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GETTING YOUR SCRIPT REPPED AND SOLD
A Free Seminar With Palak Patel, a Warner Bros. Based Producer.
This Saturday, October 11th at 11am, Palak Patel, VP of development & production at Paula Weinstein's Spring Creek Productions (recent winner of 2 Emmys for their HBO film RECOUNT), will be doing a special 2 hour seminar on the step by step process of getting representation as well as selling your script.
Palak will not only answer some of your questions on the industry, but will discuss the following topics during the seminar:
· Differences between Agents & Managers
· Differences between studio based producers and independent producers
· Internal structure of the A list agencies and management companies and the process your script goes through
· The journey your spec script travels from the agency to the producers to the studio
· Current market trends for screenplays
· Packaging your script with talent
· The Query Letter: Dos and Don'ts
· The Screenwriting Contest: Dos and Don'ts
· Script Coverages: Dos and Don'ts
· The Evolution of Screenwriting: How screenwriting has evolved in the past 15 years.
· Screenwriting Classes: Dos and Don'ts
· The Paradigm & Structure of a Hollywood Studio
· Pitchfests: The Legit Ones, and Dos and Don'ts
· The Logline
Don't forget to RSVP on the "Events" page - hope to see you there!
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About Me
Palak Patel is currently Vice President of Development & 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 “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.
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.
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Spring Creek Productions
April 2002 - Present
“Palak is one of the few people in this industry whose taste I trust. He has his finger on the pulse on good writing and great scripts. He knows what works and what sells in this town.”
-Maha Dakhil, Literary Agent, CAA
"Palak Patel not only has great insight in the creative process of screenwriting, but also the politics of getting a movie made. He was one of the first to champion my script 'Recount', sneaking it to CAA which was a crucial step in launching it into production in less than a year."
– Danny Strong, screenwriter, RECOUNT
“Working with him for seven years, I know Palak Patel has a terrific understanding of story. Whether developing scripts from the germ of an idea or giving a final note on a shooting script, he has a fundamental knowledge of what makes scripts work. He is my go-to-guy for discovering fresh, new talent."
– Paula Weinstein, producer, BLOOD DIAMOND, PERFECT STORM, RECOUNT, MONSTER IN LAW, FEARLESS, FABULOUS BAKER BOYS, TRUMAN, POSSESSION, RUMOR HAS IT, LOONEY TUNES, IRON JAWED ANGELS.
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