Get a set of exec eyes or ears on the written or verbal pitch for your project.
- Writers may choose to have their 1-2 pg. written pitch or their 8-Min. verbal pitch (via phone or Skype) reviewed by the working professional of their choice.
- You will receive a personalized feedback report within 7 to 8 business days following the scheduled session.
I'm excited to hear your pitch. Be unapologetically yourself!
***1***: Projects that exist on "the outer fringes of creativity". stories so far away from the norm that no one else could, or would dare to write it aside from you.
2: A STEREOTYPICAL topic/genre that is approached from a completely new angle, shedding a new form of light on the topic/genre.
3: Independent genre (scifi or horror especially) features in the 2.5 - 8million dollar range.
4: Independent action genre hybrid features in the 8-15milion dollar range.
5: Hyper-creative or unique animated or animation-hybrid television concepts.
6: AAPI focused stories in any format.
Michael K. Dwyer is a hapa-haole Producer-and-Screenwriter with over a decade of film industry experience. A native of San Francisco, California, Michael graduated from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts on the Dean’s List as well as the literary honors program Thematic Option.
In 2012, Michael began working for former Columbia Pictures and Sony Chairman Mark Canton, who he assisted on seasons 2 through series finale of the hit show Power, as well as tentpole films like THE LAST WITCH HUNTER. Michael also worked briefly as an assistant at the film/music/tech crossover company MX Productions for Christina Aguilera and Matthew Rutler, who had a television deal at Lionsgate Television.
Michael returned to working for Mark Canton (300, DEN OF THIEVES) as a Creative Executive at his new independently financed venture Cinelou Films, where he worked on independent films like Robert DeNiro’s THE COMEDIAN, Jennifer Aniston’s THE YELLOW BIRDS, Ridley Scott’s PHOENIX FORGOTTEN, and Joe Dante/Mick Garris’s fan-favorite horror anthology NIGHTMARE CINEMA. During this time, he also managed the active slates of Mark Canton’s multiple film and television ventures.
In 2019, Michael left Cinelou as Director of Development, and found a home as the Head of Screenplay and Business Development at Atlanta’s Blackhall Entertainment Ventures, and then at Los Angeles’s Ravendesk Entertainment.
Michael is currently Head of Screenplay Development and Business Strategy at Ravendesk, where he has set up Comic and Table-top RPG projects in the trans-media spaces. During Michael’s tenure at Ravendesk, he has overseen the company’s growth as it purchased 15+ comic and tabletop-RPG titles, set up an independent first-look development and production deal, as well as secured agency representation for the Company’s slate of IP. Now Ravendesk has a television project fully independently financed for production, and several IPs in deep development across all mediums.
At the end of 2022 Michael formed an independent film production company A GROUP OF FERRETS with his former colleague at Cinelou Films, David Hopwood (POWER, FREAK BROTHERS, DEN OF THIEVES). Their company has a very small slate with director packaged material, targeting independent genre films in the 3-8 million dollar range, as well as action-hybrids in the 12-15 million dollar space.
To kick off 2023, Michael joined the brand new motion-capture animated company Precariat Productions (Writer/Director/Producer team behind the indie film CANVAS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1hfxtfq4LE) as the Head of Genre development, where he is spearheading the company's expansion into the fully animated television arena and indie genre mo-cap feature spaces.
Michael also screenwrites in the genre hybrid, historical, AAPI, and dark comedy spaces.
As a screenwriter who operates in the sci-fi/fantasy sphere, Michael is an absolute joy to work with. He understands these genres inside and out, and because of that was able to find exactly where my TV pilot was coming up short. He continued to communicate with me regularly on my rewrite and not only greatly improve the main character thread of the story, but better tie it to the overall setting and mythos and leave me with a pilot that provided a far stronger read. If you like to write science fiction and fantasy stories with loads of myth and world-building, I highly recommend collaborating with him if you can.
~ Daniel McNaught, Screenwriter
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Immediately after registering, you will receive an Order Confirmation email that serves as the receipt for your registration. In the Order Summary section of this email, you will find a link reading "CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS" that will take you to instructions on how to submit your contact info or written pitch via the Material Submission Form.
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Your material/contact submission is due as soon as you are ready, but no later than 9:00am PT the day of the session.
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You will receive this exec's written feedback on your pitch via email within 7 to 8 business days following the session unless otherwise notified.
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Need some general guidelines on pitching? Check out our Hitchhiker's Guide to Pitching!
Cancellation Policy
You may cancel for a full refund up to 72 hrs. prior to the start of the session. Cancellations requested after this deadline will be ineligible for refunds.
Questions?
If you have any questions at all about this program, email coordinator@roadmapwriters.com!