Recommended Screenwriters
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.
Congratulations to Jill Maxey, who recently got a distribution deal for her next movie. She is currently co-writing a script for Sobini Films, a division of Lions Gate. She has also recently directed a low budget film that already has a distribution deal.
Sept. 2007: John Arends wins the Grand Prize at PAGE International for a script he rewrote in our Rewrite class called SOLOMON’S WHALE. His prize is $10,000.
Yarrow Wayman won the Starfish award at Moondance for her ProSeries script called MESSIAH #247.
Congratulations to ProSeries writer Alexis Niki who just published a book called “101 Screenwriting Tips.” It is a quick reference tool that giv! es excellent advice in bite-size pieces and…I was quoted in it. Well worth having next to your computer and it is only ten bucks. Check it out at http://www.thethirddraft.com/101-tips/ .