Under this banner, she is the Producer/co-story writer of A Good American, a feature film inspired by personal family events, written by Angela Workman, writer/director of the upcoming feature film Bronte; as well as the true story of Harvard Psychiatry professor and Pulitzer and Nobel prize winner, Dr. John Mack and his controversial work with people who claimed to have been alien abductees.

Also in the pipeline is the romantic comedy, Bite Me...A Love Story by Canadian writer Cristian Lacatus, a co-production with Michelle Manning Prod., Atlas Management and Michael Meltzer Prod. with Stanley Isaacs (Gross Anatomy) directing; the sophisticated comedy Oscar Divo, original screenplay by European author Jan Vander Laenen, translated by screenwriter Chris Duarte; Feline, written by Ron Shusett (Alien, Minority Report) ; the European thriller, The Card Game, produced in conjunction with Capture Films and the high concept comedy, Dining with Dick.

In addition, MakeMagic has worked with Polestar Entertainment, Acropolis Entertainment, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Universal, Anonymous Content, Disney Family, Alan Metter (Back to School), Permut Presentations (Face-Off), Robert Kosberg Productions, PBS, and many others.

MakeMagic Productions produced last year's industry hit, My Dinner With Ovitz, which received glowing reviews and worldwide media attention.

Prior to forming her own company, Ms.Williams was Vice President of Production for Arnold Kopelson Productions, where she worked closely with Mr. Kopelson in developing and acquiring feature film projects for both foreign and domestic markets. Among the many projects under her auspices were WARLOCK, TRIUMPH OF THE SPIRIT and PLATOON, for which Oliver Stone and Arnold Kopelson won Best Director and Best Picture Academy Awards, respectively.

Ms. Williams was Director of Creative Affairs for Arkoff International Pictures, where she acquired and developed feature material for both Samuel Z. Arkoff and Louis Arkoff and had extensive production responsibilities on their Orion feature UP THE CREEK.

Ms.Williams also had a stint developing television material for management clients at The Movie Company with Barry Krost and Norman Stephens and held production responsibilities on AMERICAN DREAMER starring Jo Beth Williams.

Ms. Williams served as an Asst. Story Editor at Daniel Melnick's IndieProd Company at 20th Century Fox, where she was privileged to work with talent such as Robert Zemeckis (Forest Gump, Castaway), Buck Henry, Lawrence Kasdan (The Bodyguard), and on feature films MAKING LOVE and UNFAITHFULLY YOURS.

After earning a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Hofstra University in NY, Ms. Williams spent 4 years as an actor's agent in Manhattan. Moving to the west coast, she attended the two year graduate Peter Stark Producing Program at University of Southern California, and then began her production experience at Steven Spielberg's Amblin' as an intern on pre-production of E.T. and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Ms.Williams is a member of the Writers Guild of America, west and a frequent Script Consultant. She is married to musician/composer Larry Williams who travels the world playing keyboards with Al Jarreau..

SCRIPT CONSULTING

Denise David Williams says:

"As a Producer and Script Consultant, I highly respect writers and the art form of writing. My intention, in addition to helping you to improve your script, is to support you in your goals in any way that I can."

SCREENPLAYS

This is what I do: After reading your screenplay, I do specific and general notes on story, structure, dialogue and character development. These notes address particular areas in your screenplay that need work and are also geared to making your project as professionally and commercially viable as possible. The goal is to address those objective areas that will impede someone from "loving your project," not to focus on subjective points that could change with each reader. We schedule a time for a one-on-one phone consultation so we can discuss the notes and address any thoughts, ideas or questions you have prior to you starting your rewrite. This conversation lasts until we are done. There is no set time. I also send the notes to you to consider and incorporate and encourage you to keep in contact with me while you are rewriting. I maintain an "open door policy" for my clients even after our initial work is done. In addition, if you want help writing your logline, that is included. (scripts up to 130 pages). FEE: $500.

If you don't require written notes, but would still like the same professional input, I read your script and give you the same notes via a phone consultation. The "open-door policy" applies here as well.
FEE: $350.

If you want your rewrite of this script and any subsequent drafts of this script reviewed, it's done by phone conference without written notes FEE: $250.

HAVE A GREAT IDEA THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO WRITE YOURSELF?
We will help you develop your idea whether you are the writer, or want a writer brought on to work for you. Bring us the idea. As a production company, we can bring in the right person for your story, oversee development, and deliver a screenplay that you will own. Fees for this process depend on variables.

TESTIMONIALS FROM CURRENT AND FORMER CLIENTS:

Denise,
Thanks again for all of your help.
You tempered constructive criticism with words of encouragement, making my dream of seeing the screenplay produced as a very real possibility, not an insurmountable task. Your ideas served to turn my draft into a completed screenplay, which is now pending production. http://www.prayerwarrior.movierich.com
I've also been taking what you recommended on ART OF PRAYER and applying it to other scripts as well.
Bruce W. Durbin

What started out as a consulting session, has ended up with my script being sold to a major studio! Getting help with my script made all the difference.
Cristian Lacatus - Ottawa, Canada


I'd like to thank you for your valuable advice. Your thoughts and ideas have clearly proven most inspiring.
Yours sincerely,
Darren Ryding/Australia

I found Denise not only to be a person of exceptional character, but also one of great insight and a true pleasure to talk to you.
Best always,
J.Conrad Stambaugh

Thank you for the referral. I found Denise to be sincere, charming and extremely helpful.
Best regards,
Barry Leach

Just wanted to say thank you for the phone conference. All of the points that you outlined seemed perfectly valid and understandable to me and the suggestions that you made as to how the narrative might be better shaped and invigorated were extremely helpful. Thank you very much.
Kind regards,
Ron Brunwin/U.K.

Denise is an absolute pleasure to work with. I really appreciated her ideas, suggestions, and comments regarding my work. She was an absolute delight! She has a real feel for the industry and I feel confident that with her guidance, I will be able to move forward with my current and future projects.
Sincerely,
Richard Luciano, Writer-Actor-Director

DENISE DAVID WILLIAMS
MakeMagic Productions
~ 323-653-3108

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