Philip Buiser is a writer of television and film whose credits include seasons 3 through 5 of "Bates Motel" starring Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore. He is a graduate of the CBS Writers Mentoring Program and has been writing and directing independent films since 2004. He earned a bachelor of arts in photojournalism from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a certificate in performance from The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in New York.