TSC 2011 Welcomes Franklin Leonard

Good Morning Screenwriters!
Here is our newest speaker at TSC 2011. Franklin Leonard!

Franklin Leonard is a development executive and the creator of the Black List and co-creator of Blcklst.com, a yearly publication highlighting Hollywood’s most popular unproduced screenplays and its ongoing home on the web. Many of these scripts on the black list have been subsequently produced; Oscar winners Juno and There Will Be Blood, The Road, Zombieland, and Lars and the Real Girl.
You can check out the black list website right here.
Franklin was the director of development at Universal Pictures, and has held similar positions at the production companies of directors Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella, actor Leonardo DiCaprio and former Paramount Pictures president John Goldwyn. He is currently the Vice President of Creative Affairs for Will Smith’s Production Company Overbrook Entertainment.


On a side note, the TSC is also thrilled to be partnering with the NSI in creating a space to connect with speakers, writers and colleagues over coffee & tea in the NSI Networking Lounge. WI-FI will also be available! 

Visit the website www.tsc.org to register today. Spaces are limited!
The TSC costs $369 + HST, and $325 for industry affiliates. Message us directly at info@torontoscreenwritingconference.com if you'd like to know about the affiliates discount.


See you all April 9 and 10 at the TSC 2011!  

16 Days to the TSC2011! (New Speakers + Guess Who Episode 3)

Happy Spring Everyone! We're only 16 days until the Toronto Screenwriting Conference. Thanks to all of you who have already registered, we're excited to share with you what is shaping up to be a very exciting weekend of creative inspiration and screenwriting education. This past Monday, we announced three new speakers. 

Butch Hartman, the creator and executive producer of Nickelodeon’s mega-hit animated series THE FAIRLY ODDPARENTS, and part of the team behind the international hit sci-fi series SANCTUARY, creator, writer & executive producer, Damian Kindler, along with director & executive producer, Martin Wood.

Along with these awesome announcements, it's time to play that game again. Guess our next speaker! We're going to give you one BIG hint:

Our newest speaker is responsible for creating a certain hollywood list. This list is an annual ranking of the year's best unproduced scripts. Many of these scripts on this list have been subsequently produced; Oscar winners Juno and There Will Be Blood are alums, as well as critically acclaimed films such as The Road, Zombieland, and Lars and the Real Girl. You can get google-ing now, because we'll be announcing this speaker tomorrow.

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As writers, we all know how difficult it is to overcome writer's block. Pen Densham, who will be speaking at the TSC 2011, has some great tips on how to beat the block. You can find those tips in his book Riding The Alligator, at his TSC 2011 session, or in this great interview. 

Register here and we'll see you all on April 9 & 10! 

Guess Our Next Speaker(s)! - Episode 2

Hello Fellow Screenwriters!

We've all been working hard here at the TSC 2011 office to make sure that this year's conference is like none other. On that note, we have several amazing speakers under our belts who we can't quite announce yet. Next week we will be announcing not one, not two, but three extraordinary speakers.

So it's time to play the game again... guess our next speakers! Here are a few clues to send you off on that IMDB hunt.

• One of our to be announced speakers created one of the longest running Nickelodeon Cartoons, running for 7 seasons (120 episodes) 
• This speaker has writing credits on Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Dexter's Laboratory, Jimmy Neutron, Johnny Bravo, and Cow and Chicken. 
• He is also a voice actor with credits on T.U.F.F. Puppy and Family Guy.

• Our two other TBA speakers will be speaking on a panel together because they both work on a Canadian Science-Fiction series that was originally a popular web-series. The popularity of the show led to its expansion on Syfy. They are both Executive-Producers on this show.
• One of them is the creator and head-writer on the show. His previous writing credits include Stargate, Beastmaster, and Kung Fu: The Legend Continues. 
• The other speaker works as a director and writer on the show, and has over 70 directing credits on Stargate.

Get onto IMDB, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter for more clues. And stay tuned for the announcements (and more!) by signing up for our Mailing List. See you all on April 9 and 10 at the Toronto Screenwriting Conference 2011. 

Announcing Leonard Dick

Leonard Dick is an Emmy-award winning writer and producer who has written for several groundbreaking television shows. The Toronto Screenwriting Conference is proud to announce Leonard Dick as one of our speakers. Leonard has a wide selection of writing credits which can all be categorized under completely different genres. Here's what Leonard's got under his belt:

• The Good Wife (Legal Drama)
• House (Medical Drama)
• Lost (Action/Adventure)
• Mad TV (Sketch Comedy)
• The Mentalist (Police Procedural) 
• Relic Hunter (Mystery/Fantasy)
• Sister, Sister (Family Sitcom)
• Student Bodies (Teen Sitcom)
• The Oblongs (Animation Comedy)

Register for the TSC 2011 to see Leonard Dick. You'll get to find out how he was able to jump between so many genres as a writer. Stay tuned for more speakers to be announced.