STEVE SAVITZ  - wga

 

My feature script, Rat Girl (based on my 16mm short film) was sold to Burbank based MPH Entertainment with me attached to direct. 

Another feature script, "What the World Needs Now" was optioned by Intermedia Films to be developed for actors, Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon.  It was a finalist in the Sundance Screenwriters Lab. 

I served as staff writer for HBO's Comedy Channel for a year where I wrote for two shows.  Since then, most of my screenplays have been optioned (companies include Lakeshore Entertainment and Adelson Entertainment).  I’ve also written jokes David Letterman performed in CBS TV promos for "The Late Show" and co-wrote a Saturday morning cartoon pilot for Broadcast Arts.  I served as script doctor for the feature, “Just Looking”, produced by Lakeshore Entertainment.

My half hour short film, "Rat Girl" was screened at the Mill Valley Film Festival, The Hamptons, Slamdance, Santa Fe and was a finalist in the USA National Film & Video Competition.  It also was acquisitioned and broadcast on New York City’s Metro Channel.  My short film, "Escape From Heaven" was acquisitioned by BBC TV, A&E Network and PBS.   At NYU Film School I was awarded a Columbia Pictures production grant.

2011

1. •    Screenplay, QUANTUM LOVE was a finalist in the Writers Network Screenplay Competition
   

2010

1. •    Screenplay, FLINCH was a finalist in the Slamdance Screenwriter
   

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2006

•my feature screenplay, FLINCH was a semi finalist in the Writers Network 13th Annual Screenplay Competition.

•my feature screenplay, THE EXISTENTIAL WOMAN was a finalist in the Writers Network 13th Annual Screenplay Competition.

•I received five honorable mentions in the Billboard International Songwriting Competition for songs I wrote and recorded.

CONTACT:

Steven Savitz

111 East 2nd Street #4A, New York, NY  10009

Phone: (212) 979-7653

E-mail: stevesavitz@mindspring.com