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Getting past the reader: An interview with veteran script analyst Michael Schulman
Summary
In this conversation with Talentville CEO Ben Cahan, veteran script analyst & screenplay consultant Michael Schulman shares strategies for breaking into the industry as a screenwriter; how Netflix and other streamers have changed the playing field; and offers tips on honing your screenwriting craft to maximize your opportunities to get noticed.
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Michael Schulman has over two and half decades of experience as a story analyst/screenplay consultant, having worked closely with some of the biggest names in Hollywood on a string of successful movie and television projects. As a junior agent at ICM, Michael discovered youngDanny Rubin and brokered the deal for his screenplay Groundhog Day with Harold Ramis to direct.
Michael has done stints on three different studio lots as a top executive working with stars like Alec Baldwin and Dennis Quaid, and director Michael Mann for whom he oversaw creative development.
Michael has done stints on three different studio lots as a top executive working with stars like Alec Baldwin and Dennis Quaid, and director Michael Mann for whom he oversaw creative development.
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Ben Cahan is the CEO here at Talentville.com, working to build a community that allows aspiring screenwriters to network, learn and get valuable feedback for their screenplays before spending a king's ransom on competitions and expensive development services.
In addition, Ben was the creator & co-founder of Final Draft, the worldwide leader in screenwriting software for since the mid-1990s.
What others have to say...
Fantastic. He answered so many of my questions.
-- Billie Harris
Awesome information as always. Thanks, Ben and Michael Schulman.
-- MB Stevens
Excellent Advice
-- Ruben N/A
-- Marcello Lanfranchi
Always good to hear from someone on the other side of the desk … good interview.
-- Eddie Bradford
Michael Schulman was excellent and this was your best webinar that I've attended so far. I look forward to him coming back. I will certainly hire him to read and cover my scripts. :-)
-- Eric Brown