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Check out my Free Event!

Hey Everybody,

Just wanted to let you know about my free event at the writer's store - Getting your script repped and sold!! Should be a great afternoon. If you're interested, check out: http://www.storylink.com/event/PalakPatel for more information.

Also, don't forget I have a class starting on Feb. 24th! You can find all the info about that on: http://www.writersstore.com/product.php?products_id=3970

Hope to see you all there!

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About Me

Palak Patel currently runs Joe Roth's company, Roth Films, which has a producing deal at Sony Pictures Ent. They are currently in post production on Alice In Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway.

Patel was President of Production at Paula Weinstein's Spring Creek Productions which has a first look deal with Warner Bros. While at Spring Creek, Patel has set up over a dozen projects including the high profile "Thundercats," a tent pole for Warner Bros. with Jerry O'Flaherty (Gears of War) directing. In addition, Patel is producing "In the Heart of the Sea," with Ed Zwick directing, "Kings County," with Courtenay Hunt directing, "Mob Cops," with John Hillcoat directing, "Men" with Todd Phillips directing, and "Irreparable Harm" with Eugene Jarecki directing.

Patel has worked closely with Weinstein overseeing Monster-In-Law, Rumor Has It, Looney Tunes, Envy, Blood Diamond, and Recount directed by Jay Roach. In development, Patel oversees more than two dozen projects under Weinstein set up at various studios, and has strong relationships with screenwriters and directors such as Allan Loeb, Danny Strong, Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, Steven Baigelman, Eugene Jarecki, and John Hillcoat. Also, Patel was approached by CAA to help produce a short film for one of their clients, Actor/Director Melissa Joan Hart. Mute, the 15 minute short film, was produced with Weinstein's blessing and independent of Spring Creek with a budget of $65,000, and was accepted to numerous festivals. Recently, Lifetime optioned the short film to adapt into a feature which Melissa Hart will direct.

Prior to joining Spring Creek, Patel was West Coast Story Editor at Focus Features working closely with Russell Schwartz, Scott Greenstein, Donna Gigliotti, and others. While at Focus, Patel worked closely with senior executives on Traffic, Gosford Park, Nurse Betty, Deliver Us From Eva, Possession, The Kid Stays In The Picture, The Man Who Wasn't There, and assisted the acquisitions department on In The Mood For Love, Monsoon Wedding, and Wet Hot American Summer.

Patel started out in the business as an intern/assistant on The Sixth Sense in his hometown of Philadelphia. After moving to Los Angeles, he worked as a development assistant to Sr. VP Production Matt Berenson at Paul Schiff Productions on Wes Anderson's Rushmore. Within three months, Patel set up his first project, "Filthy," before the writers of the project had even moved to Los Angeles; which coincidentally was written by his friends Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg (Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle). Patel worked closely with Berenson in helping Hurwitz & Schlossberg find representation. After Paul Schiff lost his deal with Disney, Patel went to Focus Features.