As actors there are certain things that are completely out of our control period. We’ve been told, time and time again, that our successes and fate in film or TV are a heavy dose of talent, timing, effort, connections and further luck. Some of those ingredients in our success pie…

Since my appointment as delegate of the Mexican National Chamber of the Film Industry (CANACINE) for the State of Quintana Roo, also known as the Mexican Caribbean, I have become familiar with the phenomenon screen tourism. In fact, screen tourism is becoming one of the key elements in policy making…

Isn´t it funny how executives and studios are so quick to shoot you down unless you’ve got talent attached? Yet, it’s the talent that are sometimes the ones that are holding you up? I graduated from a pretty intensive practical filmmaker course in 2008 at the Met Film School, which…

Want Success? Stop Listening to the Hollywood Narrative! Is it just me, or does it feel like Hollywood is set up to make you fail? Obstacle, after obstacle… Rejection, after rejection… It’s *almost* not even worth trying. and I can say ‘almost’ because those of us who still believe in…

So you landed a job as a composer for a Film. Congratulations! But now where do you start? I think a good point is to build a positive relationship with your Director. That could definitely contribute to the success of your gig. Like any other kind of human relationship, there…

Through the struggle on the way towards the goal. Why some plans could end broken but “the Dream” must keep pulsating. I’m happy to be asked by Stage 32 to write another article, trying to share something good and offering the opportunity to recognize, together, our common humanity and vulnerability…

Have you ever felt stuck? Or wondered why you can’t progress in certain areas of your life? Why do things you want desperately elude you? The answers to these questions might be hidden in your writing. Manifesting is all about sending out and receiving. But…as I have, you might have…

So you made a movie. You even have an offer from a sales agent to sell it worldwide. You are excited. Your film is selling in Cannes! It’s selling at the American Film Market! It’s screening at Berlinale! You’re having viewing parties with friends and family, showing off the brochure…

My name is Shaun. I am a Stage 32 Exec, Gotham Award-winning independent film producer, member of the Producers Guild of America, Repped Screenwriter, Script Consultant and educator. I’ve been in the film and television industry for 28 years and producing for 14 of those years. In that time I…