Film Connection mentor Eric Abrams offers key insights into successful screenwriting!
Film Connection screenwriting mentor Eric Abrams (Los Angeles, CA) is no stranger to the Hollywood film and television scene. Over the years, he’s written scripts for films like Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, as well as multiple TV shows like Married…with Children and Disney Channel’s Liv & Maddie. He’s also passionate about making sure his […]
Film Connection screenwriting mentor Aaron Feldman on writing for the screen, character development, and getting your foot in the door.
Film Connection screenwriting mentor Aaron Feldman’s own journey into the film industry has been a winding road, initially going to medical school, and even having a stint working in counterterrorism in D.C. before eventually becoming a professional screenwriter in Los Angeles. During his career, he’s sold nearly a dozen scripts to studios, worked with major […]
Film Connection mentor Sean McCarthy offers students real-world experience on award-winning webseries
As the founder/owner of Guerilla Wanderers, a full-service production house in the San Francisco Bay Area, Film Connection mentor Sean McCarthy maintains a huge roster of projects that includes films, film videos, commercials, animation/visual FX and more. As such, Sean is able to provide plenty of real-world opportunities for his Film Connection students to learn […]
RRFC INTERVIEW: Film Connection mentor Zef Cota on the importance of real-world experience and more
As a filmmaker, Film Connection mentor Zef Cota has learned to keep plenty of irons in the fire. In addition to heading up his own narrative film production company, Alphabet City Films, he regularly does film work for IBM, as well as shooting commercial projects and film videos under his commercial company, Filmtek. [break] In […]
Film Connection screenwriting mentor Ron Osborn talks comedy, drama, and theme.
[break class=”double no-mobile”] [break class=”double”][break class=”double no-mobile”] [read-more] A veteran Hollywood screenwriter, Ron Osborn is a seven-time Emmy nominee known for his work on Meet Joe Black, Moonlighting, Duckman and The West Wing. Given his expertise in the film and television industries, it’s little wonder he’s one of the Film Connection’s most in-demand screenwriting mentors, […]
Forks in the Road: Film Connection mentor Ron Peterson’s insights on effective screenwriting
Film Connection screenwriting mentor Ron Peterson is head of development at Crossroads Entertainment. Ron has many years of experience in the film industry, having written screenplays for production companies such as Namesake Entertainment, Jenkins Entertainment, and the Fun Group. Passionate about passing the baton to promising young talent, he has taught in various capacities over […]
Film Connection mentor Peter Scheibner offers key advice about work ethic and proactivity
Film Connection mentor Peter Scheibner knows a thing or two about being proactive and working yourself into a job. His lifelong passion for film helped him to find gigs even during the years when he had to work a “day job” to keep the bills paid. Today, Peter is the Studio Production Director at Amazing […]
Movies that Matter: Mentor/Film producer Sharon Tomlinson options script by grad!
When we caught up recently with film producer and Film Connection mentor Sharon Tomlinson of Atlanta-based Studio 11 Films, she was preparing to fly to Nigeria for the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) which nominater her recent film Skinned for Best Film by an African Living Abroad. The film addresses the widespread but little-discussed phenomenon […]
Film Connection mentor Wes Cobb on “doing it like your life depends on it.”
Operating out of West Art Video in Charlotte, NC, Film Connection mentor Wes Cobb focuses on live shoots and commercial work for the busy Charlotte scene. As you’ll see in the excerpts below, Wes actually got into film through film as he started doing film videos for his own band. Today, not only is his […]
A Recent Conversation with Film Connection mentor Sandy Stern
Sandy Stern is a producer, known for Being John Malkovich (1999), Saved! (2004) and Velvet Goldmine (1998). He is also a screenwriting mentor for Film Connection. Here’s an excerpt of a recent interview we had with Sandy. RRF: Did you have any mentors when you were first starting out? Sandy Stern: You know, I wish […]
Question and Answer with Film Connection Screenwriting Mentor John Raffo
One of the major things that sets Film Connection apart from traditional film schools is our ability to provide our students with direct access to dedicated, experienced and interesting mentors like professional screenwriter John Raffo. Credited with such screenplays as The Relic, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, and Johnny Skidmarks (a film he also directed), […]
Philadelphia’s Hero, Film and Film mentor Joey Heier
Mentor Joey Heier of Crystal Clear studios in Philadelphia has been glorified by his apprentices (or as he calls them “his boys”) as, “The best mentor around!” and “A wonderful man.” Joey is currently teaching his Film apprentices some cool new mixing techniques, as well as new lighting techniques for his Film students. He is […]
