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C.O.G.’s Kyle Patrick Alvarez on the Art of Indie Adaptation

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Kyle Patrick Alvarez has carved out an unusual niche for himself within American independent cinema; as he himself comments, “Everyone keeps on joking I have This American Life authors named David cornered now.” Alvarez made his feature debut in 2009 with Easier with Practice,…  Read more

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Low & Outside: Lessons for Indie Filmmakers Pitching to the Studios

Filmmaker is sponsoring this week’s pitch panels at IFP’s Filmmaker Conference. Tomorrow morning at 11:00 AM will be The Art of the Narrative Pitch, Monday the 16th at 11:00AM will be Wild Card New Media pitches, Thursday the 19th at…  Read more

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Peter Mattei on How to Sell a Screenplay

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Playwright, film director and now novelist Peter Mattei (The Deep Whatsis) was the guest recently on Brad Listi’s Other People podcast, where he told a surprising tale about contemporary Hollywood screenplay sales. Matthei, whose feature Love in the Time of…  Read more

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How to Option a Book for Film Adaptation

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The following is a guest post by veteran entertainment attorney Robert Zipser. It originally appeared on his official website. “In the motion picture business, nothing is more important than rights.” –Prominent Business Affairs Executive Hollywood has loved books ever since…  Read more

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