Recommended Screenwriters
For the last 50 years, you had to live in L.A. if you were selling a screenplay and building a screenwriting career. It is just the way things were… …but there is change in the air. We recently did a ScreenwritingU event where I interviewed 16 producers and 2 agents in Los Angeles for a group of
Nick J. Scott (ProSeries 18) has signed with Zero Gravity Management in Los Angeles. Zero Gravity manages, but has also produced 10 films in the last seven years. The connection was made after Nick’s script “Accuracy of Fire” hit Quarterfinalist in the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting competition that is sponsored by the Academy of Motion
Charlie R. Barnett (ProSeries 19) has teamed up with Director/Producer Mark Priems on a low-budget film. Charlie wrote the script titled “The Neighbor from Hell. ” They have funding in place and production is scheduled to start in March, 2010. Sounds like a fun movie. Can’t wait, Charlie.
Jennifer Quintenz (ProSeries 10) had her one-hour drama pilot THRALL voted onto the Runway TV Pilot Black List. Previously, Jennifer was a staff writer on “Wicked Wicked Games” on Fox Network and “American Heiress” on My Network TV. Currently, she has a feature and her pilot being shopped. More news coming up. Way
Derek Lively (ProSeries 15) has his script optioned by Harrison Reiner, who was a development executive on My Left Foot and Cinema Paradiso. The script won the 2008 Hollywood Black Film Festival Storyteller Competition. Great job, Derek!
It’s going to happen to you. When you get to a certain point in your writing, you’ll get requests to work on spec. It is just a natural part of your development as a screenwriter. Your writing has become good enough that some small producers want to work with you. Very likely, they’ll want you
If you ask people their favorite movie of all time, many will say Casablanca. On theAFI Top 100 Movie Quotes, six lines came from Casablanca and the movie was listed as the 2nd greatest movie of all time. What made those lines so memorable? And how can that benefit your writing? As you read this article,
Most people know about writing screenplays, but if you break these commandments, your soul will be damned to eternal amateur-damnation… …Or maybe it’ll just be a bit more difficult to become a pro. Either way, you’ll want to really consider these guidelines as you write or rewrite your screenplay. Writing Screenplays By Commandment 1. Entertain
Mr. Croasmun, What goes in a query letter? How many requests should I expect from a blast service? Narda Hi Narda, I’ve heard people give percentages (1% – 5%) as some kind of average for what to expect from blast services. But that assumes that every script has the same quality pitch, which is hard
Si Dunn (ProSeries 3) has been written up in Hollywood Reporter for a script that was picked up by Drac Studios . Titled “Dead in the Water,” the movie is currently in pre-production. The movie will be directed by Rob Walker and produced by Drac president Harvey Lowry. See the Hollywood Reporter article here and a list of IMDB