Scriptapalooza Fellowship

Scriptapalooza is proud to announce the Scriptapalooza Fellowship

The Scriptapalooza Fellowship program was developed to honor dedicated writers and to help accommodate their creative process and skills. Creativity has many interruptions; most of them legitimate reasons, such as dealing with life. Isolating yourself from all of your demands is not an easy task.  “This new fellowship will give its recipient the opportunity to focus solely on his/her writing by removing the writer from his/her daily commitments and providing a supportive environment,” says Mark Andrushko, founder of Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition, which has been promoting and discovering writers since 1998.

The Scriptapalooza Fellowship recipient will be awarded a five-day screenwriting retreat in Costa Rica with Award-Winning Screenwriter Jacob Krueger. The retreat takes place June 10-14, 2016 in Samara, Costa Rica, in a private hotel reserved exclusively for the fellowship recipient and twelve other talented writers. The winning fellowship recipient will enjoy a full curriculum of writing classes, discussions, workshops and feedback sessions taught by Jacob Krueger and senior members of the JK Studio Staff. Each retreat will offer a unique program created specifically for the needs of the writers attending. 

The Scriptapalooza Fellowship recipient will receive six months of mentoring from one of our vastly talented industry mentors. The list includes Janet Jeffries of Lawrence Bender Productions, Amanda Marshall of Cold Iron Pictures, Alexia Melocchi of Little Studio Films, Rob Margolies of Different Duck Films, Katrina Nahikian of Bullet Heart, and Breven Warren of Angaelica.

Five additional writers will receive an online writing course, $1000, and a three-month mentorship from one of the above industry professionals. Everyone who applies will receive four to five pages of feedback.

Fellowship applications will only be available from Sept. 1, 2015 to Oct 31, 2015.  For more information, visit http://www.scriptapalooza.com/fellowship/

Helping as many writers as possible has always been the foundation and heart of Scriptapalooza, and this mission will be furthered with the Fellowship. 

THE MAGICAL TALENT OF ACTOR ADRIAN ANNIS

Adrian Annis is one of those great actors whose face you instantly recognize – probably because in the last 12 years he’s acted in almost a hundred productions, including full length movies, TV, commercials and even music videos. He’s the kind of guy producers love to have on the set because he is the ultimate professional. He’s on time, knows his lines and comes in ready to work. Adrian’s reliability and legendary preparedness for his roles comes out of his basic principle of “Why bother to do something if you’re not going to do it right?” It’s simple and it works, and all professionals, no matter what field they’re in, adhere to it, whether they know it or not. 

Acting, like sports, excited him at an early age. He began to ‘perform’ when he was a boy, but it was generally on the sports field playing football and tennis. He got to be an excellent player in both those sports until the Thespian spirit’s calling became too hard to resist and he decided to concentrate on acting full time. Being an athlete, however, helped him to stay in shape for some of his more rigorous roles and the discipline and camaraderie inherent in team sports effortlessly overlapped into his acting career, which keeps Adrian in demand not only for his talent but for his ability to work comfortably, cheerfully and co-operatively with large casts.
Once he made up his mind to be an actor, he went all out and never hesitated. He auditioned for everything and treated every part he got as the best role in the universe. And obviously, he succeeded, because twelve years later, which is right now, Adrian has played scores of characters and worked with internationally known actors and directors and is one of those people who make you wonder how they can do so much in such a short amount of time.

He’s been in so many movies and TV shows that they can’t all fit here. But a few of the television shows Adrian’s been in are: “Eastenders,” “Ashes To Ashes” and “The Bill.” Movies are a particular love of Adrian’s and he has been fortunate enough to work on some really solid productions. He played one of the main Deatheaters in the last two Harry Potter films and many independent movies, such as “My Guardian Angel,” “Dumar,” “The Crack” and dozens of others. 

Adrian is originally from London but now lives in Cambridgeshire.

Scriptapalooza is proud to announce the Scriptapalooza Fellowship

The Scriptapalooza Fellowship program was developed to honor dedicated writers and to help accommodate their creative process and skills.  “This new fellowship will give its recipient the opportunity to focus solely on his/her writing by removing the writer from his/her daily commitments and providing a supportive environment,” says Mark Andrushko, founder of Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition.


The Scriptapalooza Fellowship recipient will be awarded a five-day screenwriting retreat in Costa Rica. The retreat takes place June 10-14, 2016 in Samara, Costa Rica, in a private hotel reserved exclusively for the fellowship recipient and twelve other talented writers.

The Scriptapalooza Fellowship recipient will receive six months of mentoring from one of our vastly talented industry mentors. The list includes Janet Jeffries of Lawrence Bender Productions, Amanda Marshall of Cold Iron Pictures, Alexia Melocchi of Little Studio Films, Rob Margolies of Different Duck Films, Katrina Nahikian of Bullet Heart, and Breven Warren of Angaelica.

Five additional writers will receive an online writing course, $1000, and a three-month mentorship from one of the above industry professionals. Everyone who applies will receive four to five pages of feedback.

Fellowship applications will only be available from Sept. 1, 2015 to Oct 31, 2015.  For more information, visit http://www.scriptapalooza.com/fellowship/.

A true story of Nile

Showbiz industry not only provides a wide range of entertainment to the viewers but also involves many ways to shape their lifestyle. There are many movies and series which inspire and guide us towards the right path. Recently a survey indicated an increase in suicides rates which is a threatening sign to life. I came across a Facebook based blog “A Year of Knowing Nile” which is written by Ian Zachary Whittigham. 
 “Knowing Nile” is a true story of Nile who was a friend of Ian Zachary Whittingham and he has brought out the recurrence of Nile’s lifestyle during his last year in Brick Lane, London. The blog brings out the frank and funny side of Nile which comprises a string of events. He was outstanding young man who fought against mental ailment for quite a long time before his unfortunate suicide. Ian’s blog is a dedication to his dear friend “Nile” and a preventive step to help the people in despair from committing suicides. The blog “A Year of Knowing Nile” is the most viewed and top rated UK blog of the year. 


The enchanting and talented Amy Field

Amy Field is an extremely talented actress and singer.  She is hard working and driven.  She has been singing since a very young age and has always loved performing.  She was so excited when she first joined her school choir at age six, and she has held onto that excitement throughout her career.  Her energy and talent are both astonishing.

Amy has a lot of experience performing.  She sang with the Australian Youth Choir, an international touring choir, at many different venues.  She toured in both the USA and the UK.  She sang at Carnegie Hall, Disneyland, Independence Hall, at the David Cup and many other places and events.  She has trained with some of the best.  She studied singer under Margi Di Ferranti and Pat Wilson.  She also was trained in acting by Adrian Barnes at the Springboards Performing Arts School.  Amy took classes at Darlo Drama and Acting World before attending the Stella Adler Studio of Acting Conservatory Program in 2014.  Her training has really paid off, as she has had many starring roles. 


Australian actress Amy Field, on right, pictured here with singer Pink


Amy has played the lead character of Evelyn in Independence, which has been her favorite role so far.  She also starred in Anastasia, Six Degrees of Separation, Anything Goes, and Return to the Forbidden Planet.  These are but a few of the amazing things Amy has done.  Her next big project is the SWAG Theatre Company, an Australian theatre company that she has started.  They will be performing the play A Single Act on October 8-11 at the Tank in New York City.  Amy produced and plays the lead role in A Single Act.  The play is about domestic abuse, and Amy hopes that through this play she will be able to help spread awareness about this horrible issue and support the cause.  Amy is an inspiring actress and singer, and she will continue to do great things as she continues working hard in the industry.