Fintan Ryan - Book Consultation

Consultations
$345.00
Formats Interested In
TV
Features
Manuscripts
Shorts
Intellectual Property (IP) for Film/TV Development
Particularly Interested In

The next comedy wave. It's been a while since anything new and funny has come along. By 'new' I mean 'not like THE OFFICE'. And I'm obsessed with format. I believe every truly great show invents its own format, a way of telling its story that's unique as the stories themselves. Thinking about format is a good way for new writers to prioritise how they tell story and how those stories can stand out in the marketplace.

Writers Over 40
Writers with Disabilities
Writers Outside LA
Authors (Fiction)
Authors (Non-Fiction)
Feature Genres
Drama
Comedy
RomCom
Sci-Fi
Adventure
Thriller
Horror
Budget Range
All Budget Ranges
TV Formats
Half-Hour Pilots (single-cam)
Half-Hour Pilots (multi-cam)
One-Hour Pilots
Miniseries
Limited Series
TV Movies
TV Homes
Network
Cable
Premium Cable
Streaming
TV Genres
Drama
Comedy
RomCom
Sci-Fi
Action
Adventure
Thriller
Horror
Book Genres
Action
Adventure
Apocalyptic
Autobiographies
Biographies
Book Series
Buddy
Comedy
Comic Books
Crime
Detective
Drama
Dystopian
Essays
Female-Driven
Futuristic
Graphic Novels
High-Concept
Historical
Historical Fiction
Horror
Literary Fiction
Memoirs
Mystery
Non-Fiction
Paranormal
Period Piece
Political
Post-Apocalyptic
Psychological
Revenge
Road Trip
Romance
Sci-Fi
Short Stories
Socially Relevant
Supernatural
Suspense
Thriller
True Crime
True Stories
Young Adult (YA) / Teen
Sub-Genres
Anthology
Biopic
Book Adaptation
Buddy
Coming-of-Age
Crime/True Crime
Dark Comedy
Documentary Adaptation
Dystopian
Episodic TV
Family-Friendly
Female-Driven
Futuristic
Ghosts
Graphic Novel Adaptation
High-Concept
Historical
Irreverent
Mockumentary
Mystery
Period Piece
Political
Post-Apocalyptic
Psychological
Revenge
Road Trip
Romance
Satire
Serialized TV
Socially Relevant
Space
Superhero
Supernatural
Suspense
True Story
War
Western
Workplace
Young Adult (YA)
Specifically Not Interested In

Country and Western. Also, not great on projects where dialogue and characterisation are afterthoughts.

More about Fintan Ryan

Fintan Ryan has worked extensively in British T.V. as a writer and producer. He created and executive produced THE ALIENS (Clerkenwell Films) and BAD CROWD (World Productions). He's worked on BAFTA-winning shows REV (Big Talk) and IN THE FLESH (BBC) as hits like PARTY ANIMALS (World Productions) and HUSTLE (Kudos). Most recently he was a writer/producer on THEN YOU RUN (Kudos).

Fintan has experience in the American market, successfully pitching projects to network and cable platforms. His sit-coms BAD CROWD (ABC) and LITTLE BROTHER (DIR. Sean Levy, FOX) both went to pilot. After some years concentrating on character-led genre, Fintan is back in comedy and is currently developing a comedy drama police procedural with VAL Productions.

As a writer, Fintan knows the route from spec scripts and pitches through to writers room story-conferences, all the way to on-set re-writes. He has a firm grasp of story, character and structure. As a show-runner and producer he has experience dealing with fellow writers, creative teams, commissioners and broadcasters. He's keen to pass on his knowledge of what broadcasters are looking for and what creators should look out for.

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