This session format is available only to writers in our Top Tier Program.
Exec will read your full script and and meet with the writer via zoom for 30 mins to get to know the writer and their portfolio
A hooky concept will always pique my interest initially. After that, and depending on the format, character comes majorly into play. But mostly, I need to be hooked on concept.
Thrillers
Serial Killers
Horror
Musicals
Rom Com
Psychological Thrillers
High Concept
Genre Films
Romance
High fantasy
Dark academia
Lifetime / Hallmark concepts
Ryan Busse is a producer and graduate of San Diego State University. Prior to partnering with Meinen in STORY Collective, he was an executive for Allison Shearmur Productions, where he worked closely with Shearmur on the company’s full slate of film and television projects, including Lucasfilm’s ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, Lionsgate’s NERVE and POWER RANGERS, and Disney’s THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN and CINDERELLA. Busse began his career at WME in the Motion Picture Talent Department. Together with Meinen, Busse runs STORY Collective, a film and television production company founded in 2018.
Busse produced the Christmas musical feature JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM which Sony AFFIRM released worldwide in November 2023, and has film and television projects at major studios in various stages of development and production, including the upcoming Syrian refugee drama THE STRANGERS’ CASE which made its world premiere at the Berlinale Film Festival in February 2024.
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.