Learn how to market your script and build your career
As a literary manager, what are you looking for when you read a spec script?
Is it necessary for a writer to choose between writing for TV or movies?
What are the advantages of having a manager in addition to an agent?
These are just some of the topics to be covered in the newest Screenwriting Master Class course: “Network Hollywood.” Query letters, genre strategies, contests, working with managers and agents, choosing the right stories to write, virtually everything you need to know about taking the next step in your journey as a screenwriter.
Taught by Tom Benedek, this 2-week online class [July 25-August 6] features live webinars with 6 industry professionals: Peter Benedek [founding partner of United Talent Agency], Dan Halsted [manager-producer, Manage-Ment], Josh Heald [screenwriter, Hot Tub Time Machine], Sean Hood [screenwriter, Conan the Barbarian 3-D]], Adam Kolbrenner [manager, Madhouse Entertainment], Robert Lawrence [producer, Die Hard with a Vengeance], and Stanley Weiser [screenwriter, Wall Street]. For more information, go here.
Today’s featured guest is Adam Kolbrenner:
Adam Kolbrenner began his career in the mailroom of the William Morris Agency in New York City at 18 years of age where he worked in multiple departments including literary publishing, motion picture, television and music booking. He moved to the Beverly Hills, CA William Morris office and then left the agency world to pursue his career in literary management and production. In 2006, Kolbrenner co-founded Madhouse Entertainment. Madhouse Entertainment clients have several television series on the air as Creators including: “MEMPHIS BEAT” on TNT, “THE EVENT” on NBC/SyFy, “NECESSARY ROUGHNESS” on USA, “AWKWARD” on MTV, and “CALL ME FITZ” on HBO-Canada. Previous Series Creator credits include; “Lost”, “Kidnapped”, “Knight Rider”, “My Own Worst Enemy” and many more. Clients are also currently head writers on USA’s “Burn Notice”, FX’s “Justified”, CBS’s “Person of Interest”, Starz’ “Spartacus”, and CW’s “Smallville” to name a few.
In addition to the live webinars and Q&A sessions with these industry insiders, the class also includes written lectures you can download, analyze, and keep for future reference, online forum discussions, and the opportunity to do weekly workshop assignments on your own stories and receive feedback from other writers participating in the class as well as Tom himself.
This is a terrific opportunity to shrink the gap between you and Hollywood.
The 2-week online class begins next Monday, July 25. For more information and to enroll, go here.