TV & Film Links
Film, Television and Entertainment Industry Professional Guilds, Unions, and Organizations
The Screen Actors Guild --- http://www.sag.org
AFTRA --- http://www.aftra.com
Actors Access --- http://www.actorsaccess.com
The Writers Guild of America --- http://www.wga.org
The Producers Guild of America --- www.producersguild.org
The Director's Guild of America --- www.dga.org
The Writers Guild of America Media Communications Association Int'l --- www.mca-i.org Formerly the ITVA, the International Television and Video Association, the Media Communications Association International has been around for over thirty years and has just recently changed its name to broaden its scope to incorporate all the new media being developed. A professional networking forum, especially forbusiness communicators (industrials, broadcast infomericals, WWW sites, CDROMs, etc.)
ScriptWriters Network --- http://www.scriptwritersnetwork.com/ Great industry organization for screenwriters to meet and mingle, great for educational seminars and workshops, script library, triad (critiquing trios), local writers groups, and so on.
IFP --- www.ifp.org Independent Filmmaker organization dedicated to educating, supporting, and promoting independent filmmakers. Home to the inner circle Independent Spirit awards.
The Industry LA --- www.theindustry.la.com Get connected with the people who are connected - an online networking community.
Conferences, Festivals & Contests
Heartland Film Festival --- www.heartlandfilmfestival.org
Truly Moving Pictures --- www.trulymovingpictures.com
Angelus Awards --- www.angelus.org
Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference (http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/) - Austin , Texas . The Austin Film Festival is dedicated to the writer as the heart of the creative process of filmmaking. The AFF uncovers outstanding, emerging writers; fosters their development through panels, workshops and master classes conducted by industry professionals.
Moondance International Film Festival (http://www.moondancefilmfestival.com/) - Boulder , Colorado . Dedicated to promoting and encouraging women screenwriters, playwrights, short-story writers and women who make independent films, and the best work by women, in any genre, including feature films, animation, documentaries, short films, stage plays & short stories.
WinFemme Film & Screeplays / Women's Image Network (http://www.winfemme.com) 820 N. San Vicente Blvd. #69-1774 LA CA 90069 Selects films for its annual WinFemme Film Festival and hosts monthly screenplay readings for films and scripts that TELL WOMEN'S STORIES WELL. MEN are WELCOME.
Conferences, Festivals & Contests Emphasizing Faith and Culture
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BIOLA Media Conference --- www.christiansandmedia.org
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168 Film Festival --- www.slate1.tv
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Damah Film Festival --- www.damah.org
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City of the Angels Film Festival --- www.cityoftheangelsfilmfest.org
Screenwriting Magazines
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Creative Screenwriting --- www.creativescreenwriting.com
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Written By - The official magazine of the Writer's Guild of America --- www.wga.org/writtenby
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Screenwriter --- www.screenwritermagazine.com
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Scr(i)pt magazine --- www.scriptmag.com
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MovieMaker Magazine --- www.moviemaker.com
Hollywood Trade Magazines
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER --- www.hollywoodreporter.com Daily trade information on the Entertainment industry.
DAILY VARIETY --- www.variety.com The source for entertainment news.
Screenwriting Software
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Final Draft - Official Software of Act One: Writing for Hollywood --- www.finaldraft.com
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Movie Magic --- www.screenplay.com
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Dramatic Pro --- www.dramatica.com
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The Writers Store --- www.writersstore.com
Hollywood Ministries & Organizations
ACT ONE PROGRAM – www.actoneprogram.com
Act one trains people of faith for careers in mainstream film and television. Act One offers two main programs -- the Writing for Hollywood Summer Program, for aspiring film and television writers, and the Executive Program, for aspiring entertainment executives -- as well as Screenwriting Weekends and many other programs and services
HOLLYWOOD CONNECT --- www.hollywoodconnect.com Hollywood Connect is a comprehensive resource center that serves to welcome, equip, and educate Christians working in the Hollywood Film, Television, Music, Arts and Media fields. Highly recommended to both LA transplants and veterans who are looking for job listings, churches, ministries, and LA area Christian events.
HOLLYWOOD PRAYER NETWORK --- www.hollywoodprayernetwork.org Hollywood Prayer Network is an organization dedicated to praying for Christians who are working in the Entertainment Industry. A unique ministry ANYONE can be involved in.
ACTOR'S CO-OP --- www.actorscoop.org The Actor's Co-Op is an acclaimed theater company in Los Angeles , performing four full length plays each year, ranging from Shakespeare to Horton Foote to Neil Simon...
INTER-MISSION --- www.inter-mission.net Inter-Mission is a fellowship ministry dedicated to organizing film screenings, conferences, and parties for Christian entertainment professionals.
LAFSC - LOS ANGELES FILM STUDIES CENTER --- http://lafsc.bestsemester.com/ LAFSC is a program of the CCCU, helping college students connect to internships in the industry while receiving additional training for college credit.
MASTERMEDIA INTERNATIONAL --- www.mastermediaintl.org
MEDIA FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL --- www.mediafellowship.org
PREMISE --- www.premiseonline.org
Los Angeles Churches featuring Ministries and Fellowships for Entertainment Industry Professionals Hollywood Connect's website has a comprehensive listing, but here are a few...
Hollywood Presbyterian Church --- www.fpch.org
Bel Air Presbyterian Church --- www.belairpres.org
Lake Avenue Church --- www.lakeave.org
Faith-Based Arts & Culture Organizations
Voice Behind --- www.thevoicebehind.org
Brehm Center --- www.brehmcenter.com
Faith-Based Arts & Cultural Magazines, Journals & Online Commentary
Image - Quarterly Journal - Faith, Art and Mystery --- www.imagejournal.org
Relevant Magazine --- www.relevantmagazine.com
Brewing Culture --- www.brewingculture.org A division of "The Voice Behind" SolPix --- www.webdelsol.com/f-solpix.htm A premiere electronic publication focusing on films and books, interviews movers and shakers from these two worlds while commenting on cultural hot buttons and reviewing new releases. Charisma Magazine --- www.charismamag.com
Christianity Today --- www.christianity.net/ct/
Moody Magazine --- www.moody.edu/MOODYMAG/
Culture Isn't Optional --- http://www.cultureisnotoptional.com An organization seeking to equip Christians to be faithful servants by uniting the body of believers and learning together how to actively redeem all of culture. Every two weeks, the website features articles about other Christians who are faithfully living out the Word of God in various spheres of God's creation.
Faith-Based Film Commentary
MOVIE MISSION --- www.moviemission.com This site provides a unified forum for the religious community to improve the quality of Hollywood movies by targeting worthy films and actively supporting them opening weekend.
Film Forum --- www.thefilmforum.com
Movie Parables --- www.christiancritic.com
Hollywood Jesus.com --- www.hollywoodjesus.com
Faith-Based Reviews of movies
Plugged In --- http://www.pluggedinonline.com/
Focus on the Family’s site for reviewing and commenting on current films and television programming
CBN Movie Reviews --- http://cbn.com/entertainment/Screen/
Job Search
Hollywood Connect - Comprehensive Job Resource Listings --- www.hollywoodconnect.com
Variety.com - classifieds --- www.variety.com Hollywood Reporter - Classified Ads Online --- www.hollywoodreporter.com Settico.com --- www.settico.com Production Hub --- www.productionhub.com EntertainmentCareers.net --- www.entertainmentcareers.net ShowBIZdata.com --- www.showbizdata.com Hollywood Creative Directory Online --- www.hcdonline.com Greenlight jobs --- www.greenlightjobs.com
Online Writer & Producer Resources
Hollywood Creative Directory --- http://www.hcdonline.com The Film and Television Industry Bible. Click here to order the Creative Directory.
Movie Bytes --- http://www.moviebytes.com For Screenwriting Contests and Markets online.
Screenplay Systems, Inc --- http://www.screenplay.com Tools and resources for Screenwriting, Story Development and Outlining.
Screenwriter's Online --- http://www.screenwriter.com/ A collection of Master Classes online, articles, links and other resources.
Screenwriter's Utopia --- http://www.screenwritersutopia.com/ An incredible source of movie news, workshops, screenwriting articles, and other resources.
ScriptCrawler --- http://scriptcrawler.net The internet's largest searchable database of free movie, tv, and radio scripts.
StoryXchange --- http://www.screenwritersutopia.com/ The most comprehensive marketplace for the buying and selling of stories in any format, about any topic, and from anybody.
Wordplayer --- http://www.wordplayer.com The premiere resource for screenwriters on the net.
Writer's Connection --- http://www.thewritersconnection.com TheWritersConnection.Com invites you to submit your writing contests, market updates, and anything related to writing to our NEW online resource for writers. The Writer's Connection provides writing resources, market news, book reviews, recommended agents, publishers, contests, events and more!
Abe Books --- http://www.abe.com New, used and rare online bookseller. Great for hard-to-find titles.
Inktip --- http://www.inktip.com/
Internet Writers Directory --- http://www.writers.net/
Script Pimp --- www.scriptpimp.com A membership forum, but great resource for writers contests and other information.
Success Literary Services --- http://www.successliterary.com The Success Trust Literary Family, established since 1984 and members of the EFA and NWA, is listed number one on Google under the keywords 'Literary Services' out of a category of over 300,000. According to SBC Internet logs we are the most highly trafficked editing site in the United States and Canada .
TV Writer.com --- http://www.tvwriter.com
The Visual Writer, Ltd. --- http://visualwriter.com/descript.htm
Writers Digest --- http://www.writersdigest.com/
Writers on the Net --- http://www.writers.com/
WriterSpeaker.com --- http://www.writerspeaker.com/
MoviePartners.com --- Stars and their agents.
Done Deal --- http://www.scriptsales.com/ DDScriptSales.htm All sorts of great information on spec and literary script sales, among tons of other stuff!
Who Represents...? --- http://www.WhoRepresents.com Trying to track down someone's agent? Need contact information for a manager or a publicist? This is the place.
Hollywood Creative Directory --- http://www.hcdonline.com
Internet Movie Database --- http://www.imdb.com A great resource for "Who was that actor in...?" and "What else has she directed...?" Verifying credits and tracking down cast and crew for attachments or potential hit lists for producers.
Christian Online Research & Resource
Classics Ethereal Library --- www.ccel.org
Gospel Communications --- www.gospelcom.net
Internet Christian Library --- www.iclnet.org
Scripts - Free and For Sale
Harvest Moon Publications --- www.harvestmoon.com Harvest Moon offers a growing catalog of film screenplays and television scripts published in association with the Writers Guild Foundation. All scripts are published with the approval of the credited writers and presented just as they were written - in their authentic production format. A portion of all sales goes to the Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the craft of writing.
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