SU Alumni Successes

Jennifer Quintenz (ProSeries 10) has optioned a feature screenplay to a Los Angeles based production company.  Details currently under wraps. Since taking the ProSeries, Jennifer was hired onto the staff of two TV shows.  See her IMDB here.  Great job, Jennifer!

After winning the "Nickelodeon Land A Pilot" contest, Simon Adams (ProSeries OZ ) and his co-writer Shane Elsmore are developing a pilot for their children's TV series "Insomniacs".  The news hit the Industry trade mag at Cynopsis.com.  Read it here. Great job, Simon!   This is going to turn into something great for you.

Caz Adams (ProSeries 19) is presently being paid to co-write the series bible, the first episode and five storylines for a children's 3D animated TV series for an award-winning Indian animation house. She is enjoying writing it with her brother, Robert Adams, one of Australia's busiest comedy writers. This is not their first writing gig together.

After being recommended by a Hollywood producer, a top entertainment attorney read Nevada Grey's script.  Then, a week later, he read a second script and determined that she is clearly an undiscovered gem.  So he signed Nevada Grey (ProSeries 10) and is already promoting her scripts.  There's a lot of buzz around this lady.  Stay tuned

Nevada Grey's script "MacArthur Park" has been optioned.  Currently, she has four other high concepts being pitched around Hollywood, so we should hear more news soon. She also just put up Episode 4 of her highly entertaining web series called "The Other Normal".  See it at http://www.youtube.com/user/NevadaGrey2010 Way to go, Nevada!   You're going to be on everyone's radar,

Cynthia Dagnal Myron (ProSeries 19) had her my romantic comedy, Rancho Viejo, optioned by a producer who has a slate of films funded, including this one.  More details later.

Fade In Magazine announced the 2007 awards this week and our own Mark Kratter is their Grand Prize Winner.   In the next few months, he'll get three days of meetings with Hollywood agents and producers, and he'll be featured in an announcement that goes out in Variety and the Hollywood Reporter.  This is going to

Chris Diani (ProSeries 8 ) directed, co-wrote, and co-produced "Creatures from the Pink Lagoon," a horror spoof about gay zombies, which the Boston Globe called "devilishly charming" and "a beacon of belly laughs."   It played in over 30 festivals around the world before its DVD release.  (See his IMDB.) And this past summer I was

Jon Bonell (ProSeries 11) and his company Infinite Spectrum has secured funding on their next film, Understanding Faith.  Understanding Faith is a book written by Amber Steele, a high school student and provides a unique perspective on teen dating violence. Jon has also begun shopping his latest feature film, MATCH.DEAD.  It is an exciting thriller

Our favorite screenwriter from Kazakhstan, Rose Gumarova (ProSeries 3), has sold a tv-movie script to an Ukrainian company "TV-channel STB."  After receiving notes, she re-wrote the script successfully and the project is in pre-production. We are very proud of you, Rose.