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!
TV is storytelling meant to be consumed in your home, and as such, I'm always going to lead character first. Make me understand them, and I'll go on as high concept a journey as you want to take me on.
I’m driven by compelling characters regardless of the genre in which they inhabit. I will in general give any shoe a chance and as such, maintain the ability to work within any space. I'm currently drawn to horror in television right now, both more somber in tone similar to Mike Flanagan's work and comedic similar to the work on SyFy's CHUCKY. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and Stephen King were formative experiences in getting me here and continue to inform my interests. History through a contemporary storytelling lens (such as NatGeo's upcoming SMALL LIGHT), action thrillers with a comedic angle, and genre that uses it as a device for speaking to humanity today (HBOMax's STATION ELEVEN and Netflix's KINGDOM) are also areas of interest.
Matt Derr currently serves as a consultant across a wide variety of TV and film projects not yet announced, and was most recently an executive in the Scripted Television department for Keshet Studios, utilizing Keshet's international footprint to service a Universal Television first look and independent studio mandates. Credits across broadcast television and streaming/premium platforms include ECHO 3 (Apple), SMALL LIGHT (Nat Geo), THE MISSING (Peacock), and LA BREA (NBC).
Prior to joining Keshet, Matt worked in comedy at HBO on such shows as LOOKING, PROJECT GREENLIGHT, CRASHING, and THE COMEBACK, while collaborating alongside colleagues on a slate of comedic projects.
Matt's career began in talent management at MGMT. Entertainment, working alongside the like of Keira Knightley, Helena Bonham Carter, and Haley Bennett, coordinating professional efforts and covering incoming submissions, leading to finding and identifying IMITATION GAME for Keira.
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.