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Informant Media

Informant Media is a Los Angeles?based film finance and production company. For 25 years the team has been bringing entertaining and eventful motion picture and television experience.....

Heitmann Entertainment

Heitmann Entertainment is a Management / Production company which focuses on discovering and initiating the careers of screenwriters and directors.....

Intrigue Entertainment

Intrigue is a Santa Monica-based film and television production company founded in 2009 by Tariq Jalil, dedicated to producing outstanding, engaging and occasionally poignant film.....

Max Freedman Media

MFM is dedicated to helping our clents in the feature film, documentary, television and all media to get their projects written, marketed, produced and shown on all the screens.....

Scripts & Scribes

Scripts & Scribes is a free writer’s resource website and podcast with interviews and information from top writing professionals in publishing, film & TV, theatre and comic books.....

Hollywood Insight

Hollywood Insight is a weekly podcast hosted by Virtual PitchFest’s David Kohner Zuckerman where top Industry Pros come to discuss the Biz. Podcasts include Academy Award winning producer Ed Saxon, script guru Linda Seger, screenwriting career coach Lee Jessup, actress-filmmaker Amber Benson, literary manager John Tomko, and more!....

On Story: Presented by Austin Film Festival

Known as the “Writers Festival,” AFF recognizes the writer as the core of the creative process in filmmaking. On Story: Presented by Austin Film Festival is a natural progression of that mission. A weekly public television series broadcast on more than 122 stations in 67 markets, On Story gives viewers an inside look at the creative process beh....

No Budget Film School

Designed for filmmakers who are preparing to make their own no-budget films, No Budget Film School will maximize limited resources and minimize critical errors that can doom otherwise worthy projects.  Producer Mark Stolaroff--former principal of IFC's Next Wave Films--teaches the specific methods, models and priorities uniq....

Screenwriting from Iowa

“For a more off-beat look at writing, the Screenwriting from Iowa blog provides screenwriters with a slightly removed take from the Hollywood norm." -Tom Cruise....

The Screenwriting Spark

Built on the idea that screenwriters inspire screenwriters, The Screenwriting Spark is home to Ultimate Screenwriting Guides, tutorials, videos, resources and more!....

Curious About Filmmaking Podcast: Robert McKee on Writing

Robert McKee’s impact on the film industry is undeniable. Over 100,000 writers have have taken his STORY course (also a book) which was partially re-enacted during the Oscar nominated film, ADAPTATION written by Charlie Kaufman based on the book ORCHID THIEF by Susan Orlean. He was gracious, knowledgeable, and funny during our approximately 60 m....

Curious About Filmmaking: Nicholl Fellowship Finalist Karen Lukesh

I recently had the privilege of spending some time with writer Karen Lukesh. If you are considering becoming a produced screenwriter, she may just be able to help you do it. She has been able to transform an early career in underground sketch comedy writing and performing into one that has garnered her over fourteen screenwriting awards with one of....

Curious About Filmmaking: Glenn Benest on Working with Wes Craven

Making a living, not a killing, was ironically on writer and producer Glenn Benest’s mind when he decided to pursue screenwriting over being a playwright. His concern about being able to live well and pay the bills eventually led him to writing two high profile screenplays for horror filmmaker Wes Craven: “Deadly Blessing,” starring Sharon St....

Curious About Filmmaking: Film Producer Barri Evins on Big Ideas

Barri Evins LOVES big ideas. She was molded early in her career by the likes of Ray Gideon and Bruce Evans. You may have heard of some of the movies they wrote and produced; Stand By Me, Assassins, and Mr. Brooks. She made it a point to say that she is not a screenwriter and would never want to portray herself as such. She can however, shine the li....

Linda Seger Loves You and Your Script

If Dr. Linda Seger was the Wizard of Oz, she would bypass all of the other gifts and only hand out heart-shaped clocks. In the movie, the Wizard tells the tinman,“A heart is not judged by how much you love, but how much you are loved by others.” If you only had Linda Seger to love you and your script, your heart would be held in very high estee....

Steve Kaplan Solves the Comic Equation

If an interplanetary traveler would have aimed about 12oo miles due east and a couple of decades earlier, he might have found himself at Steve Kaplan’s Manhattan Punchline Theater laughing his second tukhus off (albeit without “the peanut butter of the gods”). This is the very same theater where Steve honed his comedic tools while developing ....

Script Mag Screenwriting Podcast

Script has been the leading source for information on the craft and business of writing for film and television for over 15 years. With inside information, articles written by working writers and filmmakers, and in-depth interviews, Script is the resource on every scriptwriter’s must-read list. - See more at: http://www.scriptmag.com/about-script....

On the Page Podcast w/ Pilar Alessandra

Welcome to On the Page®, the podcast that answers all your questions about the craft and business of screenwriting.We cover feature writing, tv writing, pitching, webisode writing, video game writing, writer branding, agents and managers, procedural writing, writing for reality, personal networking and more. Our guests are successful writers, prod....

Scriptnotes w/ John August and Craig Mazin

Screenwriters John August and Craig Mazin discuss screenwriting and related topics in the film and television industry, everything from getting stuff written to the vagaries of copyright and work-for-hire law. Each week, screenwriters John August and Craig Mazin discuss screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters, everything f....

Storywise Podcasts w/ Jen Grisanti

As a Current Programs Executive, Jen Gristanti was exposed to the entire creative process, which means I know what the studio wants, what the network looks for and what kind of material you need in order to get hired. I have read over 8,000 scripts and given notes on most of them, so I know how to make a script the best that it can be - See more at....