Recommended Screenwriters

ScreenwritingU Alum Don Macnab-Stark (ProSeries 6) has been hired by Sean Ramsey of FAFP Hong Kong to rewrite the thriller, "Escape from Ziastan". The screenplay is based on a novel published in China.  It tells of a war correspondent's kidnap and escape in war-torn Afghanistan.  There is already strong interest from several Chinese production companies. Don

ScreenwritingU Alum Jessi Rita Hoffman (ProSeries 43) has signed an option agreement with producer Param Gill of Flickbag, Inc. for her script MIND GAMES, a psychological mystery/thriller. Param Gill will produce and direct the film. The script is currently out to talent. Nice work, Jessi!    

ScreenwritingU Alum Steven Hammon  (ProSeries OZ3) has been hired by producer Andrew Gramsch to develop the feature film script "THE CRUSADER CONDITION."  for Precis Films. The story is a franchise action film similar to The Dark Knight. Steven was originally hired to write a short film. Andrew was impressed with Steven's professionalism, so he brought

Screenwriter Barbara Curry was working as a federal criminal prosecutor when a literally agent called and asked if she’d ever considered writing for Hollywood. At the time, she said she’d never given it much thought, but then… the idea started to sink in. Curry soon started writing feature spec scripts and eventually took classes at

ScreenwritingU Alum Keren Green (ProSeries 41, MSC 2) has been hired by producer Anne Marie Gillen of the Gillen Group to rewrite an apocalyptic feature film. Gillen Group has produced numerous films including “Fried Green Tomatoes” starring Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy and Mary-Louise Parker, and “Under Suspicion”  starring Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman. Also producing is

They wrote The People Vs. Larry Flint, Ed Wood and Agent Cody Banks, among many others. Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski have been writing partners for more than two decades, and their specialty is biopics. Their process involves extensive research and brainstorming. They pore over the material in great detail and search for the quirkiest,

ScreenwritingU Alum, Kevin Ash (ProSeries 44, MSC 3) has been hired by Joseph Nathan Weisman of  JNW Films to write a feature film. Joseph hired Kevin after reading a script Kevin created and marketed in the Master Screenwriter Certificate program at ScreenwritingU. The project is in development, with distribution in place. Kevin was previously hired

ScreenwritingU Alum Bonnie Maffei  (ProSeries 48) recently signed a deal with producer Michael Bloom of Solaris Entertainment Media to adapt a short story into a screenplay. Singer songwriter, Paul Overstreet is the author of the short story. His songs were featured in movies like "Nottinghill" and "The Thing Called Love".   Exciting News, Bonnie!

Lesley Chilcott started her career as a documentary producer working on Al Gore’s global warming film An Inconvenient Truth and from there went onto produce a documentary about the world of education, Waiting for ‘Superman.’ Now Chilcott has helmed her first documentary as a director – A Small Section of the World. A Small Section

“Romantic relationships come and go, but friends are supposed to be forever,” says writer/director Susanna Fogel of the premise for her new female buddy comedy, Life Partners. The quirky indie takes a look at two best friends who find their relationship challenged when one gets a serious boyfriend. How can these two friends accept the