Personal Details

Name: Michael Lent

Last visit: May 27, 2008

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Interests

Movies, basketball, poker. Did I mention movies? Basketball? Um, poker?

Books

Stephen King's book On Writing is amazing.

About Me

Writer/producer Michael Lent wrote Breakfast with Sharks, the best-selling book on screenwriting in Hollywood published by Random House. He also created the graphic novel series Prey: Origin of the Species published by Marvel Comics. Other books include Christmas in Hell (Amazon Books) and the upcoming Another Christmas in Hell (Simon & Schuster). His movie producing credits include the soon-to-be-released Witches' Night and the award-winning Hard Scrambled, which Variety called “pleasing and enjoyable” and the Los Angeles Times called “sharp, cinematic, and clever.” He is a member of the Writers Guild of America. A 2005 recipient of the Houston Worldfest Gold Remi Award, he has sold, optioned or been assigned to eleven feature film projects including The Hellseeker for Miramax Films. Since 1997, he's been a featured columnist and current contributing editor for Creative Screenwriting Magazine. He has also written for MTV, Spy Magazine, Billboard magazine, Screenstyle and the French film periodical Tournages. Lent holds an M.F.A. from the University of Miami and has taught screenwriting in the UCLA Extension Program and at Santa Barbara City College.

Goal

Work with cool people on projects worth doing. Help writers and producers take their careers to the next level and beyond.

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