10/10 Ron Friedman
10/17 Jim McGrath
10/24 J. Todd Harris
10/29 Barbershop writer Marshall Todd visit and Jason Saffran.
10/29 Marshall Todd and Jason Saffran

here is a link to his latest work Barbershop

10/08/2002 Marshall Goldberg
 

MARSHALL GOLDBERG

FEATURES

JOSEPH: KING OF DREAMS, DreamWorks Feature Animation, 2000
NOAH, IMAX Corporation, 1999 (animation)
UNTITLED BIBLE STORY, DreamWorks Feature Animation, 1999
ANTZ II, DreamWorks Feature Animation, 1999
TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST, IMAX Corporation, 1998
THE TAMING, Irwin Winkler, Columbia 1993-94
AND THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN, Columbia 1991-92
HOLY WARS, Paramount, Trilogy Entertainment, 1989

MOVIES FOR TELEVISION (Produced)

WHERE THE TRUTH LIES, Janet Faust/Marlee Matlin, Lifetime/Hearst, 1999
HIGH STAKES, Lifetime/Hearst, 1997
LITTLE GIRLS IN PRETTY BOXES, Lifetime/Victor, 1996
A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHRISTMAS, Lifetime/Hearst, 1996
THE KIDNAPPING OF SUSAN FOSTER, Lifetime/Hearst, 1996

PILOTS AND MOVIES FOR TELEVISION (Assignments)

MARTYR’S CROSSING, Limited Series, HBO/Tollin/Robbins, current
THE AFTERMATH, Movie for Television, Showtime, current
THE PIT, Writer/Executive Producer, F/X Network, 2000
CODE OF SILENCE, Movie for Television, Singer/White, TBS, 1998
BLUEBEARD (a.k.a. THE ED AMOS STORY), Movie for Television, Singer/White, ABC, 1998
PHANTOMAS, Writer, Presentation, Nelvana, 1992
DREAMMASTER, Writer, Winkler-Daniels, Paramount, ABC, 1992
ELIXIR, Writer, Lorimar-Columbia, ABC, 1991-92
LIMITED PARTNERS, Writer/Executive Producer, Viacom, CBS, 1987
FIFTY-FIVE, Writer, MGM, NBC, 1987
CAPITOL HILL, Writer, CBS, Steve Tisch Company, 1985
THE MISSION, Writer, HBO, Michael Levy Productions, 1985

TELEVISION SERIES

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, MGM, episode, 1998
AMAZING GRACE, Supervising Producer, NBC, NBC Productions, 1994-95
LIFE GOES ON, Creative Consultant, Warner Bros., ABC, 1992-93.   “Bedfellows” episode nominated for Humanitas Award
KNIGHTWATCH, Supervising Producer, MGM, ABC, 1988-89
IT'S GARRY SHANDLING’S SHOW, Supervising Producer, 1987
LA LAW, Executive Script Consultant, Fox, Stephen Bochco, NBC 1986
THE PAPER CHASE, Executive Story Editor, Showtime, Fox, 1985
NEWHART, Executive Story Editor, MTM, CBS, 1984
 
 

 
WORKS FOR HIRE

Animation Overall Deal, Disney Feature Animation (April, 2002 – October 2002)

ALADDIN (IMAX), Disney Feature Animation, additional scenes, current

THE THREE PIGS, Disney Feature Animation, Karz Entertainment (producer), adaptation, current

BEARS, Disney Feature Animation & Touchstone Pictures, Chuck Williams (producer), rewrite, current

RELEASE THE HOUNDS, USA Network, Studios USA (producer), 2001

CARBINE & CARMACHO, DNA Films, Internet Series Pilot, 2000-2001

ORIGINAL MATERIAL

ROSEBUD WAS A SLED, Hopscotch Pictures (Sukee Chew), pre-production, current

GULLIBLE’S TRAVELS, Outlaw Entertainment, development option, original screenplay, 2000-2000

Together and individually, Ron and Steve have written, directed and produced numerous screenplays, standup routines, comedy sketches, plays and sitcoms that have won dozens of awards, not to mention the novelty song SQUIRRELS (sung to the tune of the Beastie Boys’ GIRLS) which was on the Dr. Demento Show’s “Funny Five” for 15 weeks in a row.  Although they currently write together. their individual accolades are also impressive:

Ron Friedman
Ron has written many 16mm films including PAUL McCALL, which has screened at sixty-plus festivals and won over 20 awards including the First Place Student Emmy for comedy from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (1996), The Gold Award at the Festival Der Nationen in Austria (1996), A CINE Eagle Award (1996), the Florida Motion Picture and Television Association’s Crystal Reel Award (1996), and the “Best Shorter Film” Award at the ’96 Lo-Con.com Film Festival in Los Angeles (1996).  Ron also co-wrote WILLIAM IT WAS REALLY NOTHING (16mm short), a winner of the Gold Seal at the IAC International Film and Video Competition (1996).

Ron also owns and operates Filmmaker.com, a popular online resource that he created as a forum for filmmakers to exchange technical and creative information.
 

Steve Bencich
Steve has received festival honors including winner for Best Video Programming at the Saguaro Film Festival (1994) for a sci-fi farce BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF CHEESE.  Steve’s 16mm film GRANDMA was awarded Best Experimental Film Short at the Black Maria Awards (1995).

In addition to writing comedy shorts, Steve was head writer and director for TV OR NOT TV, an episodic comedy that aired in Phoenix in 1992-93.  TV OR NOT TV won a Rocky Mountain Regional Emmy (1992).  Steve’s comedy writing and directing experience also includes founding, directing and performing with “Nothing Personal,” a comedy troupe at the Improvisation Comedy Club.  Steve has also written, directed and performed at hundreds of theatrical competitions.  His pieces SACRILICIOUS, SMALL FILMS, SMALL SCREENS and THE MEANING OF LIFE have won awards at more than thirty forensic tourneys.
 
 

BLAIR RICHWOOD has over 17 years experience in the feature film business, where she has been active in development, writing and production in creative and executive positions for top filmmakers.  She has worked on numerous films, series and commercials, as well as produced, directed, costumed and acted in more than 70 theater productions across the country.  Her feature development and production experience includes THE OTHER SISTER (co-story), THE LIFT, CONFLICT OF INTEREST, A NEW LEAF, FRANKIE & JOHNNY, THE DOCTOR, WHAT ABOUT BOB?, PRETTY WOMAN, BEACHES, THE LOTTERY, and OVERBOARD. Utilizing this soup-to-nuts experience, Ms. Richwood opened her specialized firm, Richwood Script Consultants, in Los Angeles in January 1998 to offer writers, directors, producers and executives the independent support of an A-list development executive on a confidential per-project basis.

Prior to hanging her own shingle, Ms. Richwood was vice president of creative affairs for Barry Sonnenfeld at Disney; developed for Douglas/Reuther Productions at Paramount, was associate producer of the Garry Marshall/Lowell Ganz play WRONG TURN AT LUNGFISH, headed Marshall's development deal at Disney, and was executive assistant to producer Laura Ziskin at Sony.  She began her feature career in 1986 working for Garry Marshall, and they wrote THE OTHER SISTER story together in 1991.  In television, she created the Disney game show 100% RIGHT! and worked for the producer/director on the TV series NOTHING IN COMMON, BEACH BROTHERS, LET’S GET MOM and BREAK THE BANK.

As a UCLA Extension Instructor since 1998, she enjoys working with the next generation of filmmakers by leading her own feature development workshops and seminars on campus, and privately in her Santa Monica offices.  She presents clinics and training at screenwriting conferences across the country and will be seen next at the American Screenwriters Association's "Selling to Hollywood" conference at Universal Studios this August.

Ms. Richwood was raised in Burbank in an industry family of an art director, a development executive, an artist and an actor, Patrick Richwood.  Her office is in Santa Monica but she can be found on the internet at www.ScriptNotes.com where her extensive credits, qualifications, services and updates are detailed.