Script Pipeline

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Script Pipeline discovers and develops writers for film and television, connecting them to producers, agents, and managers. Since 1999, several produced films and over $8 million in screenplay and TV pilot spec sales are credited to Script Pipeline’s unique, intensive process of long-term writer-to-industry facilitation.

Success stories include:

Tripper Clancy, winner of the Screenwriting Contest, sold the comedy The Ambassadors to 20th Century Fox and the pitch Winter Break, before writing Stranded for Sony and Hacker Camp for Hasbro. In development: High Five with Amazon, an adaptation of the bestselling novel The Art of Fielding for Mandalay / IMG, and other film and TV projects. His action-comedy Stuber sold to Fox for the mid-six figures and starred Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick) star. Tripper was also staffed on the Netflix series I am Not Okay With This (2020) and created the Quibi series Die Hart.

Screenwriting Competition winner Evan Daugherty selling Snow White and the Huntsman to Universal for $3 million and later taking the lead on studio films Divergent and Ninja Turtles, as well as the new Anaconda reimagining for Sony. His contest-winning script Killing Season was produced and starred Academy Award-winner Robert De Niro and John Travolta.

Most recently, Screenwriting Competition winner Helen Gaughran signed with UTA, and several other finalists and winners landed management, such as 2019 First Look Project winner Nick Roth and 2019 TV Writing finalist JP Estes getting representation from Zero Gravity (Ozark).

A number of original feature and TV projects are in various stages of development, and over 150 writers have found representation, had their scripts optioned and produced, and seen their careers launched as a result of facilitation. With a constantly expanding industry network, Script Pipeline searches for new material and writers on a daily basis. Over 20,000 screenplays, pilots, and original pitches were reviewed for 2020.

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Subplot - Profile Series

Oct 12 2020

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The Revival: Eva Gonzalez Szigriszt’s Undeniable Path to Hollywood

By Allison Norlian & Sean Collins-Smith subplot

[Typically, this is the area where we add a brief and eloquent summary of what to expect in the article—however. . . no summary will do Eva’s story justice. Just read it.] ▼ A terrorist attack almost prevented Eva Gonzalez Szigriszt from fulfilling her dream of becoming a film director. It was March 11, 2004. Gonzalez Szigriszt was 18 and living in a town south of Madrid, Colmenar de Oreja. She had an exam the next day, and if she passed, she’d possibly get accepted into the most prestigious film school in Spain: Escuela de Cinematografía y del Audiovisual de la Comunidad de Madrid (ECAM for short). Her older sister signed up to take the test, too, and together, they were aiming to be nothing less than the next Coen brothers. In lieu of taking an early-morning train, the sisters decided to travel the evening before and stay overnight at their grandparents’ house….

Interviews

Nov 17 2020

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Crosby Selander

By Matt Joseph Misetich Exclusive Interviews

A finalist in the 2020 Script Pipeline Screenwriting Competition, Crosby Selander signed with management at Kaplan/Perrone after an introduction by Pipeline execs. A month later, his script Bring Me Back sold to Legendary in a seven-figure deal, marking one the biggest spec sales of all-time from a “new,” unproduced writer. For the next decade, everyone’s going to ask about how this script went from idea to script to sale. We know the broad details of course, but lay it out for us here (hey, instead of telling the story every time, you can just send people this link!). I hope we’re talking about other things a decade from now! But it’s a nice thought. More than anything, Bring Me Back is a love letter to my wife. It started out as a running joke that I had with her for about a month, and then one day I figured out a…

From Script Pipeline Writers

“When I literally knew no one in LA, Script Pipeline promoted my script to anyone and everyone who'd listen. Not to mention read my other material and answer a barrage of questions, all while being unbelievably creatively supportive. I'd recommend them without hesitation.”
Helen Gaughran (Visitation)Screenwriting Contest Winner

“I cannot overstate the impact that Script Pipeline has had on my writing career. Winning the contest directly led to new representation, which in turn led to working with studios like 20th Century Fox.”
Tripper Clancy (Stuber)Screenwriting Contest Winner

“Script Pipeline introduced me to a manager and helped launch my professional career as a writer.”
Evan Daugherty (Snow White & the Huntsman, Divergent, Rose Red)Screenwriting Contest Winner

“In a matter of hours, Script Pipeline achieved what I’d been trying to do for years: they got my foot in the door... and changed my life in more ways than I could have imagined.”
Justin Daries JamesTV Writing Contest Winner (Powerhouse)

“In the few days after the competition announcement, we had a slew of terrific meetings... Script Pipeline allowed us, two unknowns from Australia, to come to LA, meet people in the industry, and begin relationships.”
Penelope Chai and Matteo BernardiniScreenwriting Contest Winner

“This was my first time submitting to any competition, ever, and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. They were fantastically transparent about where the scripts would be sent, who requested what, and really diligent about making the introductions--that’s how I was introduced to Jermaine Johnson at Zero Gravity, who is now representing me. I’m very thankful to Pipeline for making that connection.”
Malinna LiangTV Writing Runner-up

“I’ve been fortunate to be a finalist in a few comps. None have been as continually supportive and responsive as Script Pipeline. They’re about relationships, not transactions.”
Josh EstesTV Writing Finalist

“When I relocated from NYC to LA to pursue sitcom writing, everyone I met in the industry said it wasn’t about entering competitions, it was about entering the right competition. Script Pipeline was a turning point.”
Howard Jordan Jr. (Superior Donuts)TV Writing Contest Runner-up

Essential Reading - Screenplays and Pilots

Jul 01 2014

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Mad Men – Pilot

By Script Pipeline Essential Reading - Screenplays and Pilots

It’s a show that defines an era. Only not our era. Mad Men drips with glossy 1960s charm–or shameless 1960s indulgence, depending on your perspective. A soap opera, ironically, for the 21st century. The series perhaps over-dramatizes the evolution of the mid-century advertising world, but offers something in terms of unique character development that breaks our notion of what to expect in a period drama. If you’re a part of its fan base, you have the benefit of retrospect when reading the pilot, and will immediately recognize how well Don Draper is established from the start, setting us up perfectly for what will be an intimate and profound character arc. Is Mad Men nothing more than an exaggeration? A hyperbole of those living in the most tumultuous decade of the modern era? Sure. But it’s the type of grounded glamorization that rips it out of the cliche, a style we…

Script Sales

Dec 17 2020

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November 2020 Script Sales

By Script Pipeline Script Sales

Here are some of the most notable script sales from November 2020. – Lionsgate, Point Grey Pictures (Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s production company), and Stampede Ventures have picked up Chris Thomas Devlin’s horror spec Video Nasty. Jonathan Levine is in talks to direct. – Stampede Ventures and Savvy Media Holdings have acquired Mr. Croup, a spec spy thriller written by Ward Parry. – New Line Cinema and Atomic Monster (James Wan) are teaming up to produce Joshua Rollin’s untitled horror spec, set in a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles. Bishal Dutta will direct. – Curiosa Films will produce writer/director Claire Denis’ next film, Radioscopie. Juliette Binoche will star. – Gran Via Productions and The H Collective will produce the coming-of-age drama The Vineyard written by Tory Kamen. Mark Steven Johnson will direct. – Mark Chappell’s untitled murder mystery script, set in London’s West End in the 1950s, has found a home…

2021 Screenwriting & TV Writing Competitions

2020 Finalist Sells Spec for 7 Figures

First Look Project Finalist Produced by Paramount

Contest Winner Sold "Snow White" for $3 Million

Producers Seeking Screenplays + Pilots

Contest Winner Signs with UTA

Now on Hulu: "Run"

Script Pipeline on Twitter

Contest Finalists Sign with Mgmt.

Awarding $25,000 for Screenwriting

Script Pipeline Finalist Sells Show to Fox

Fox Comedy "Stuber" Written by Script Pipeline Contest Winner

Black-ish Ep. Written by Script Pipeline TV Finalists, Directed by Oscar Winner

Netflix Series Co-written by Script Pipeline Winner

"Subplot" by Script Pipeline

Netflix and CBS Staff Script Pipeline Finalist

Script Pipeline Recommend "Whelm" Hits the Fests

"Standoff at Sparrow Creek" an Indie Hit

Awarding $25,000 for TV Writing

"Die Hart" Created by Script Pipeline Winner

The Los Angeles Times Interviews Script Pipeline

Script Pipeline Co-Produced and Co-Financed Short Film "Biophilia"

Eddie Mensore's Feature "Mine 9" Produced

Script Pipeline Contest Winner Sold Specs to Fox

2020 Pitch Competition

Robert De Niro Stars in Script Pipeline Contest Winner

"Child's Play" Written by Script Pipeline Screenwriting Winner

Santino Fontana, Dania Ramirez Star in Script Pipeline Finalist Romcom

Script Pipeline Finalist "Sgt. Will Gardner" Produced

Indie Dramedy Co-Written by Script Pipeline Contest Winner

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Script Pipeline Sponsors Session at the 2019 Writer's Digest Conference

Script Pipeline's First Feature Stars Jesse Eisenberg

"Divergent" Written by Script Pipeline Contest Winner

Writer Evan Daugherty and Script Pipeline's Chad Clough Interviewed for Podcast

Action-Comedy Produced by Script Pipeline

Bruce Willis Stars in Script Pipeline Contest Finalist Screenplay

Contest Winner Writes Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reboot

Writers Workshop "Recommend" a Global Success

Sundance Premiere: "Between," a Script Pipeline Recommend

AMC's "Shootout" Highlights Script Pipeline

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