Introduce Yourself To The Group

[Frank Fuller]

1. Name: Frank Fuller

2. How many scripts you’ve written: 1

3. What you hope to get out of the class: Ideas for developing a thrilling story map.

4. Something unique, special, strange or unusual about you? That’s in Act II.

[Tyler Jackson]

1. Tyler Jackson

2. How many scripts you’ve written? 0

3. What you hope to get out of the class? I hope to learn the story map so that I can execute my ideas for Thriller screenplays/films.

4. Something unique, special, strange or unusual about you? I’m also in the process of teaching myself how to play the piano.

[Renee Brown]

1. Name? Renee Brown

2. How many scripts you’ve written? 1

3. What you hope to get out of the class? More skills for the toolbox

4. Something unique, special, strange or unusual about you? I eat popcorn with chopsticks

[Kim Jaspers]

Hi! I’m Kim J, and I’ve written a couple of features (learning scripts) and a couple of shorts (one of which was an official selection for a podcast that hasn’t aired yet). My current work in progress is an hour-long television pilot — a psychological thriller with supernatural elements. I hope to apply what I learn in this course to that pilot. I speak English, Spanish, and some Italian.

[Michael Greco]

Hi All! Michael Greco here. I have written two screenplays. Had a one-act play produced a while back. I love thriller movies, and I believe I work that territory – looking for a structured approach to it. Everything is unique about me, and universal. I went scuba diving for the first time this year… will be doing more of that. Looking forward to working with everyone. Cheers, MG

[KANNAN MENON]

Kannan Menon.

Screenplays: 2

Trying to write more like an architect than a gardner.

[Betsy Johnson]

1. Hi, I’m Betsy Johnson

2. How many scripts you’ve written? 1

3. What you hope to get out of the class? apply my partially-written screenplay into the thriller roadmap and fill in the blanks

4. Something unique, special, strange or unusual about you? I was a pinup in a past life

[Joseph Savage]

Hi All,

I’m Joseph Savage, I hope to develop a successful writing process for thriller novels (I’m an MFA student in Popular Fiction at Emerson College). I haven’t written a screenplay yet. Something unique about me is that I used to be a medic for a SWAT team.

[Dmitry Krasovskiy]

Hello friends!

My name is Dimitry Krasovskiy. I’m 40yo. For recent years I’ve been thinking to write 4-5 screenplays. Right now Im expecting to finish 1 of them based on my experience. I hope this class will help me. For development of that idea I’ve been driving a semi truck for 7 years. I was an opera singer (bass voice) and photographer during 20 years.

[Alan Larson]

1. Name? Alan Larson

2. How many scripts you’ve written? I’ve written a handful of bad thrillers.

3. What you hope to get out of the class? I hope to dramatically improve the very best one of my many bad thrillers.

4. Something unique, special, strange or unusual about you? I can’t make a left turn on my bicycle.

[Diana Ceres]

1. Name? Diana

2. How many scripts you’ve written? 2 features, 2 shorts

3. What you hope to get out of the class? To learn how to write a kick-ass thriller

4. Something unique, special, strange or unusual about you? I’m addicted to TikTok and recently created a cat video that went viral for a cat rescue that I promote.

[Lilli Bess]

1. Lilli J Bess or “Ms. Lilli”.

2. I have a lot of 1/4 scripts written, about a couple of 1/2 scripts written, 1 3/4 script written and only 1 completely finished script…… ha ha ha.

3. I currently have an idea and I really want to finish this one. It’s a thriller that keeps popping up in my mind so I was told from someone in another Screenwriting class that I should take this course on writing thriller movies. So here I am.

4. I’m approaching 50 years of walking on this earth. I didn’t give birth to any children but I raised two children my mother adopted and I’ve pursued entertainment industry my whole life. Now it seems no obstacles are in my way. So here I come Hollywood or Bollywood. ha ha ha

[Colleen Ann Brah]

1. Name -Colleen Brah

2. How many scripts you’ve written? – 4

3. What you hope to get out of the class – be an ace at Thriller genre screenwriting.

4. Something unique, special, strange or unusual about you?- I am an artist of glassblowing, sandblasting and slumping glass.

[Catherine Johnson Johnson]

Name: Catherine Johnson

How many scripts have I written? 6 and numerous others in the works.

I am rewriting a thriller I wrote several years ago. I hope to finish it this month.

I have had lots of strange pets over the years. I love screenwriting because it merges everything I do creatively. I was a visual artist first; now I paint with words.

[David Polcyn]

Hi Everyone,

Nice to meet all of you.

My name is David Polcyn. I have written around 15 scripts, about half with my writing partner. Out of those, a few have been made, some optioned and a lot are gathering dust – that is if it’s possible to gather dust on a hard drive.

What you hope to get out of the class?

Often times I feel over reliant on inspiration, I tend to mull things over, chew on them a bit too long. So I am always looking for more tools to put in the craft tool box, especially when the approach is quite different from mine.

Something unique, special, strange or unusual about you?

I moved to Prague after living in Los Angeles for 20 years. I was traveling back and forth, before coming to Czech to shoot a film in February of 2020 – we wrapped two hours before they locked down the entire country due to Corona Virus. Since then I have been more or less in Prague waiting for the world to open back up, trying to be constructive by editing, writing and attempting to learn the Czech language. But so far all that studying Czech has taught me is how easy Spanish is.

Look forward to taking this journey together with all of you.

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[Sandra Gibson]

Hi – my name is Sandra Gibson and I have written five scripts.

I hope to turn a drama I am working on into a Thriller. I love writing and have been writing scripts for about nine years now. I placed as a semi-finalist at the Austin Screenwriting competition in 2019 and have been working very hard on improving my skills ever since.

[Aaron weisblatt]

Aaron Weisblatt

I have written about 10 scripts.

I wrote a thriller I am producing and want to see how it stands up to the principles I will learn in this class.

My first film was nominated for an Oscar. I live in Santa Monica and I have been in the industry since graduating NYU in the 80’s. My latest feature doc is streaming on Amazon titled Land Of Little Rivers. And I think I have an old friend here from NYU – Hello Frank Fuller! Is that you? I’m a private pilot and have a really annoying dog named Vanna White who barks at everything.

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