A script is usually not sold, it's optioned.

A prodCo will buy the rights to hold on to a script for a period of time - say one year - and pay the
writer - say $5,000. During that option period the writer cannot shop the script around.

The prodCo will attract cast and a director and put together financing. The writer will then be paid
an agreed upon sum if the movie goes into production. From that point the prodCo owns all rights
to the script.

If the company cannot get the movie financed during the option period then all rights revert back to the writer.

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Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)

hard part is getting a productionCo.

"They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But a film? Well, thats worth a thousand pictures."

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There must be an online service for screenwriters and registration of their work. Otherwise you can always contact an agent, who can try to sell it. There is a lot of agencies looking for talented writers.

You can register your screenplay online with the Writers Guild of America. This will help you in the case of a who wrote what scenario if someone else is brought in to rewrite your work and they need to determine credits and thus paychecks. It's not so good regarding copyright. You can register your screenplay with the US Copyright office (I think online as well). This will help you in a court of law if someone tries to steel your screenplay. It won't help so much during contract arbitration. You really should register in both places before sending a screenplay out and about.

There are online services to get your screenplay to production companies but I don't know if these are successful or even worth the time or not. I suspect not.

RJSchwarz

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Originally posted by Don Corlione
Otherwise you can always contact an agent, who can try to sell it. There is a lot of agencies looking for talented writers.

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Hi Don.

How about helping us out with the names of these agencies looking for talented writers.

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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)

Hi CI.

I am only acquanted with the european market. Is it difficult in US to get an agent for talented writers?

Excellent! Nice to have someone here who knows the European market for scripts. We have
quite a few European writers here.

What agencies in the European market are looking for talented writers?

You did not answer my question. The list will cover following countries: Scandinavia, Poland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, England, Portugal, Russia, Turkey. Some might be located or moved to US and some might be closed down. Most of the agents are connected to a larger agency or they are self employed. Research, google and contact them yourselves.

A and B Personal Management Ltd.
A RICHARD BARBER & ASSOCIATES
A. Korzhenevski Literary Agency
A.C.E.R. Agencia Literaria
AEI Agency
A.L. Hart
A.M. Heath and Co. Ltd.
A. Mecke Company, Inc.
A. Mediation Litteraire
A.P. Watt Ltd.
A+B Works
AAA Books Unlimited
Aabaal Literary Associates
The Aaland Agency
Aardvark Literary Agency
Aaron Aames Agency
Aaron M. Priest Literary Agency
Abacus Group Literary Agency
Abagail St. Claire
Abbey House Literary Agency
Abbot Management
Abbott-Peterson Literary Agency
Abigail Koons
Abner Stein
About Words Agency
Above the Line
Abrams Artists Agency
ABS Literary Agency Inc.
Acacia House
Acton, Leone, Hanson & Jaffe
Ad Lib Agency
Adam Chromy
Adam Kintopf
Adams Literary
Adele Leone
Adina Kahn
Adler & Robin Books Inc.
Adler Agency
Adrian Streather
AG Partners
Agence Hoffman
Agence Litteraire Lenclud
Agence Litteraire Lora Fountian & Associates
Agencia Literaria Transmit
Agencja "2M"
Agencja Literacka Helfa (aka Helfa Literary Agency)
Agency for the Performing Arts
Agency Group LLC
Agency Ltd.
Agent Query
Agent Research and Evaluation
Agent Wizard
Agents Inc.
Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale (ALI)
Agnes Birnbaum
Agnes Krup Literary Agency
Ahearn Agency Inc.
Air Leaf LLC
Airlie Lawson
Aisha Johnson
Aitken Alexander Associates Ltd.
Akcali Copyright
Akin & Randolph Agency (aka A&R Agency)
Akka Janssen
Alabaster Arts
Alaina Grayson
Alan Harris
Alan Nevins
Alanna Ramirez
Albert LaFarge Literary Agency
Albert Link
Albert Literary Agency
Albert T. Longden
Albert Zuckerman
Alchemy
ALD Literary Agency
Alex Elam
Alex Glass
Alex Kamaroff Associates
Alex Rossu
Alex Smithline
Alexander Korzhenevski
Alexandra Nye, Writers and Agents
Alexia Paul
Alexis Hurley
Alexis Starr Productions & Literary Agency
Alfredo G. Santana
Algis Budrys
Ali Gunn
Alice Hilton Literary Agency
Alice Martell
Alice Tasman
Alice Volpe
Alicia Brooks
Alicka Pistek Literary Agency
Alison Fargis
Alison J. Picard
Alison M. Bond
Alive Communications Inc.
All-In-One Literary Agency
Alleen Hussung
Allen & Yanow Literary Agency
Allen O?Shea Literary Agency
Allison Mercer
Allred and Allred
ALM Tree Agency
Almost Managing Co. Pty Ltd,
The Alpern Group The
Altair Literary Agency LLC
Altair-Australia Literary Agency
Alvin Wald Inc.
Amanda "Binky" Urban
Amanda Howard Associates
Amanda Mecke
Amanda Preston
Amaranth Literary Agency
Amato Theater Experience
AMB Literary Management
Ambassador Agency Inc.
Amber Leone
Amber Literary Agency
AMC Literary Agency
Amicus Literary Agency
Ampersand Agency
Amy Berkower
Amy Jameson
Amy Meo
Amy Moore-Benson
The Amy Rennert Agency
Amy Schiffman
Amy Stout
Amy Tipton
Amy Williams (from ICM)
Amy Williams (from Collins McCormick Literary Agency)
Amy Zeisz

B A Literary Agency (aka Benedict & Associates)
B.J. Doyen
B.J. Robbins Literary Agency
B.K. Nelson, Inc.
B.R. Fleury Agency
Baker's Mark Literary Agency
Balkin Agency
Barbara Bauer Literary Agency
Barbara Bitela
Barbara Bova Literary Agency
Barbara Braun Associates Inc.
Barbara Casey Literary Agency
Barbara Collins Rosenberg
Barbara Doyen
Barbara Ellis
Barbara Else
Barbara Gorna
Barbara Harris
Barbara Hogenson Agency
Barbara J. Gislason
Barbara J. Zitwer Literary Agency
Barbara Kuper
Barbara Levy Literary Agency
Barbara Lowenstein
Barbara Markowitz Literary Agency
Barbara Moulton
Barbara Neighbors Deal
Barbara Poelle
Barbara Rifkind
Barbara Rosenberg
Barbara S. Blaine
Barbara S. Kouts
Barbara Taylor
Barbara's (Cocores)
Barer Literary, LLC
Baror International Inc.
Barret Neville
The Barrie James Literary Agency
Barron's Literary Management
Barry Goldblatt Literary
Bart Andrews and Associates
Bastian Schlueck
Bawn Publishers and Literary Agents
Beacon Artists Agency
Beatriz Coll
becker&mayer!, Ltd.
Becky Bryan
Becsey, Wisdom, Kalajian
Beechwood Agency
Beekman Literary Agency
Beijing International Rights Agency
Belcastro Agency
Belfrey Literary Agency
Believable Ideas
Bella Pomer Agency Inc.
Ben Camardi
Ben F. Kamster, Ltd.
Ben Gage
Ben Mason
Ben Salmon
Benedict & Associates (aka B A Literary Agency)
Benita Edzard
Bennett & West Literary Agency
Benrey Literary Agency
Bentley Partnership
Berman, Boals & Flynn Inc.
Bernadette Baker
Bernard Kurman
Bernat Fiol
Bernice Hoffman Literary Agency
Bernsen, Jamail, and Goodson
Bert Holtje
Bert P. Krages
Bertha Klausner International Literary Agency, Inc.
Bess Reed
Beth Blickers
Beth Jusin
Beth Vesel Literary Agency
Bethel Agency
Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises
Betsy Lerner
Betsy Nolan Literary Agency
Betsy Robbins
Betty Anne Crawford
Betty Halston
Beverly Hills Literary Consulting
Beverley Slopen Literary Agency
Bidnick & Company
Big Apple Tuttle-Mori Agency Inc.
BigScore Productions
Bill Adler
Bill Adler Books
Bill Arnovich
Bill Clegg
Bill Dean and Associates
Bill Fawcett and Associates
Bill Gladstone
Bill Hamilton
Bill Leigh
Bill Reishtein
Bill Tikos
Black Orchid Literary Agency
Blake Friedmann Literary, TV, and Film Agency, Ltd.
Blake Group
Blanche C. Gregory, Inc.
Blanche Schlessinger Agency
Blauner Books Literary Agency
Bleecker Street Associates, Inc.
Bliss Literary Agency International
Bloominghouse Literary
Blue Ridge Literary Services
Blumer Literary Agency, Inc.
The Blumer Literary Agency, Inc.
Blythe Agency
Bob Barnett
Bob Diforio
Bob Erdmann
Bob Levy
Bob Mecoy Literary Agency
Bob Robison & Associates
Bob Shuman
Bob Silverstein
Bob Tanner
Bobbe Siegel Literary Agency
B?dtker Yuniku Agency
Bohrman Agency
Boiled Eggs Online
Bond Literary Agency
Bonnie Hibschman
Bonnie Nadell
Bonnie R. Crown International Literature & Arts
Bonnie Solow
Bonnie Tandy Leblang
Book Cents Literary Agency
Book Deals?, Inc.
Book Editor
Book Group Literary Agency, LLC.
BookAgency, Inc.
BookBlast Ltd.
Bookblaster
BookEnds LLC
Bookmark Literary Agency
BookPotato
Books & Such Literary Agency
Books Unlimited Literary Agency
Books-to-Screen Management
BooksandManuscripts.com
Bookstop Literary Agency
Bookworm Literary Group
Boris Hoffman
Boston Literary Group Inc.
Brad Lohrenz
Bradford Literary Agency
Brandenburgh & Associates
Brandi Bowles
Brandon Miller
Brands-to-Books
Brandt and Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.
Brenda Bailey Literary Agency
Bressler Scoggins Literary Agency
Bret Norris
Brettne Bloom
Brian DeFiore
Brian Helland
Brian Keliher
Brian Lipson
Brick House Literary Agents
Bridget Wagner
Brie Burkeman
Bright Lights Associates/Literary Group
Brigitte van der Klaauw
Brillstein Grey
Brinke Literary Agency
Britta Alexander
Broadway Play Publishing
Brock Gannon Literary Agency
Brockman, Inc.
Broder, Kurland, and Webb Agency
Broder, Webb, Chervin & Silberman
Bront? Literary Agency
Broo Doherty
Brown & Knight Literary Agents
Brown Literary Agency
Browne & Miller Literary Associates LLC.
Bruce Hunter
Bruce Nuffer
Bruce Vinokour
Bruce Westwood
Bukowski Agency
Burnes & Clegg Inc.
Burnett Literary Agency
The Burnett Literary Agency
Burns Sports Celebrity Service Inc.
Business Books of Distinction
Byrd Stuart Leavell

This was A and B. Where do I place C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ ?

And CI, your turn. Name me 3 talented writers from this forum, European or American. Only 3.

The whole motion picture and television industry is obviously based on *talented* writers, are you telling me that they cant find agents or jobs??

Every agency is looking for talented writers but maybe not now, or maybe not for that type of budget and/or genre, or perhaps they are rip-off guys who want writers in their stable but don't actually do anything for them until the writer gets a deal on their own, or a million other reasons. I think Certified was looking for more detailed info rather than a google search (or the Creative Directory for that matter).

RJSchwarz

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Originally posted by Don Corlione
Research, google and contact them yourselves.

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I can and have used Google. What you did was copy and paste
a list of agencies and production companies that may or may
not be accepting new writers - something any of us could do.
I was wondering if your statement that there are a lot of agencies
looking for talented writers was based on knowledge or simply
conjecture.

I have my answer now.

quote:

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Originally posted by Don Corlione
And CI, your turn. Name me 3 talented writers from this forum, European or American. Only 3.

The whole motion picture and television industry is obviously based on *talented* writers, are you telling me that they cant find agents or jobs??

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I haven't read scripts from any writer on these forums. So I can't
name any.

And no, I'm not telling you writers can't find agents or jobs. I
simply asked a question. Until now I thought that perhaps you
had some information that would be helpful and that you might
be willing to share some of that.

I see I was mistaken.

I'm sorry you thought that I was suggesting that talented writers
couldn't find agents or jobs because I asked you a question
about European agents.

All I was interested in is knowledge and a little conversation on
a messageboard.

BTW - You listed the agency that represents me. I know for fact,
based on actual knowledge, that they are not looking for new writers.
Perhaps more on your cut and past list aren't.

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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)

The list is from winter 2007. After finding my agency, I stopped looking of course.

The list is one year old. thats why I wrote "Research, google and contact them yourselves"

That means, find out whos from which agency, whos looking, whos good and maybe recommended by other writers etc etc. Their needs might not be the same as for last year, but no matter what there will always be agents/agencies looking for talented writers. I would believe the problem is the other way around. Finding a talented writer. A really good writer. Thats why I asked you to list (only) 3. They don't come around that often, that's for sure.

quote:

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Originally posted by Don Corlione

The list is from winter 2007. After finding my agency, I stopped looking of course.

The list is one year old. thats why I wrote "Research, google and contact them yourselves"

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I know why you wrote that and I know why you did a simple copy/paste
and sarcastically offered to copy/past the rest of the alphabetical list.

What I was hopping for is an interesting discussion about agents in Europe
with someone with experience in that area - an area I know nothing
about - someone with an agent who was willing to offer more than "use Google".
I can use Google. What I can't do very often is have a discussion with a fellow
writer from Denmark who has experience with European agents.

I'm sorry you aren't willing to have that discussion.

You win. I'll stop asking you questions. I appologize.

thanks guys. hahaha

geez did don have to be so hostile?
theres no need to insult anyones talent on here, im sure we are all good at something that we do...

"They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But a film? Well, thats worth a thousand pictures."

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