t Me offers an off-kilter view of modern gay life through the eyes of Fred, a thirty-something man struggling to make a living, find love and carve out his place in the world. Taking a job as a tutor, he is thrust into the role of mentor to a sharp-tongued 10-year-old undergoing a gender identity crisis. “The show centers on a gay man, but he’s hardly a poster-child for the gay rights movement. He’s flawed in a deeply human way,” says Creator, Ben Kawaller. “Fred is trying to become a better version of himself, even if he sometimes gives in to self-destructive impulses.”