Ticket Giveaway for WGFestival 2016: THE BUSINESS
Our good friends at the Writers Guild Foundation (@WritersGuildF) have a wonderful event coming up in partnership with the Academy Education and Nicholl Fellowships Programs:
WGFestival: THE BUSINESS is on Saturday, March 19. This day in the festival focuses on your career in the screenwriting trade.
PROGRAM:
10am to 11:30am — WRITING OUTSIDE THE BOX: NAVIGATING NEW SPACES IN DISTRIBUTION
Featuring:
- Amy Aniobi (SILICON VALLEY, LISA AND AMY ARE BLACK)
- Neil Landau (moderator) (MELROSE PLACE, MTV’S UNDRESSED, author of TV Outside the Box: Trailblazing in the Digital Television Revolution)
- Chuck Rose (THE ART OF MORE)
- John Strauss (MOZART IN THE JUNGLE Season One, THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY)
…and more to be announced.
11:45am to 1:15pm — THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT: TRANSITIONING BETWEEN FEATURES AND TV
Featuring:
- Kay Cannon (PITCH PERFECT, NEW GIRL)
- Susannah Grant (ERIN BROCKOVICH, A GIFTED MAN)
- Larry Karaszewski (AMERICAN CRIME STORY, ED WOOD)
- Roberto Orci (STAR TREK, SLEEPY HOLLOW)
- Dan Petrie Jr. (moderator) (TOY SOLDIERS, BEVERLY HILLS COP)
2:30pm to 4pm — BREAKING THE RULES: GENRE AND WRITING and COMBINING COMEDY AND DRAMA
Featuring:
- Jay Kogen (moderator) (MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE, THE SIMPSONS)
- Craig DiGregorio (ASH VS. EVIL DEAD, WORKAHOLICS)
- Alan Yang (MASTER OF NONE, PARKS AND RECREATION)
…and more to be announced.
4:15pm to 5:45pm — PITCH CLINIC AND COMPETITION
Click me for all the details on how to enter to win a meeting at WME, Golden Tickets to all of our events, and an opportunity to get your script read by our group of industry insiders.
Featuring:
- Matt Dy (moderator) (Austin Film Festival’s Screenplay and Teleplay Competition Director)
- Franklin Leonard (founder of The Black List, former development executive at Universal Pictures)
- Christopher Lockhart (Story Editor at WME, where he finds projects for celebrated talent such as Denzel Washington)
THE GREEN TRUCK and HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES will be on hand, if you get hungry.
More panelists to be announced soon!
Doors open at 9am. Event starts at 10am.
All events advertised on our “Events” page are open to anyone who wants to buy a ticket — not just WGA members!
Proceeds benefit the Foundation’s library and archive and other outreach programs.
Location
Writers Guild Theater
135 S Doheny Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
I’ve given away 9 general admission tickets and have one ticket left. To win the ticket, post here in comments, then email me with their full name and email address, the latter of which enables you to be entered into the pitch competition.
If you’re in Southern California, here is a great opportunity for an informative day-long event. You can even listen to and hopefully meet Franklin Leonard.
NOTE: Only people who have not won a free ticket to a Black List, Writers Guild of America, or Writers Guild Foundation event via Go Into The Story within the last 12 months are eligible.
Good luck!
For more information about the event, go here.
For those of you not in the Los Angeles area, check out the Writers Guild Foundation YouTube channel, chock full of videos with great interviews and sessions with professional Hollywood writers.
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