Call for Applications: deadline 27 May
Script to Screen is pleased to announce that renowned US comedy expert Steve Kaplan will travel to New Zealand to work intensively with two selected writers on their comedy feature scripts as part of our Te Ao Marama Creative Development Series 2010.
Steve Kaplan is the most highly sought-after comedy expert in the US. In addition to having taught at UCLA, NYU, Yale and other top universities, Steve Kaplan created the HBO Workspace, the HBO New Writers Program and was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan Punch Line Theatre. He regularly serves as a consultant and script doctor to such companies as Dreamworks, Disney, HBO, Paramount, Touchstone and others and has worked with many writers including Peter Tolan (Analyze This, Finding Amanda), writer and producer David Crane (Friends, Joey, The Class), writer/producer Tracy Poust (Ugly Betty, Will & Grace), Michael Patrick King (The Comeback, Sex and The City, Will & Grace), David Ives (All In The Timing), Will Scheffer (Big Love).
Deadline for applications: 5pm, Friday 27 May!
Application processing fee: $15
Script Focus Programme (2 selected participants): no charge
When and where are the sessions? 30 June, Auckland
Click here for further info & application requirements
Steve Kaplan’s Comedy Intensive website
This Script Focus Programme is generously supported by the New Zealand Film Commission
