He also directed eleven episodes of One Tree Hill. In looking back on his time with One Tree Hill, Schwahn says he’s thankful he was given a final season after several years of having to plan finales not knowing the show’s fate. “We had so many endings of the show because we were always on the bubble,” he said. “Every season, because we were serialized, we had to come up with arcs that would feel substantial for the audience if it were, in fact, the end of the series.” Schwahn obtained his bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland and is a prominent member of the Writer’s Guild.