AMA with Black List founder Franklin Leonard

Recently it occurred to me we hadn’t had a Q&A with Black List founder Franklin Leonard in quite some time and with all the changes in the movie and TV business, as well as a host of new Black List initiatives including the Black List Table Reads podcast, Black List Happy Hour networking events in 12 cities in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K., Black List Live! staged readings of Black List scripts, as well as numerous screenwriting workshops and fellowships available to writers worldwide, it’s a perfect time to check in on all things Black List.

So if you’ve ever had a question about the Black List, what it does, where it’s going, and how it’s impacting the screenwriting universe, here is your opportunity to get a response directly from Franklin Leonard himself.

For background, here is Franklin speaking at an Alliance for Artisan Enterprise event in November 2015 in which he provides an overview of how the Black List began and has evolved over the last decade.

If you have a question or comment for Franklin, please click Reply and head to comments and post it there.

Let me add I have gotten to know Franklin over the last five years of the blog’s partnership with the Black List. He is not only one of the smartest, most fascinating people I’ve met, he’s also just an all around great person who truly cares about screenwriters, screenwriting, and storytelling in Hollywood and beyond. When people talk about the need for ‘disruptors’ in the entertainment business, we are lucky to have Franklin taking the lead in that regard. And here is your chance to interface with him with your questions.