The best way to get into Hollywood is by writing a knockout well-crafted
low budget film, with passion. Chris's students and clients have done just
that. A recent student, Kyle Rankin, directed the 2003 Project Greenlight
feature, THE BATTLE FOR SHAKER HEIGHTS.
Dozens of his students are currently working on all levels in Hollywood
because they wrote a screenplay out of their passion, which got them recognized
and carried them there.
Chris is a working writer who has written produced pictures, series and
MOWs. He teaches screenwriting at NYU, Harvard, Emerson College Graduate
School.
Among his credits: THE HUNTER (Paramount) (book and script). DANGEROUS
COMPANY (Warner Bros) (script) and
THE HUNTRESS, a recent TV Series on USA about a mother-daughter bounty hunting
team in LA (book, script,
co-producer). He is currently writing a picture with Samuel L. Jackson attached
to star and another for producer Peter Janney.
Chris has written a number of books, two of them on the art and craft of
screenwriting: HOW TO WRITE A SELLING SCREENPLAY (Random House/Broadway,
1996) and HOT PROPERTY: Screenwriting in the New Hollywood (Penguin, Aug
2003).
Chris was a "Star Speaker" at the Screenwriting Expo, in LA,
in 2002 and 2003, and is a regular at The Maui Writers Conference.
Chris has consulted on hundreds of scripts.
CONSULTATION FEES:
Script Analysis: $475
Focus on story, structure, spine, and character. 7-10 pages + script notes
in the margins.
