Work one-on-one with an executive at mutually agreed upon times around your schedule. To start, you'll have a 15-minute strategy call with your executive to get the lay of the land for the month. Then, you’ll have email access to your executive throughout, plus four one-hour story notes sessions. Work on a single screenplay or multiple scripts plus get additional notes on your pitch, brand strategy, and career advice - work your mentorship to its fullest potential!
Character and concept in a single paragraph. It should make me lean in and want to know more.
My sweet spots are drama, thriller, horror, and comedy in film & TV. I've also worked on action films over the years and can be helpful in that space. Budget-wise, I prefer to focus on $50m and under in film. But am open to any budget in television.
Musical, animation, family, and faith-based.
Matt Berenson is a film and television executive and producer with over 30 years of industry experience whose work spans studio blockbusters, acclaimed indies, and high-profile franchise films. He has developed and/or produced dozens of features, including the worldwide hit DADDY DAY CARE starring Eddie Murphy and the critically celebrated THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES from writer-director Derek Cianfrance, starring Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper.
Berenson most recently produced PSYCHO KILLER with Roy Lee/Vertigo Entertainment, written by Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en) for New Regency and Constantin Films and starring Georgina Campbell. Fox/Disney released in February, 2026. His next film will be THE NIGHT STALKER for Republic Pictures, a division of Paramount.
He is also a non-writing Executive Producer, alongside Sylvester and Sophia Stallone, on Amazon’s upcoming television adaptation THE MINDF*CK Series, based on the bestselling novels by S.T. Abby (aka Christie Owens Cunningham) and North Road’s upcoming series Zipper alongside GAME OF THRONES producer Guymon Casady.
In addition to his producing work, Berenson is the writer of the forthcoming feature ROBOTS VS. ZOMBIES VS. HUMANS, currently in development with The Gotham Group (THE MAZE RUNNER franchise). He is also the author of Secret Stars: The Greatest Underdogs of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Era.
In 2023, Berenson served as an adjunct professor at Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television, where he taught Film and Television Development and The Business of Film and Television.
His producing and executive-producing credits also include:
• THE BOY HORROR franchise
• THE BEST OF ENEMIES, starring Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell
• SECRET IN THEIR EYES, writer/director Billy Ray’s English-language remake of the Oscar-winning foreign film starring Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, and Chiwetel Ejiofor
• Leslye Headland’s SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE, starring Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie
• GONE, starring Amanda Seyfried
• STAND UP GUYS, starring Al Pacino and Christopher Walken
As an executive, Berenson was President of Production at Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (SKE), from 2010-2014, where he produced several of the films above and acquired Taylor Sheridan’s screenplay COMANCHERIA, later released as the Oscar-nominated HELL OR HIGH WATER. He also acquired an early pitch from Sian Heder, prior to her Oscar-winning success with CODA.
Earlier, as President of Production at Carsey-Werner Films (2004–2007), he produced a slate of studio comedies including Universal’s LET'S GO TO PRISON and Sony/Revolution’s THE BROTHERS SOLOMON, both directed by Bob Odenkirk. He also served as EVP, Production at Red Wagon (2000-2003).
Berenson began his executive career as a Vice President at Jersey Films, where he oversaw creative development on titles including ERIN BROCKOVICH and OUT OF SIGHT.
He is a graduate of Princeton University, where he earned a B.A. in History.
Private Month Mentorship
Each month mentorship kicks off with a preliminary 15-min. call to set expectations and lay out strategy for the month. Writer will have email access to the executive plus 4x one-hour consultations with the exec. Exec will read up to 4 scripts in one month (different drafts of the same script or 4 different scripts) and conduct 4x one-hour story notes calls. Calls can also include feedback on your pitch, branding, or career strategy.
If you pay with the deposit/payment plan, your second half will be due the 2nd week of the Mentorship. If you need a different type of payment plan, email dorian@roadmapwriters.com.
**Please note feature screenplays are limited to 120 pages maximum. Please contact terra@roadmapwriters.com for pricing on a Month Mentorship on screenplays exceeding 120 pages.
What To Expect
After registering, you will receive an automatic Order Confirmation email. Then Roadmap's Director of Consultations, Terra Joy, will get your mentor looped in with you! If you do not hear from Terra or the exec within 3 days of registering, feel free to email terra@roadmapwriters.com for an update.
Before starting your Month Mentorship, please ensure you are familiar with our Code of Conduct.
Cancellation Policy: You may cancel your registration for a refund or Roadmap gift card if you have not yet submitted your material for review. However, once your material has been received, your registration cannot be canceled. Having revised material or a desire to retroactively apply a discount or gift card code are not grounds for cancellation, refunds, or gift card credit. Once your material has been submitted, the only acceptable grounds for cancellation and a refund or gift card credit is an unforeseen, ongoing emergency on the part of either the writer or the exec resulting in more than 6 weeks without any scheduling update from the exec via direct contact or Roadmap, or a sudden change in the exec's ongoing availability. In the instance of an irreconcilable scheduling issue, the writer may still receive a written feedback report from the exec. In this case, the writer is not entitled to a refund or gift card credit as the exec has read the submitted material and provided written feedback in lieu of the call.