Interview: Eric Koenig

First-timers. Tyro scribes. There are several ways Hollywood development people refer to writers who break into the business via a spec script, but the one writers want to have hung on us is this: Fresh Voice. One such writer is Eric Koenig.

Matriarch — Eric Koenig (Paramount) — 11/12/14

The thriller follows two powerful female characters going head to head as a prison psychologist has 48 hours to convince a serial killer to disclose the location of her final victim before she is executed.

The script was Eric’s first deal in Hollywood, so as we wrapped up my series last week on spec script deals in 2014, I was happy to be able to connect with Eric and send him a series of question to which he responded.

Here are links to the two installments of the entire interview:

Part 1: “Go Into The Story has been one of those instrumental blogs when it comes to me becoming a professional screenwriter. I’ve read it religiously for several years now and the wisdom I’ve gleaned from it has definitely helped me get to where I am today.”

Part 2: “I’ve been told many times since Matriarch sold that the fact it has two strong females leads is actually a great selling point. While I was hoping this would be the case, the real reason it has two female leads is simply because that’s what this story called for.

Eric is repped by Paradigm and Benderspink.