Work one-on-one with an executive at mutually agreed upon times around your schedule. To start, you'll have a 15-minute strategy call with your executive to get the lay of the land for the month. Then, you’ll have email access to your executive throughout, plus four one-hour story notes sessions. Work on a single screenplay or multiple scripts plus get additional notes on your pitch, brand strategy, and career advice - work your mentorship to its fullest potential!
Character is king. Bring me into their world and help me understand how we learn about the character through the action and structure of the story.
Right now, I'm particularly interested in contained low to mid budget feature films with a character driven storyline. Examples of this type of film would be ROOM (2015), MASS (2021), and SHIVA BABY (2021).
Leander has enjoyed many aspects of the filmmaking process including creative development, marketing strategy, and film sales and acquisitions. He has worked at some of the largest and most recognized companies in Hollywood.
During his time at ICM Leander provided insights on screenplays and pitches and developed a focus on character motivated storytelling driven through action and structure. Leander contributed to the development of such feature projects as THE NORTHMAN for Focus Features, THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO for A24, and television shows such as THE EXPATS for Amazon Originals.
Following the pandemic, Leander joined Participant in the Content Strategy department where he worked on socially conscious projects beginning in early development onto the marketing phase and through the sales process. In his time at Participant he helped launch nine global marketing and sales campaigns on episodic, feature, and documentary projects that landed at Netflix, HBO, Amazon, A24 and Neon, among others.
His experiences in development, market strategy, and sales, along with his passion for the creative process lays a foundation of support for writers as they develop their project and fully realize their vision.
Private Month Mentorship
Each month mentorship kicks off with a preliminary 15-min. call to set expectations and lay out strategy for the month. Writer will have email access to the executive plus 4x one-hour consultations with the exec. Exec will read up to 4 scripts in one month (different drafts of the same script or 4 different scripts) and conduct 4x one-hour story notes calls. Calls can also include feedback on your pitch, branding, or career strategy.
If you pay with the deposit/payment plan, your second half will be due the 2nd week of the Mentorship. If you need a different type of payment plan, email dorian@roadmapwriters.com.
**Please note feature screenplays are limited to 120 pages maximum. Please contact terra@roadmapwriters.com for pricing on a Month Mentorship on screenplays exceeding 120 pages.
What To Expect
After registering, you will receive an automatic Order Confirmation email. Then Roadmap's Director of Consultations, Terra Joy, will get your mentor looped in with you! If you do not hear from Terra or the exec within 3 days of registering, feel free to email terra@roadmapwriters.com for an update.
Before starting your Month Mentorship, please ensure you are familiar with our Code of Conduct.