Recommended Screenwriters

"I look for writers I bond with — writers I can trust. I'm selective, but if it works, I work with the writer over and over again." Steven P. Wegner – Producer of The Blind Side, The Book of Eli

Screenwriter Roger Oliphant (ProSeries 14) had his romantic comedy screenplay optioned by DKZ Films. The script, titled BALD KNOB, was written the ProSeries.  Producer David Kohner Zuckerman of DKZ Films read the screenplay, and suggested changes, which Roger made.  Shortly thereafter, David offered Roger an option agreement. Currently, the screenplay is in the final stages

"The execution is more important than the idea, meaning, I can't save a writer with a good idea that’s gone wrong. I'd rather work with someone who needs help with ideas, but knows the craft." Robert Katz – Producer / Director of Gettysburg, Selena

"I believe in dangerous writing…Unless you're writing about something that scares you, you're wasting your time." Chuck Palahniuk – Fight Club, Choke

"If you’re trying to challenge an audience and make them look at elements in a different way, you've got to give them a familiar context to hang onto. But you have to be very aware that the audience is extremely ruthless in its demand for newness, novelty and freshness." Christopher Nolan – Inception, The Dark Knight,

 Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 18, 2011 ScreenwritingU, an award-winning, Los Angeles-based company that provides the highest quality online screenwriting classes, is pleased to announce an agreement with InkTip, named one of the best websites for moviemakers by MovieMaker Magazine. InkTip will offer ScreenwritingU’s ProSeries graduates special placement of their loglines and synopses on the

Screenwriter Emily Bentley Solomon (ProSeries 32) has signed with manager Jeff Belkin of Foremost Films, a literary management company. Foremost Films currently has over a dozen client projects with top production companies attached and/or packaging them.  See the Foremost Films client list here. Jeff, formerly a producer with Double Nickel Entertainment (“Gran Torino”), first became

(ProSeries 12) to rewrite her original story, SOIL

"Every day, wake up, and do something to move your career forward. You can write, call someone, approach people, whatever — just do something." Mark Castaldo – Producer; My Run, The Perfect Tenant

"Make your decisions strong decisions, bold decisions. If you think it is enough, double it. Get there in an unexpected way. Do things that make your story stand out." Jon Gunn – Producer; My Date With Drew, Mercy Streets