SU Alumni Successes

Evelyn Roberts Brooks (ProSeries 6) was approached by a L.A. producer to do a writing assignment.  Evelyn is writing the family comedy and it will go to the Networks very soon.  Got to love those deadlines! Way to go, Evelyn.  I always believed in you.

Writer-director Douglas Horn (ProSeries 3) had his first feature film, ENTRY LEVEL, acquired for US distribution by Porchlight Entertainment. The film will be released in December 2008 on Porchlight's new Ocean Park Label.  (See Douglas' IMDB.) ENTRY LEVEL is a comedy about starting life over again...at the bottom. The film stars DB Sweeney, Missi Pyle, Cedric

Germaine de Pibrac James (ProSeries 10) has been hired by independent filmmaker Mark Stoddard to write a script he plans to use to compete on the high level festival circuit to break into feature directing.   She is also working with independent filmmaker Nathan McLeod on a similar project. Nathan read Germaine's screenplay "Dark Time" as a writing

Congratulations to Simon Garrity (Writer, ProSeries 4) who just had his corporate thriller "Exam" wrap principal photography at Elstree Studios in England. Simon's first feature film story credit was the result of an eight year odyssey which saw his original short story evolve into an hour long drama for television and then ultimately bloom into

Zoran Pandurovic (ProSeries 11) has been contracted by Katha Films to do a writing assignment.   Zoran responded to a script request that came through the ProSeries Alumni.  Katha Films released it's first feature "Trade Offs" in 2004, now available on Netflix, Blockbuster or www.TradeOffs-Themovie.com Excellent job, Zoran! 

Jill Maxcy (ProSeries 6)  and her partner, Julie C. Tucker, were hired for a paid writing assignment on a High Concept comedy with a major production company.  See Jill's IMDB.  Way to go, Jill!

Playback Entertainment has commissioned Rie Natalenko (ProSeries 1) to adapt the novel "Peter" for the screen.  The book was written by Kate Walker and won the Australian Children's Book of the Year award in the year it was published.  See Rie's IMDB. Great job, Rie.

Networking at Women-in-Film, Melanie J. Grimes (ProSeries 6) found herself in a discussion about an idea a producer had.  Melanie offered a few suggestions and impressed the producer so much that she was hired to write the script.   Makes sense to me. They're in pre-production right now, with the movie to be shot this fall.  Great

Their hilarious new comedy 'Rapunzel - The Blonde Years', had its world premiere at the Darklight Film Festival in Dublin last Friday (27th June).  It's the first of a series of festival screenings - the next stop of which is the internationally-renowned Galway Film Fleadh (Gaelic word for festival).   The film was commissioned by the

On a recommendation from ProSeries Alum Jon Bonnell, Alyssa Alexandria (ProSeries 7) has been hired to write a true life story.   This one centers around one man's unique experiences in the AA program and how he survived some pretty harrowing encounters.  See Aly's IMDB. Aly landed the assignment after a 2 hour meeting. Great job, Aly.  And