Helen Bates, lyrics

Helen Bates' credits include being a screenplay reader/analyst for Disney/Touchstone, Fries Entertainment and her own company, The Studio Analyst. She has worked for Marty Ingels and Shirley Jones as an assistant, as well as Merv Griffin productions.

She has trained at USC and UCLA in songwriting workshops, Stanley Myron Handleman—Stand Up Comedy Workshop, Stella Adler—Acting Workshop and Lisa Robere—Advanced Directing, as well as Sally Merlin Jones Advanced Screenwriting class (producer of Short Circuit I and II). Helen wrote two screenplays: "Billy the Kid" and "Soulmates." As an actress, she has performed roles in "Alice in Wonderland," "George M," "Oliver" and "Carousel."

For the past 20 years, Helen has worked with Arthur Kaufman of Magic Key Productions as a song-poem editor.