Screenwriter Panel at 2016 San Diego International Kids Film Festival
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   Screenwriter Panel of 2016 SDIKFF  
 

11:00PM-12:30PM; Saturday, August 27, 2016.  Meeting Room at Carlsbad Senior Center( 799 Pine Avenue Carlsbad, CA 92008); Admission by Panel Pass

TOPICS:
– HOW TO FIND A PRODUCER
– HOW TO PITCH TO A PRODUCER
– SELLING YOUR STORY IN ONE SENTENCE
– MARKETING YOURSELF & YOUR SCRIPT
– SELLING YOUR SCRIPT WITHOUT AN AGENT/MANAGER
– SUBMITTING TO SCREENPLAY CONTESTS
– WRITING THE LOW-BUDGET, LIMITED LOCATION/CAST SCRIPT
- WRITING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET
- FINDING PAID WRITING WORK
- HOW TO APPROACH CRITIQUE/NOTES

 

 
  The Panel Speakers  
 
  ANTONIO F. VIANNA, screenwriter
Antonio is a prime example of someone who has re-careered himself. In fact, you might say he wrote the book on it with “Career Management and Employee Portfolio Tool Kit, 3rd edition.” He holds a M.M. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a B.S. from Union College. He has been able to re-brand himself from a former U.S. Air Force officer and Human Resources executive to an author and educator. His 20 novels, 2 prescriptive non-fiction works, and 9 screenplays since 2003, along with three popular workshops, “Re-Careering at Any Age,” "How to Write a Book and Get Published," and "How to Write a Screenplay" enjoy much success. Vianna has often been a guest on television and radio discussing strategies for re-careering at any age. He is affiliated with Publishers and Writers of San Diego, Read Local San Diego, Military Writers Society of America, National Veterans Transition Services Inc, International Doctoral Empowerment Academy, Society of Human Resources Management, and Society for the Advancement of Management. 
  ROBERT COX, screenwriter
Robert has been interested in writing from an early age. By the time he left high school, he had written short stories, poetry, and plays for screen and theater, including opera librettos. He continued through college, writing one act plays, and articles in scientific journals. A trained musician, biologist and botanist, his first sojourn into professional screenwriting came as a suggestion from a friend. He wrote spec scripts for various TV shows for a time, but the rise of season bibles dried up the spec industry. Robert worked for San Diego City Schools for over twenty years, until he felt the writing call again. Retiring, he went back into writing, and has penned twenty full length scripts, pilots and shorts, some of which have been filmed or optioned. Robert is a member of the Plumeria Society of Southern California, the American Orchid Society, and the International Human Resource for Information Management
  JACOB N. STUART, Screenwriter
Jacob N. Stuart is an award-winning, produced, and represented screenwriter, with OVER 15 scripts optioned and/or produced to screen, airing in OVER 7 different countries. Jacob Stuart is the Founder of Screenwriting Staffing, Screenwriting Instructor at the Hollywood International Film Academy, and CEO of JNStuart Productions. Jacob was previously the Screenplay Contest Director for the Cincinnati Film Festival. He has lectured on screenwriting for FilmDayton, WriteStuff Writers Conference, 48 Hour Film Festival, Universe Multicultural Film Festival, and Southern Ohio Film Association. For a list of all of his credits: www.imdb.me/jacobnstuart. Follow him on Twitter: @JacobNStuart
  Mr. Jun Wang; Director, Screenwriter
Mr. Wang is a director/screenwriter in film, TV, theater play. He graduated from Central Drama Institute ( China), hold a visiting Professor position in Hebei Science University. He is also the Art Director Committee member of International Youth Art Union. As film director and screenwriter, he made “ Horse eyes”; “ The Altum” “ Mr.Sa’s war”; “First Bloom”; “ cyber Game”’ “ Gabi Mom”; “ Talk nice”, “ Careless sleep”, etc. As director in theater play, he has 9 shows; As directors in TV series, he has 300 plus eposes. He is a well know and experienced director and screenwriter in China 
  Shawn Rohrbach, Screenwriter
Shawn Rohrbach is a world-renowned author/screenwriter. His first book, "Open Your Hearts with Bicycling..." won the 2008 Indie Book Award and earned an honorable mention at the London Book Festival in 2008. He has had nine books published by small, independent publishers, his most recent novel "Rogue Scion" was released in December of 2015 and he is currently adapting it to a feature length screenplay. His next novel, "Double Cross" will be released in November of 2016. Shawn has adapted some of the short stories from his 2009 collection "Strays and Other Stories" to short scripts. Two of these scripts have been produced by Malcolm Shaw of San Diego. A third script, "Carlos' Confession" is now a finalist in three screenwriting categories, including Best Script of the festival, at the Oaxaca Film Fest 2016. For more info on Shawn: http://shawnrohrbach.com. Follow Shawn on Twitter: @ShawnRohrbach 
  Colin Costello, Screenwriter
Colin Costello is a WGA screenwriter. His credits include 2013's family comedy, 'The Stream', starring Rainn WilsonAnd the Emmy-nominated 'Moochie Kalala Detective's Club', starring Tim Kazurinsky: Also, his upcoming family comedy, 'Traveling Without Moving', comes out later this year. Colin was also a participant in The Young Storytellers Program in LA helping inner city kids write and produce their screenplays. View more of his credits here: www.imdb.me/colincostello; Follow him on Twitter: @colincostello10 
  Travis Seppala, Screenwriter
Travis Seppala is an optioned screenwriter who's placed well in competitions and done numerous writing assignments for both film and television. He's placed quarter-finalist or better in the following screenplay competitions: PAGE International Screenwriting Awards; Screencraft Pilot Launch; American Zoetrope Screenwriting Competition; Virginia Screenplay Competition; Palm Street Films Screenplay Contest; Stage 32 Happy Writers TV Writing Contest; Impact50. Travis has had 7 option deals, as well as writing 5 features and 8 TV episodes on paid assignment. For more info on Travis: www.imdb.com/name/nm3071620. Follow him on Twitter: @TravisSeppala 
  Josh Herman, Screenwriter
Josh Herman, a child at heart and height, has written for shows on The Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. LINKS(the shows he's written for - Sonny With A Chance, So Random!, Fred: The Show - aren't online, but some clips are, which I'm pasting below) https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=xbEpWP5aWpA, https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=GZzmCEQ7EcY | IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1290720
 

 @2016 San Deigo International Kids' Film Festival