If you have ever seen a movie and said ‘I can do better than that!’ Well, here is your chance. Here are a few of what I consider the best fee charging script agents. All contact information was accurate, to my knowledge, at the time of publishing. I will also provide websites that teach you how to write screen plays and proper formatting.
Acme Talent And Literary
2747 Wilkshire # 333
Los Angeles, California 90010
Phone: (323) 954-2263
Fax: (323) 954-2262
Contact: Lisa Lindo
Movie and TV scripts
Action adventure, biography/autobiography, Cartoon, animation, comedy, contemporary issues, detective/police, crime, horror, juvenile, mainstream, multicultural, romantic comedy, romantic drama, science fiction, teen, sports and more.
Response time: For queries, two weeks. Include a SASE to return material, no email or fax queries.
Terms: You get 10% of commission on domestic sales, and 10% commission on Foreign sales, a binding written contract for two years.
Baskow Agency
2948 E. Russell Rd. Las Vegas, NV 89120
Phone: (702) 733-7818
Fax: (702) 733-2052
[email protected]
Contact: Jaki Baskow
Movie, TV scripts, TV Movie Of The Week, episodic drama, sitcom, documentary, miniseries, variety show
Scripts: Action/adventure, biography/autobiography, comedy, contemporary issues, family saga, glitz, mystery, suspense, religious/inspirational, romantic comedy, romantic drama, science fiction(juvenile), thrillers without a lot of violence.
Submit: Outline, proposal, treatments. By email and fax is accepted. Queries answered in one month.
Terms: 10% commission on domestic, 10% commission on foreign, and a contract.
Kevin C. Bulger And Associates
11 E. Adams St. Suite 604 Chicago, IL 60603
Phone:(312) 692-1002
[email protected]
Contact: Melanie Barnes-Zeleke
Feature film, TV movie of the week, documentary, syndicated material
Scripts: Action/adventure, cartoon/animation, comedy, contemporary issues, ethnic, family saga, religious/inspirational
Query with a single page logline, SASE and a one page plot synopsis that includes a beginning, a middle and end, first 10 pages of the screenplay. Email and fax queries are accepted.
Response: Three weeks for queries, 2 months for scripts.
Terms: 10% commission on domestic, 10% commission on foreign, contract for 6-12 months.
Samuel French, Inc.
45 W. 25th St. New York, NY 10010-2751
Phone:(212) 206-8990
Fax: (212) 206-1429
[email protected]
Contact: Lawrence Harbison, Senior Editor
Theatrical stage plays, musicals
Scripts: Comedy, contemporary issues, detective/police/crime, ethnic, fantasy, horror, mystery/suspense, thriller
Query with SASE or submit your complete manuscript. Email and fax queries are accepted. Answers immediately to queries and 8 months to manuscripts. Considers simultaneous submissions(submitting the same script to more than one agent)
Terms: The commission varies with domestic sales.
Writing A Script
Writing a movie or television script is much different than writing a book manuscript. When you submit to agents, directors or producers, they always want to see the correct format. Here are a few websites with examples of scripts, and software to buy that makes it all easy for you.
www.dailyscript.com
www.scifimoviepage.com/scripts/j.html
www.geocities.com/cdeemer/format.htm
www.screenplay.com
For books on screen writing, try amazon.com for the best possible price.
