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Tips from the Pros: Packaging & Pitching Your Project & Yourself

by Dan Schoenbrun on October 25, 2010 in Film Podcasts

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Script to Screen Conference 2009 – Tips From the Pros: Packaging & Pitching

Industry veterans often discuss how time and time again, filmmakers sabotage themselves and their project in the pitch. How can a filmmaker best prepare to talk about their project? Who should they talk to, when and what should they present? And what legal, creative and business decisions should you have explored before you sit down at the table?

Moderator:
Gill Holland, Producer (Adventures in Power, Hurricane Streets)

Panelists:
Steven Beer, Greenberg Traurig
Peter Kujowski, VP, International Sales, Focus Features
Cindy Tolan, Cindy Tolan Casting

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Dan Schoenbrun

Dan Schoenbrun is the Communications & Programming Coordinator at IFP and the Associate Editor of Filmmaker Magazine. He likes good films, good television, and good tacos.

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