Sample Query Letter, from my Manager's Point Of View

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Recently, the internet was buzzing about Warner Bros. purchase of Andrew Gottlieb's "Drink, Play, F@#k".

My client Benjamin Ray emailed me saying that he would be more than interested in being involved in the process of adapting this exceptional story into a screenplay.

Benjamin has written spec scripts for features, music videos, TV commercials and short subjects. One of his scripts, "Marcus and Faith", a thriller, won first prize in the 2007 Pacific Northwest Screenwriters Contest. The judges, who awarded Benjamin Ray this tremendous validation for his writing, included Daniel Yost, the screenwriter of Drugstore Cowboy.

In addition to placing as a quarter-finalist and semi-finalist in other major contests and getting requests from producers, his screenplay was reviewed by Phil Gladwin - a screenwriter and script editor for both the BBC and ITV. Here's what he had to say -

"Recently I read the script Marcus and Faith, and found it a compelling investigation into evil. The story seldom falters, the dialogue is strong, potent, and vividly alive, and, despite the dark subject and the unflinching tone, the piece glows with hope and a yearning for the warmth of the human heart that manages to bring some kind of redemption into a very bleak world."

Yes, all of Benjamin Ray's scripts are dark, maybe darker than the book and that's why he could make it fly, jump and spit off the page and attract major interests. A writer who continues to market his writing with real passion and crazy energy he would like to be known as the thinking man's "Parkour" of screenwriting.

Sincerely,

Writer's Bio - While working as a stand-up comedian, Benjamin Ray caught the screenwriting fever and never looked back. Unlike screenwriters who learned their craft through film school, he's self-taught and honed in his skills while working on stage, juggling three shifts and a family. Consequently, he developed a fusion of controversial pop culture, and exciting and daring cinema.

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Benjamin Ray
www.hollywoodtoronto.com