ScriptLaunch

About Me

Matthew Ballen is the Creative Director for ScriptLaunch, a boutique screenplay analysis and development firm based in New York City. Our past consulting projects have placed in the top 10 of the Slamdance Screenplay Competition, and have been optioned by A Band Apart (Quentin Tarantino's company), and Weidemann and Berg (the Academy-Award winning producers of 'The Lives of Others'). We've also had two of our consulting projects optioned through Inktip within the past year. When not consulting, Matthew is a screenwriter himself. He's currently writing a script for international film director Simon Verhoeven, who's recent film 'Mannerherzen' premiered #1 in the box offices of Germany and Austria and stars Til Schweiger from 'Inglourious Basterds'. Matthew has also had a television a show in development with The Independent Film Channel, and his short-form work has been featured on the home pages of FunnyOrDie.com, Nerve.com, TheApiary.Org and Vimeo.com.