May 22, 2008

For Immediate Release

The Great American PitchFest

Celebrates 5^th Anniversary

More than 100+ Companies & Agencies expected to attend!

Earlier this week, more than 100 invitations were sent out to production companies, agencies, managers, and other industry executives to hear pitches at this year’s Great American PitchFest. As the fifth annual event, organizers promise the largest gathering of development executives and screenwriters ever to attend.

The fifth Great American Pitchfest & Screenwriting Conference will be held June 20 – 22, 2008 at the Marriott Burbank Hotel & Convention Center in Burbank, CA. For a full list of companies, as well as a schedule of our Master Classes, and more than 30 FREE Screenwriting classes, please visit www.pitchfest.com. The event is open to the public and screenwriters of all experience levels.

Some of the 100+ companies attending this year include:

20th Century – FOX Searchlight

Family Guy, The Simpson, My Name Is Earl, How I Met Your Mother,American Dad, King Of The Hill, Juno, I Think I Love My Wife, The Savages, The Last King of Scotland.

Adventures in Comedy

(Canadian Production Company)

Cedar Grove Agency

(Agency)

Cine LA

The Flying Scotsman, Lucky 13, Snowbound, Touched by a Killer, Man of the Century, Charades, Bad Manners

Clifford Werber Productions

Sydney White, A Cinderella Story

Creative Convergence Literary Management

Dual

Daniel Paulson Productions

Sunset Park, Jack, Staffers, Full-Court Miracle, Saving Jessica Lynch, Dead in a Heartbeat, Till Dad Do Us Part, By Dawn's Early Light, Custody of the Heart, A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story, A Cooler Climate, Bonanno: A Godfather's Story

David Greathouse Productions / 6-17 Productions

Living Hell, Undead or Alive, Buried Alive, Even Money, Hellraiser: Deader, Teenage Caveman (TV movie), She Creature (TV movie), How to Make a Monster (TV movie), Earth vs. the Spider (TV movie)

ES Entertainment

Hope in Heaven (documentary), Out of Sync (TV movie), Mörder meiner Mutter, Der (TV movie), I Know What You Did (TV movie), The Companion (TV movie), One Special Victory (TV movie)

Fun Little Movies

The Ghost of Salsbury Inn (short), Nightmare Boss (TV series)

Goddess Productions

ASTROMATES

Krainin Productions Inc.

The John Glenn Story (documentary short), The John Glenn Story: A Return to Space (TV documentary), The American Experience (TV series), The Quiz Show Scandal, Memory & Imagination: New Pathways to the Library of Congress (TV documentary), Verdict: The Wrong Man, The South Pacific: End of Eden?, The Other Americans (TV documentary)

Max Freedman Management

(Management Company)

Minor Distractions Entertainment

Volcano, Star Trek: Generations, Panga, May The Best Man Win, Final Alliance

Motion Theory

(Production Company specializing in visual effects)

Nash Entertainment / Robert Kosberg Productions

Deep Blue Sea, Twelve Monkeys, Man's Best Friend, The Secret World of Dreams (documentary), Who Wants to Be a Superhero? (TV series), X-Testers, For Love or Money (TV series), My Life Is a Sitcom (TV series), Who Wants to Marry My Dad? (TV series), Dance Fever (TV series), Meet My Folks (TV series)

Niad Management

Boutique management company formed by former ICM exec Wendi Niad. They represent writers, directors and talent. Clients include Neil Cohen (Moebius/Car Wars), Orson Scott Card (Ender’s Game)

Popular Films

SEALAND @ Warner Bros, HURRICANE SEASON @ HBO, LIVE NUDE GIRLS, UNITE @ Reason Pictures, WEASEL @ Echo Lake Productions, CROAK @ Hudson River Entertainment

Protagonist Pictures, Inc.

Cheerful Tearful, Stone Coats, Check It Out (TV series), Once Upon a Library, Project Cougar (TV series documentary), Below Zero

Sandbar Pictures

SEX AND DEATH 101, WHIZ KIDS, LORELEI

Shamrock Motion Pictures

Deal with Dreamworks, (Principle was winner of ‘On The Lot’)

Studio Talent Group

(Agency)

Twilight Pictures, Inc.

Suzuki’s World, Project Cougar, The Twilight Years, The Middle Child

Underground Films

Deal with Weinstein Company

Village Roadshow

Speed Racer, I Am Legend, December Boys, The Brave One, The Invasion, No Reservations, License to Wed, Ocean's Thirteen, Lucky You, The Reaping, Music and Lyrics, Unaccompanied Minors, Happy Feet, Beerfest, The Lake House, Firewall, Rumor Has It..., The Dukes of Hazzard, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, House of Wax, Miss Congeniality, Constantine, Ocean's Twelve, Catwoman, Envy, Torque, Mystic River, Dreamcatcher, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Two Weeks Notice, Ghost Ship, Eight Legged Freaks, Ocean's Eleven, Training Day, Swordfish, Space Cowboys

For the fifth straight year, the Great American PitchFest team proudly brings the best screenwriting instructors, and our premiere pitching event to our fellow screenwriters. All of our executives are vetted and actively searching for new material. As screenwriters ourselves, we know how frustrating pitching events can be. Our unique system and the special attention paid to each participant resulted in last year’s Great American Pitchfest to SELL OUT. This year’s event may well sell out before the early-bird rate for tickets expires on May 31. Don’t miss out. Tickets may be purchased at www.pitchfest.com.