SU Alumni Successes

Writer/Producer Mark Kratter was hired to write a script by one of the producers of the movie MONSTER. See Mark’s IMDB.

Steve Napora had his script optioned.  A producer posted a “Script wanted” notice to the ProSeries Alumni.  Steve responded and the producer loved Steve’s script. 

Lauren Smith’s ProSeries script finishes production as a low-budget movie called Freshman Psych (See Lauren’s IMDB).  You can see it at www.freshmanpsych.com .

That’s right!  Nick Epstein won an Academy Award — for Special Effects (See Nick’s IMDB). Here’s his story: I work at FRAMESTORE in London, England (www.framestore-cfc.com). I was LEAD TECHNICAL DIRECTOR on two sequences (including the bear fight sequence) for THE GOLDEN COMPASS, and I worked for vfx supervisors MICHAEL FINK and BEN MORRIS who picked up

After winning the Grand Prize at PAGE International, John Arends was signed by a top Los Angeles agent.  He also landed a paid writing assignment with a producer/director.  Way to go, John.

January 14, 2008:  Congratulations to Aly Alexandria, who just recently had her second movie greenlit with a $20 million budget (See Aly’s IMDB).  The script, KISS THE KILL, was her original ProSeries script and is moving forward with Nehst Studios.

Matt Dixson gets a paid rewrite assignment from a producer who works with Universal Studio.  He is currently doing a rewrite on the project.

Don Macnab-Stark gets two paid writing assignments — one is an adaptation for a French director and the other a documentary about Egypt. 

Class 3 Entertainment signed a Reality TV deal to co-produce Boyd Coddington’s Garage (formerly known as American Hotrod on TLC).   The deal is a co-production with WA-TV, who has numerous shows on ESPN, SPEED, TLC, and other networks.

Dec. 4, 2007:  Congratulations to Doc Giesselmann in Mobile, Alabama who used one of our ProSeries strategies for getting a recommendation and now has an agent in Beverly Hills, CA.