This session format is available only to writers in our Top Tier Program.
Exec will read the first 15 pages of your script and conduct a 20-min. general meeting with you via Zoom.
Why is this story personal to you.
What made you want to write about this
what will you bring that is uniquely you to the project
- Working with writers who also want to be directors
- Dramedies
- Thirty minute tv shows in the vein of THE OTHER TWO, FLEABAG, VEEP.
Horror
Melissa Miller Costanzo is a writer/director with the benefit of a decisive visual point of view. She most recently directed the comedy THE LIST for Universal Pictures starring Halston Sage, Christian Navarro, and Chrissie Fit.
Her first feature which she wrote and directed, ALL THESE SMALL MOMENTS starring Molly Ringwald, Brian d’arcy James, Jemima Kirke, Brendan Meyer, and Harley Quinn Smith, had its world premiere at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival in the spotlight narrative section and was picked up by Orion Classics.
She has produced several feature films including THE TESTED starring Aunjanue Ellis, Armando Riesco, and Frank Vincent which was accepted to the prestigious IFP Independent Filmmaker Lab and Emerging Narratives at IFP Film Week.
She came up through the studio system, working with industry leaders at 3 Arts Entertainment, New Line Cinema, Universal Pictures, and Julia Roberts Production company gaining invaluable insight into the inner workings of the business and what companies look for.
Her time spent on set and as a union crew member has helped to inform her work and the worlds she creates. She is not only known for the intimate characters she creates, but for the clear realm in which they exist.
After registering, your confirmation email will contain a link that says "CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS" that will take you to a form where you will submit your material within 24 hours of registering.