Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe Offers Mentor Classes

Called "Hollywood's Best-Kept Secret," the Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe will boast another amazing roster of mentors in the relaxing, beautiful environment of Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Nowhere else will you find nine full hours of personalized and in-depth mentor sessions, with intimate class sizes.  This year’s conference is May 30 – June, 3, 2007.  An early registration discount is available until March 31, 2007.  The mentor lineup includes:

Hal Ackerman (Chair of the UCLA graduate screenwriting division and author) has been a mentor to Nicholas Griffin (Matchstick Men), Sacha Gervasi (The Terminal), Scott Kosar (The Machinist, Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Felicia Henderson (Soul Food) and Pamela Gray (A Walk On The Moon).  Hal’s mentor class will help you turn your Passion Into Product.

Terry Borst studied with legendary screenwriting gurus Lew Hunter, Richard Walter and William Froug. His credits include numerous episodes for the TV series BUGS, the TV movie sequel Midnight Run Around and the independent feature Private War. He has written and script-doctored produced screenplays for USA Cable, Microsoft, Electronic Arts and smaller distributors, and been commissioned to write unproduced screenplays by Paramount Pictures, the BBC and various independent producers.  Terry will cover Beginning Screenwriting - The Right Way vs. The Wrong Way in his mentor class.

Gerald DiPego has 30-plus screenplays to his credit, including Phenomenon, Message in a Bottle, Instinct, Angel Eyes, and The Forgotten. In addition, he has five published novels.  Gerald’s mentor class will show you how to “bring the audience in,” called FEEL REAL? Helping the Audience to Experience Your Story and Not Just Watch It.

Pamela Gray’s feature credits include A Walk on the Moon (which received a Golden Satellite nomination for Best Original Screenplay and the Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award), Music of the Heart and Dirty Dancing Dancing 2: Havana Nights.   She has written features for Miramax, HBO, Disney, Universal and Working Title. She's also written for television, including episodes of Once and Again, Star Trek: The Next Generation, two Hallmark Hall of Fame movies and one-hour drama pilots for CBS and ABC.  In her mentor class, Pamela will help you write distinct and unique characters in What Did Your Main Character Eat for Breakfast Today?

Bill Martell (West Coast editor of Scr(i)pt Magazine) has written 19 produced films, including three HBO World Premieres (Steel Sharks, Crash Dive! and Grid Runners), two for Showtime (Black Thunder and Droid Gunner), three Cinemax Premieres (Treacherous, Night Hunter and The Base), plus a couple of USA Network thrillers (Hard Evidence and Blind Trust).  Bill will teach you how to scare the pants off of your audience in his mentor class, called Writing Horror and Thrillers.

For more detailed descriptions of the mentors and their classes, please visit www.scsfe.com or call toll-free 866-424-1501 for more information.

Updated: 03/09/2007

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