http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager.jpg The Weekly blog of Hollywood Manager Rachel Miller who specializes in discovering and nurturing creative talent. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:53:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are two days away from Sundance and four days away from our Sundance movie entry, LIBERAL ARTS, premiering.  And I'm starting to PANIC --- there is just so much to do! Between the premiere, the party, travel arrangements, dinner arrangements, along with our other Tom Sawyer Entertainment clients and everything ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager/2012/01/19/staying-calm-no-matter-what-overwhelms-you/ On October 28th my production company submitted our second movie, LIBERAL ARTS, to the Sundance Film Festival for review. And while I was nervous when we submitted our first movie, HAPPYTHANKYOURMOREPLEASE, I discovered that submitting the second movie was ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager/2011/10/31/sophomore-film-jitters-and-what-to-do-about-them/ Josh Spector at ConnectedComedy.com interviewed me about how writers can build a comedy career.  He asked me some great questions and you can check out the answers here. Enjoy! http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager/2011/08/09/my-interview-at-connectedcomedycom/ Many years ago Comic Con was a small festival to which few in Hollywood really paid attention.  Now it's grown to a huge behemoth attracting over 120,000 people over four days to San Diego. And as much as Hollywood ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager/2011/07/26/comic-con-2011-its-all-about-the-fans/ TSE will be at the Great American PitchFest on Sunday, June 5th! Writers meet with industry executives and thousands of pitch meetings happen over the course of a weekend. Each meeting is five minutes in length, and a chance for industry executives to hear a large ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager/2011/06/03/tse-at-the-great-american-pitchfest/ We are right in the middle of TV staffing season,  which is when all agents and managers are trying to get their clients staffed on network and cable shows. The only problem with this is that there are thousands of writers who would ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager/2011/05/10/tv-staffing-season-meets-the-cold-call/ We are going back into production this summer on our next film, LIBERAL ARTS, that Josh Radnor wrote, will direct and is starring in. I can't believe it's been two years since HAPPYTHANKYOUMOREPLEASE shot; it really seems like yesterday. And ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager/2011/04/05/once-more-into-the-breach-starting-production-on-a-new-film/ I'm excited to announce that I will be one of the speakers in a month-long Writers Junction series hosted by former development exec Daniel Manus, now of No BullScript Consulting. "The Executive Series for Screenwriters: Making Hollywood Work for You!" will run on several evenings in May ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager/2011/03/28/speaking-engagement-at-writers-junction-series/ Our first Tom Sawyer Entertainment movie "happythankyoumoreplease" opens this weekend in Los Angeles at the Landmark Theater http://tinyurl.com/htympla and in New York at http://tinyurl.com/htympnyc.  It opens the following weekend, March 11, in Chicago http://tinyurl.com/htympchi The past two years has ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager/2011/03/04/happythankyoumoreplease-opens-tonight-the-art-of-letting-go/ But it's true! And in a nice twist of fate, the next couple months are bringing our company full circle in a lot of ways. Our client Jason Ubaldi is going into production on the movie he wrote called THE LOWENFISH PARTY. The funny ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager/2011/02/07/today-is-tom-sawyers-5-year-anniversary-im-finding-this-very-hard-to-believe/