How Screenwriters Can Leverage Short-Form Content to Build and Sustain Careers
The term “content” has been widely discussed in creative circles without it ever being fully defined. It’s often used interchangeably to mean short films, trailers, sizzle-reels, graphic novels, micro content or proof of concept clips. Sometimes, the definition extends into podcasts, blogs, and other material. All these formats may stand alone or exist in service […]
Film Producer Nick Oleksiw on the Entertainment Industry: Business Insights and Screenwriting Advice
Nick Oleksiw is a producer in Los Angeles developing film and TV projects and teaming up with others across town including MACRO, Thunder Road, Olive Bridge, and Sony Pictures. He specializes in high-concept thrillers, action, comedy, romantic comedies, 1-hour serialized TV drama and 1/2-hour comedy and dark comedy TV series. He began his career at […]
How KimberMark’s Justin Kohlas Sees the Future of Film & TV and What Screenwriters Need to Succeed
Justin Kohlas is a writer/ producer with a wealth of experience in both film and television. His most recent work includes being a staff writer on NCIS: Los Angeles and screening his feature Hide at Screamfest. It all began when his TV pilot King Street was the highest rated pilot on The Black List. Justin […]
Producer Miri Yoon Reveals the Challenges of Making “Weapons” and Shares Her Journey to Success in Film Production
Weapons is a mystery-horror-supernatural thriller from writer/ director Zach Cregger, known for his breakout hit Barbarian. The film centers on a chilling small-town mystery in which multiple children from the same class vanish during the night at exactly the same time, leaving the community scrambling for answers and turning suspicion toward a local teacher. The […]
Sev Ohanian on Producing “Sinners”, Working With Ryan Coogler, and How He Got His Start in Hollywood 🎬
Sinners, directed by Ryan Coogler, is a genre-blending vampire thriller mashup set in 1932 in the Mississippi Delta that mixes Southern Gothic horror, blues music, Irish folk music, and historical drama. The story follows twin brothers Smoke and Stack — both played by Michael B. Jordan (possibly for budgetary reasons) who return home hoping to […]
