Creative Writing Life Paul Zeidman and Justin Sloan

Jenny Frankfurt joined us to discuss the Finish Line Script Competition, being a manager, and all sort of fun creative talk.



https://finishlinescriptcomp.com



ABOUT JENNY


Jenny Frankfurt is the founder of the Finish Line Script Competition. Finish Line is based on the idea that rewriting is essential to being a successful writer and we provide development notes when requested in order for writers to rewrite and resubmit new drafts (for free) throughout the competition. This mimics a studio, network or production company process and helps the writer prepare for a serious career in the entertainment industry.

Prior to Finish Line and her work as a script consultant, Jenny was a film and television literary manager/producer with her own company, Highstreet Management based in Los Angeles. Highstreet represented writers around the globe, specializing but not limited to breaking UK, European & Australian writers and directors into the US market. She sold television shows (both reality and fiction), features and staffed television shows for almost 20 years.

Jenny began her career in representation after graduating from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts by working at the William Morris Agency in New York where she worked for a legendary film, tv and playwright’s agent, who represented such writers as Eric Bogosian, William Mastrosimone, Warren Leight, Eric Overmyer and Jon Robin Baitz.

From NYC Jenny moved to Los Angeles where she worked at ICM with clients such as Susan Sarandon, Louis Malle, Johnny Depp, Lasse Hallstrom and Will Smith. After deciding management would give her more freedom to produce and influence her client’s careers she started working with manager Rick Yorn and clients such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Claire Danes and Benicio Del Toro among others.

Jenny tried her own hand at producing the independent feature JOHNNY HIT AND RUN PAULINE, to which Emma Thompson was attached as Executive Producer. Jenny then started working with manager Benny Medina at Handprint Entertainment, representing talent, literary and production clients. She soon became Head of Handprint’s Literary Department.



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 Ashley Scott Meyers on NFTs for Movies

Check out his film! 

https://tubitv.com/movies/654467/the-rideshare-killer



ABOUT ASHLEY 



After graduating from college Ashley Scott Meyers moved from his childhood home in Annapolis, Maryland, to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career as a screenwriter.

During his first three years in Los Angeles, Meyers wrote or co-wrote eight feature length screenplays, earned his first few dollars as a screenwriter, and saw two of his original screenplays get produced.

Meyers sold Dish Dogs to 7.23 Productions. Dish Dogs was co-written with long time friend and writing partner, Nathan Ives. It's a semi-fictitious account of their travels across the country working as dish washers ("dish dogs") in various restaurants. Dish Dogs stars Sean Astin, Mattew Lillard, Brian Dennehy, Shannon Elizabeth, Maitland Ward, and Richard Moll.

Independent producer / director Douglas DeMarco produced Meyers' screenplay Reunion which eventually found distribution in some art house theaters around the world.

During his initial years in Los Angeles, Meyers returned to school and earned a Masters degree in Mass Communications, with a screenwriting emphasis, at Cal State, Northridge (CSUN).

Over the next few years Meyers continued to option and sell many screenplays. Some of the highlights include:

Rushlight, a film noir script Meyers wrote while at CSUN was produced and stars Josh Henderson, Beau Bridges, Aidan Quinn, and Haley Webb.

Meyers was hired to write a martial arts action screenplay by Big Boss Creative entitled, Ninja Apocalypse. It stars Ernie Reyes Jr, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Christian Oliver.

Man Overboard, also co-written with Nathan Ives, was sold to and produced by Treasure Entertainment. It's a broad comedy anchored in the world of boat sales. It won the Los Angeles Film & Script Festival.

Meyers co-wrote a feature comedy script, Turkey Day, with Mark Brown (Barbershop) that was optioned to Evergreen Pictures, LLC (based at Universal).

Ashley Scott Meyers' writing credits are listed on the Internet Movie Database (imdb.com) at this URL: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0583488/



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Rich Hosek, Arnold Rudnick, and Loyd Aurbach discuss writing a book on poltergeists, trio of authors, and going from screenwriting to the novel world.

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PT Hylton joins Justin and Paul to discuss:   

Roadmap Writers 

Screenwriting Management 

Writing novels and creating audiobooks



P.T. Hylton lives in Eastern Tennessee where he spends his time hiking, reading, and absently plucking on a guitar.

He loves strong coffee, brown ale, and a good plot twist. He does his best writing when his beagle is snoring at his feet.



https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00J8K7KWY/about

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Gerald Hanks joins Paul and Justin to discuss the VOTE Screenplay Writing Method, Contests, and Managers.

https://www.networkisa.org/profile/geraldhanks

Biography
Gerald Hanks has written several award-winning short films from such festivals as the Houston International Film Festival, the Texas Shorts festival, and the West Coast International Film Festival.

His feature comedy script, "Scaredy Cat", made the finals of the National Lampoon Comedy Gold Screenwriting contest.

His feature drama script, "Prodigal", won the Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifiting Screenplays.

Gerald has been a screenwriting judge for various contests, as well as providing script consultations for private clients.

Gerald has also presented and modereated panels on the screenwriting process at sci-fi conventions, including Houston's Comicpalooza and Lafayette's Louisana Comic-Con.

You can find our more about Gerald's approach to screenwriting as his blog, Story Into Screenplay (www.storyintoscreenplay.com).

Nathan Graham Davis joins the group to discuss breaking BACK into Hollywood, getting old scripts made, and going pro as a screenwriter! 

Screenwriter | Author | Producer
FROM NATE: 

I write about things that fascinate, thrill, and scare me. With a background in the business and financial worlds, I enjoy finding ways to get stuff made.

Keep an eye out for AFTERMATH, directed by Patrick Lussier and starring Dylan Sprouse, Mason Gooding, Dichen Lachman, and Megan Stott. Coming out later this year!

Representation: Jeff Belkin @ Zero Gravity

Check out Going Pro, the latest series on my YouTube, following my attempt to turn my momentum into a full-time screenwriting and producing carer.



FIND HIS CREDITS: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10181436/
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