Christina Lee Storm (WP ’03) Co-Producer of “To Save A Life” – the film was nominated for the Epiphany Prize (Film) at the Movieguide Awards. Christina was also re-elected onto the National Board of Directors for the Producers Guild of America. She will be serving as a Board Member for the guild for the next 3 years.
Somewhere out there is a writer with a powerful story that will inspire and energize the world. Could it be you?
More than ever, Hollywood is craving new points of view and inspiring stories. You could hold the unique voice it’s looking for. Act One is holding its first ever Script Competition to find these unique voices. We’re looking for writers with great and undiscovered talent who have already made good first steps in mastering the craft of movie writing, and we want to give them the chance to have their work looked at by some of Hollywood’s top agents and producers.
We are looking for scripts that exemplify the core principles around which Act One was formed: artistry, professionalism, meaning and spirituality. We want scripts that move us and connect us to that which is good, beautiful and true. We want layered imagery, profound subtext and all the poetry possible in this powerful medium. We want scripts that are excellent, a cut above the rest, and reveal you to be the most vital, undiscovered voice out there.
Think you have a script like that? Then what are you waiting for? CLICK HERE!
Congratulations to Act One alumni Zoila Galeano (WP ’06) and Jim Brandon (WP Jan ’10) who were both accepted to NBC’s Writers on the Verge program this fall. Two of the eight writers accepted out of this year’s 1200 applicants are Act One alumni.
Zoila and Jim have both been participants in Act One’s TV Track program. They’ll spend the next twelve weeks writing a television pilot and a spec script and for the NBC program which focuses on readying participants for a staff writer position on a television series.
Key F. Payton (Act One Faculty Member) was just ranked by Creative Screenwriting magazine as the 14th best script consultant in America-in the “Cream of the Crop” top 25/top eight percent out of more than 200 consultants rated nationwide. Over 900 screenwriters responded to the Creative Screenwriting survey (it ran back in January and February), turning in names and ratings for any professonal script analysts or consultants with whom they had worked. Congratulations, Key!
Congratulations to Bob Martinez (WP ’00) and his writing partner who sold their original screenplay, currently titled Deathgames, to the Motion Picture Corporation of America. Principle photography began May 5th in Baton Rouge; the project stars Samuel L. Jackson, Kellan Lutz (of the Twilight saga) and Daniel Dae Kim (of Lost). The movie is set to come out in 2011.
Congrats to writer-director Robert Kirbyson (WP ’04) whose film Snowmen premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, April 24. Inspired by Kirbyson’s childhood, the family film follows Billy, a 10-year-old boy from a wintry mountain town, and his misfit friends. You can read more about the film on the Tribeca website or the film’s website. The festival website also posted an interview with Kirbyson.
Jim Brandon’s (Jan WP ’10) web series Dorm Life received three Streamy Nominations. Jim is nominated as part of the Best Ensemble and Best Writing in a Comedic Web Series, and Dorm Life also received a Best Directing nomination. Congrats, Jim!
Congratulations to Andrea Nasfell (WP ’99) whose feature screenplay Christmas with a Capital C is currently shooting in Seward, Alaska. The movie stars Ted McGinley and Daniel Baldwin, and is directed by Helmut Schleppi.
Congrats to alumni Kevin Willson (WP ’01), Nathan Scoggins (WP ’05), Jimmy Duke (WP ’01), and Ian Eyre (WP ’01) whose Doritos commercial “Casket” aired in front of over 100 million viewers during the Superbowl on Superbowl Sunday.
Kudos to Act One grad Christina Lee Storm who co-produced To Save a Life, a movie about engaging lost and lonely teenagers. The film is being released by Samuel Goldwyn across the country and opens in theaters Friday, January 22. A number of other Act One alums worked on the project as well. Click here to view the trailer.