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Rona Edwards
PRODUCER /WRITER & CO-FOUNDER OF ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE
Interests
Hi Friends
This is something different. You may not know this but I started out as an actor and a singer and I sang last year at The Gardenia in Hollywood,The Songs That Got Away. Starting out as an actor has given me a different perspective towards my day job as a producer and a writer - I approach everything from that angle.
Books
Author, "I Liked It, Didn't Love It (Screenplay Development From The Inside Out)" by Rona Edwards & Monika Skerbelis, Lone Eagle Publishing.
I LIKED IT, DIDN'T LOVE IT (SCREENPLAY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE INSIDE OUT)
"...if your script is ready to be shown, consider making this the next book you pick up.It may well be the thing that gives you that keen inside edge over the other writers who just pitched before you."
-- Peter Clines, Creative Screenwriting magazine
Journalist - The Beachwood Voice - column- Our Side Of Town- also the blog www.oursideoftown.wordpress.comJournalist - Contributing writer to Produced By magazine - the official magazine of the Producers Guild of America
Journalist - Neworld Review - New York Newspaper - column - Rona's Reel Take
And here's what people are saying about ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE:
"Thanks for putting on such a great class...Been growing by huge leaps...Because of your class, I'm holding a ticket to Cannes in my hands"
--Troy Perry (Maneuvering Film Festival Student, April 2007)
"Last year, I produced a short film that was rejected from every festival I entered. When I saw a free seminar at the Writer's Store on "Maneuvering Film Festivals," I hoped it would give me an edge to at least get accepted to a festival. I learned more in that hour seminar from Rona Edwards and Monika Skerbelis than I ever imagined! I signed up for their ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE course and bought their book, "I liked It, Didn't Love It (Screenplay Development From The Inside Out)." What a wealth of information! I followed their suggestions and got into 8 festivals, with 4 awards and recognitions. At one of the festivals, I met a producer who asked for a feature length version of my short."
--Diana Niles (Maneuvering Film Festivals Student, April 2007)
"I learned a lot and I think all that I have learned will help my career. The class was excellent"
--Danielle Dillard (Creating a Production Company Student, March 2008)
"The best thing about Rona and Monika's "Creating a Production Company" class was its emphasis on the practical. They didn't simply lecture about what we ought to do in order to create a company and put its best foot forward--they obliged us to actually DO it, step by step. Each week's homework assignment was harder than the one before it, but in a good way--by the end of the class I had lists of real people to contact at real studios, precisely targeted to real projects I'm really working on. And all without ever leaving my desk at home (or changing out of my pajamas, for that matter:)"
--Robert Toombs,(Creating a Production Company Student, 2007)
Lightwheel Entertainment, Inc.
Zenmovie, LLC
Movies
Best to check out IMDB.com for credits
Television
If you're checking out IMDB.com - you can see my credits there.
Blog
What happens to your project when it's submitted to a studio, production company or network?
What happens when you've submitted a project to a studio, production company or network? Who are the people reading your material? what is Coverage? What does a studio exec do? Who is the production company exec andhow do they fit into the equation? And what is the difference between an agent and a manager? If you're interested in learning these answers then you should take ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE's course, Screenplay Development From The Inside Out - a five week practical online workshop with hands on assignments so producers, directors, writers and actors can get a first hand view of what it takes to be a development exec at a studio or production company and learn the basics of their function in the development process. Best of all it's taught by myself and Monika Skerbelis and you'll have us for five weeks to ask us anything you want as your personal mentors. It starts this week so visit ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE for more information and we look forward to seeing you online!
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About Me
Rona Edwards is the co-author with Monika Skerbelis of the critically acclaimed book, "I Liked it, Didn't Love It: Screenplay Development from the Inside Out" published by Lone Eagle Publishing.
Edwards is a graduate of California Institute of the Arts and runs Rona Edwards Productions (REP), a production company that produces and develops projects for feature film and television.
She Co-Produced and/or Executive Produced OUT OF SYNC(VH1), ONE SPECIAL VICTORY (NBC), THE COMPANION(USA/SCI-FI CHANNEL) which marked the long-form debut of director Gary Fleder, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID (ABC) and for German television DER MURDER MEINER MUTTER (SAT. 1).
She served as Executive Producer on the documentary, SELLING SEX IN HEAVEN, and is currently co-producing and co-directing JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN: AGAIN, a documentary she is producing and directing with Barbara Multer-Wellin. She had a feature set up at Warner Bros. tentatively titled MATCHMAKERS based upon an article she found in People magazine and a new movie produced for Lifetime television called BLIND TRUST. More recently she closed a deal on an international co-production between Canada and Great Britain on a mini series - details forthcoming on that one!
Ms. Edwards was Vice President of Creative Affairs for John Larroquette's Port Street Films, Michael Phillips Productions and Brookfield Productions. Edwards has had projects made and/or in development with many of the major networks and studios including a script deal at ABC, movies at CBS, ABC, NBC, Hearst Entertainment, VH1, HBO, Phoenix Television, Edward R. Pressman, Motor City Films, Warner Bros., and Wilshire Court.
She, along with Monika Skerbelis, has formed Edwards Skerbelis Entertainment (ESE or ES Entertainment), a company dedicated to nurturing filmmakers and screenwriting talent. Via consultations, ESE assists talent in developing their screenplays and pitches with development notes and general career advice.
ESE also launched ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE , in March of 2007, ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE is a global film school offering courses such as Screenplay Development From The Inside Out, Creating a Production Company , Finding & Developing New Ideas, and Maneuvering Film Festivals to name a few. Imagine improving your filmmaking knowledge in 4 - 6 weeks. Just Click, Type, Download & Read!" The new schedule for ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE can be found at ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE WEBSITE - Classes are in session all the time - email us for more information.
"Thanks for putting on such a great class...Been growing by huge leaps
...Because of your class, I'm holding a ticket to Cannes in my hands"
- Troy Perry (Maneuvering Film Festival student, April 2007)
For more information about ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE, ESE and/or the book, "I Liked It, Didn't Love It (Screenplay Development From The Inside Out)", check out www.esentertainment.net.
Goal
"I have so many goals. To start, I want to create and make movies that have something to say and yet are entertaining. My goal is to make successful movies so I can continue to be a producer and a writer.
I want to impart the knowledge and experience I have to the students we teach and hope that we can help them avoid some of the pitfalls we've gone through and nurture them along in their successful careers.
I'd like to travel the world to lecture and meet new people in my common field of film and television. To create a global village through our ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE where students and professionals can come to exchange views, learn and create and do so at their own pace. It is our goal to create a worldwide network of filmmakers, to teach what we know, create more courses molded to the needs of our clients and students, and be known as the "go to" place for workshops and networking. It's a place where people can improve their filmmaking knowledge in 2 - 4 weeks. Just Click, Type, Download & Read - that's all there is to it plus you get Monika Skerbelis and myself on a daily basis like mentors for the length of the course."
Professional Experience
Writer/Producer/Consultant/Author
Edwards Skerbelis Entertainment (ESE) and Rona Edwards Productions
1997 - Present
In addition, RONA EDWARDS is a contributing writer to Produced By magazine (the official magazine of the Producers Guild of America) and writes a column, OUR SIDE OF TOWN, for the Beachwood Voice as well as her blog www.oursideoftown.wordpress.com in which she pens stories and reviews of restaurants and notable places to visit and experience. Her music reviews can be found on FAME (the Folk Acoustic Music Exchange - online) and she is the senior editor for Morton Publishing in New York.
With Monika Skerbelis, Edwards wrote a column, HOLLYWOOD FROM THE INSIDE OUT, on Hollywoodlitsales.com.
Together they teach "Introduction to Feature Film Development" at UCLA extention, "Story Development Process in the Entertainment Industry" at Riverside Community College's Distance Learning program, and "Basic Screenwriting" at Chapman University's Dodge School of Film and Television.
Edwards and Skerbelis have also given lectures, seminars and workshops at film festivals, organizations, institutes and schools around the world. They served as script consultants for the Pacific Film and Television Commission in Queensland, Australia and consulted with numerous writers on their screenplays and careers.
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