This session format is available only to writers in our Top Tier Program.
Exec will review your pages and meet with you via zoom for 30 minutes to continue elevating your project.
Make it concise focusing on characters and their development throughout the pilot/series/feature. Convey a comprehensive overview of the world and the plot you have created. but don't get bogged down in the details. Convey the world and the characters to make me/us fall in love with them. Don't make it feel like a presentation; you are trying to persuade me (the hypothetical/potential buyer) with emotions to spend money from my budget on your idea.
Top Tier + Pitches - Interested in ongoing series
Consultations - Scripted TV, Features, Podcasts, Webseries, IP
Jennifer Patterson is a creative executive at Paramount/CBS Studios (THE LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, SKYMED, NCIS: TONY & ZIVA, DIGMAN!) with experience across high-profile scripted and feature development and production. Before joining Paramount/CBS Studios, she has worked with companies such as Blumhouse Television (THE BONDSMAN, THE HORROR OF DOLORES ROACH, SCARPETTA) Echo Lake Entertainment (THE GREAT), Valhalla Entertainment (THE WALKING DEAD), FX Networks (AMERICAN HORROR STORY, SONS OF ANARCHY, WILFRED), British Film Commission, and Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Her recent projects include The Little House on the Prairie, SkyMed, NCIS: Tony & Ziva, Digman!, The Walking Dead Universe, The Bondsman, Scarpetta, The Horror of Dolores Roach, The Sticky, Shogun, and Blumhouse Television’s slate of original movies for Epix/MGM+.
She focuses on bold, elevated genre storytelling with a particular passion for horror, sci-fi, fantasy, dystopian, post-apocalyptic, psychological thrillers, mystery and crime, grounded dramas, action and adventure, supernatural and paranormal, and character-driven speculative fiction that explores moral complexity, sociopolitical tension, and the ways people transform under pressure. But she also has a love for lighter fare like comedies, rom-coms
Jennifer maintains strong relationships throughout the industry, including Amazon, Netflix, MGM+, UCP, Peacock, AMC, Lionsgate, HBO, Dreamworks, and major talent agencies and management companies such as CAA, WME, UTA, Gersh, Paradigm, Anonymous Content, Innovative Artists, Epicenter, and IAG.
After registering, your confirmation email will contain a link that says "CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS" that will take you to a form where you will submit your material within 24 hours of registering.