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For screenwriters, breaking into Hollywood has traditionally meant writing a great screenplay, finding representation, and hoping that script eventually lands in the hands of someone who can actually do something with it. But in this challenging industry, manager and producer Peter Katz, CEO of Story Driven, thinks writers should consider another strategy: stop focusing exclusively…

One of the most moving screenings I’ve ever attended was the premiere, at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, of Close Your Eyes, the third narrative feature made by the Spanish director Víctor Erice. Erice, who was eighty-two at the time, did not attend the screening, but it had a momentous quality to it nonetheless. The…