William Goldman, screenwriter (2x Academy Award Winner,"All The President's Men," "Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid") Eric Roth, screenwriter (Academy Award, "Forrest Gump,""The Insider""Ali") Stephen Gaghan, screenwriter
("Traffic") David Franzoni, screenwriter
("Gladiator") Alan Ball, screenwriter (Academy Award, "American Beauty") Ron Bass, screenwriter
("Rain Man""My Best Friends Wedding") Marc Norman, screenwriter
( Academy Award, "Shakespeare In Love") Callie Khouri, screenwriter (Academy Award, "Thelma & Louise") Jon Landau, producer (Academy Award, "Titanic," "Dick Tracy") Dede Gardner, Studio Executive
(Paramount Pictures) Michael Besman, Producer
("About Schmidt," "Bounce") Bruce Joel Rubin, screenwriter (Academy Award, "Ghost" "Deep Impact") David Ayer, screenwriter
("Training Day" "U-571""Fast and Furious") Baz Lurhmann&Craig Pearce, screenwriters,
("Moulin Rouge") Barry Mendel, producer ("The Sixth Sense""Rushmore," ) Bill Condon, screenwriter, director (Academy Award, "Gods and Monsters) Frank Pierson, screenwriter, producer, director (Academy Award, "Dog Day Afternoon," "Cool Hand Luke,""Conspiracy" President of Academy of Motion Pictures) Tom Schulman, screenwriter (Academy Award, "Dead Poets Society") Robert Rodat, screenwriter (Academy Award nominee, "Saving Private Ryan") Green & Burgess, writer/executive producer (Emmy Award, "The Sopranos," "Northern Exposure") Ed Solomon, screenwriter ("Men In Black,""Bill &Ted's Excellent Adventure") Scott Frank, screenwriter (Academy Award Nominee, "Get Shorty," "Out Of Sight" "Dead Again") Richard LaGravenese, screenwriter, producer, director (Academy Award Nominee,"Fisher King", "A Little Princess,""Bridges of Madison County", "Mirror Has Two Faces" "Beloved" ) Lawrence Konner, screenwriter
("Planet Of The Apes" "The Sopranos") Leonard Kornberg, SR. VP of Production (Universal Pictures) Jefferey Clifford, VP Production
(Buena Vista Motion Picture Group) Ken Nolan, screenwriter
("Blackhawk Down") John Herzfeld, screenwriter
("15 Minutes" " 2 Days In The Valley") Steven E. de Souza, screenwriter
("Diehard" "48 Hours") Gary Ross, screenwriter, producer, director ("Pleasantville") Michael Tolkin, screenwriter, producer, director ("The Player," "Deep Impact") Dan Jinks, producer, "American Beauty"
(Jinks/Cohen) Caren Bohrman, Head of The Bohrman Agency,
(Bay Productions) Jennifer Klein, Vp Development and Production,
(Bay Productions) John Hamburg, screenwriter
("Meet The Parents") Amy Holden Jones, screenwriter, producer, director ("Indecent Proposal," "Mystic Pizza") J.J. Abrams, screenwriter, producer, director ("Armageddon," "Regarding Henry," Co-creator "Felicity") Scott Rosenberg, screenwriter ("Gone in 60 Seconds," "Con Air," "The General's Daughter") Chris Keyser,Co-creator & Executive Producer,
("Party Of Five") Jim Hart, screenwriter, producer ("Contact," "Hook," "Bram Stoker's Dracula," "Mary Shelly's Frankenstein") Syd Field, Legendary Author & Screenwriting Teacher,
(Screenplay""Screenwriters WorkBook") Alvin Sargent, Screenwiter,
(Academy Award, "Julia," "Ordinary People," "Nuts," What About Bob?") Adriana Alberghetti, agent
(Endeavor Agency) Betsy Beers, President of Production
(The Mark Gordon Company) Kim Roth, Vice President of Motion Pictures
(Imagine Entertainment) David Self, screenwriter
("Thirteen Days") Stephen Nemeth, Producer,President Rhino Pictures
("Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas," "Why Do Fools Fall In Love") Miles Millar & Alfred Gough, screenwriters
("Lethal Weapon 4") Cheryl Bloch, producer, Studio Executive
(VP Dramatic Series, Fox Broadcasting Network) Adam Krentzman, Agent
(Creative Artist Agency) Tim O'Hair, Director of Development
(Universal Pictures) Shane Salerno, Screenwriter
("Armageddon," "Sonny Liston Story," "Shaft") Alex Lasker, Screenwriter
("Rangoon") Gavin Polone,Producer Artists' Manager
(Clients include: David Koepp, "Jurassic Park," Larry David, "Curb Your Enthusiam, Co-Creator, "Seinfeld" Conan O'Brien, Late Night Talk Show Host) Stokely Chaffin, Sr.VP Production
(New Line Cinema) Lee Keele, Agent
("Gersh Agency") Scott Alexander,screenwriter
("Man On The Moon""People Vs Larry Flynt," "Ed Wood,") Kimberly Brent
(Vice-President Production, Paradox Productions, Inc.) Philip Raskind
(Endeavor Agency) John August, screenwriter
("Go""Charlies Angels") Joe Rosenberg, agent
(Creative Artists Agency) Doug S. Cook & David Weisberg, screenwriters
("Double Jeopardy,""The Rock") Graham Yost, screenwriter
("Speed""The Last Castle,""From Earth to The Moon") Werb & Colleary, screenwriters
(Lara Croft:Tomb Raider,""Face/Off," "The Mask"-Werb) Rich Wilkes, screenwriter
("XXX") Lisa Loomer, screenwriter
("Girl,Interrupted") Jeremy Iacone, screenwriter
("The Bone Collector") Marsha Oglesby, Vice President of Development and Production
(Avent Kerner Company) Channing Dungey, Sr. Vp Production
(Material) James Foley, Director
("At Close Range," "Glengary Glen Ross") Gil Williams, Creative Executive
(Warner Bros) Brian Sher, agent
(ICM) Charlie Ferraro, Agent
("United Talent Agency") Bob Hohman, Devra Lieb, agents
(Hohman Lieb Maybank) DV DeVincentis, screenwriter
("High Fidelity""Grosse Point Blank") Patty Detroit, agent
(ICM) John C. Richards, screenwriter
("Nurse Betty") Leslie Dixon, screenwriter
("Pay It Forward""Mrs Doubtfire") David Styne, agent
(CAA) Andrew Panay,
(Tapestry Films) Blair Belcher, agent
(UTA) Nicholas Kazan, screenwriter
("Reversal Of Fortune") Greg Silverman, Head Of Film Development
(Revolution Studios) Megan Wolpert, Vp Production
(Spyglass entertainment) Sherryl Clark, Vp Creative Affairs
(Kopelson Entertainment) Stephanie Striegel, Vp Production
(SpyGlass Entertainment) Fran Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, screenwriters
("Lord Of The RIngs (trilogy)") Nathan Kahane, Executive Vice President
(The Canton Company) Duane Adler, screenwriter
("Save The Last Dance") David McKenna, screenwriter
("American History X" "Blow") Marc Lawrence, screenwriter
("Miss Congeniality") Mark Sourian, Production Executive
(Dreamworks) Marc Haimes, Development
(Dreamworks) Elysa Koplovitz, VP Production
(Twentieth Century Fox) Terry George, screenwriter
("In The Name Of The Father") Jeff Graup, Partner/Manager
(Bondessen-Graup) Shannon Gaulding, Creative Executive
(Columbia Pictures) Naomi Despres, Ex VP Development & Production
(Tribeca Production) Mort Nathan, Screenwriter/director
("kingpin," "Boat trip") George Waud, Senior Executive
(De Line Pictures) Kevin Lake, Senior VP Features
(Icon Productions) Mitch Kapner, screenwriter
("Romeo Must Die," "The Whole Nine Yards") Max Adams, screenwriter
("Excess Baggage", Author of 'Screenwriters Survival Guide') Gina Marcheschi, President of Production
(Everyman Pictures, Director Jay Roach's company) Jack Leslie, Director of Production
(Fox 2000) Marc Klein, screenwriter
("Serendipity") Tim Herlihy, screenwriter
("Big Daddy") Tom McNulty, Director of Development
(Happy Madison) John Eskow, screenwriter
("Mask Of Zorro") Matt Carroll, Director of Development
(Boxing Cat Productions, - Tim Allen's Prodco) Nicole Clemens,agent
(ICM) Ricky Strauss, Founding Principal
(Ricochet Entertainment) Clark Gregg, screenwriter
("What Lies Beneath") Tab Murphy, screenwriter
("Gorilla's In The Mist" "Atlantis:The Lost Empire,""Tarzan" "The Hunchback Of Nortre Dame") Leslie Morgan, Sr Vp
(Laura Ziskin Productions) Steve Meerson & Peter Krikes, screenwriters
("Anna And The King," "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home") Kevin Wade, screenwriter
("Working Girl") Allison Burnett, screenwriter
("Autumn In New York") Stacey Attanasio, Sr. Vp Production
(Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group) David Baird, Development Executive, Steve Schwartz, screenwriter, Development Executive Brant Rose, Agent
(Schulman- Rose Agency) Cindy Guidry, Producer
(Catch 23 Entertainment) Luke Ryan,
(New Line Cinema) John Fox,
(Fox) Jeff Katz,
(New Line Cinema) Don Murphy,
(Angry Films) Kara Francis Smith,
(New Regency Pictures) Mara Jacobs,
(New Wave Entertainment) Ginny Brewer,
(Jon Shestack Productions) Alison Greenspan,
(DiNovi Pictures) Lauren Rothstein,
(Industry Entertainment) Jennifer Rogers,
(The Mayhem Project) Alison Haskovec,
(Intermedia Films) Cathy Tarr,
(CAA) Zach Miller,
(Reason Pictures) Tom Williams,
(Gran Via) Jessica Lacy,
(ICM) Alissa Phillips,
(Michael DeLuca Prod.) Adam Siegel,
(Marc Platt Productions) Carolyn Sivitz,
(William Morris Agency) Adam Levine
(Endeavor) Michael Sugar,
(Anonymous Content) George Heller,
(Principatio Young) David W. Higgins,
(Sobini Films) Alex Young,
(Josephson Entertainment) Melanie Shanley,
(GreeneStreet Films) Dan Tram Nguyen,
(The Donners Co.) Palak Patel,
(Spring Creek) Franklin Leonard,
(Mirage) Julianna Farrell,
(Groundswell) Alex Young,
(Josephson Entertainment) Katherine Brown,
(Intrepid) Lars Theriot,
(ICM) Mike Esola,
(William Morris Agency) Amanda Coplan,
(The Film Dept.) Kent Kubena,
(2929 Productions) Dawn Saltzman, agent
(Endeavor)
SCREENWRITERS ONLINE'S MASTER CLASS
We bring you head to head with the top producers, Studio Executives, Agents and Award Winning Screenwriters
THE MASTERCLASS ON SCREENWRITING SUMMER SESSIONS - ONLINE
2012
Scott Frank ("Minority Report," "Get Shorty")
Emile Gladstone (Agent, WME Agency)
Nicole Clemens (Agent, WME Agency)
Phillipa Boyens & Fran Walsh ("Lord Of The Rings," "The Two Towers")
Callie Khouri ("Thelma and Louise")
Dawn Saltsman (Agent, WME Agency)
Query Letter Class
Writing the Perfect Logline and Synopsis to make the sale!
Lewis Colick ("Domestic Disturbance")
Adam Levine (Agent, WME)
Susannah Grant ("Erin Brockovich")
Michael Frost Beckner ("Spy Games")
Ken Nolan ("Black Hawk Down")
Julian Fellowes ("Black Hawk Down")
Robert Towne ("China Town")
David O. Russell, ("Three Kings")
Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, ("About Schmidt""Election")
Bruce Joel Rubin,(Stuart Little2, Ghost, Deep Impact)
Ed Solomon ("Men In Black," "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure")
Join Us!
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MASTER CLASS is TWO or THREE consecutive, productive, smart, in depth, and entertaining evenings in our chat room, discussing:
Important movies and Television shows -
Their screenplay structure, premise and characters
with Award Winning Screenwriters and producers
PLUS one of our foremost script analysts breaks down and analzyes the best screenplays.
PLUS our BUSINESS OF SCREENWRITING NIGHT with
Studio Executives,
Agents and entertainment attorneys, and we discuss:
making the deal,
script options,
market trends,
getting agent,
the difference between managers and agents,
the nuts and bolts of having a successful career as a screenwriter!
CLASSES ARE TWO HOURS IN LENGTH
START TIME: 7-9 pm PDT (Hollywood Time)
WHERE: Our Chat room at Screenwriters Online.
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If you want to be notified of the dates for the SUMMER Sessions fill out our form below and we'll keep you informed of the new start dates.
This is one of the most profound ways to learn Screenwriting or writing for television: through in depth study of the best screenplays,or TV dramatic series and LIVE! with the best writers and producers.
You'll come away from this class with a new awareness and heightened sense of what makes a screenplay great and hopefully how to make YOUR SCREENPLAY greater.
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If you want to be notified of the dates for the SUMMER/FALL sessions fill out our form below and we'll keep you informed of our new start dates.