Script Consulting by Tom Schlesinger
I help very talented writers like you maximize your screenwriting potential and sharpen your skills. I do this by making your story development and scriptwriting more focused, productive, and enjoyable.
My solution-based development will help you express and sustain your creative vision from your original idea through your final draft.
You will work faster, and better. As script consultant on the Academy Award winning “Nowhere in Africa”, the HBO documentary “Prom Night in Mississippi” with Morgan Freeman, and “The Night Trilogies” with M. Night Shyamalan, I will guide you to turn your creative successes into a thriving, fulfilling career.
Testimonials
Tom helped me structure my screenplays without imposing any kind of rigid formulas. His extraordinary guidance – with character always in the forefront – enriched my screenplays immensely.
- Caroline Link, writer-director Nowhere in Africa (Academy Award, Best Foreign Film)
Tom’s wisdom, inspiration, and deep understanding of character and story continue to guide me on each screenwriting journey.
- Pamela Gray, screenwriter Conviction, A Walk on the Moon
Tom has the amazing ability to guide writers to a place of enhanced creativity.
- Michael Lehmann, director True Blood, The Truth About Cats and Dogs
Tom has a very unique approach to story and I’m extremely grateful to have had his guidance.
- Jennifer Arnold, writer-director A Small Act (2011 Emmy Nomination, Sundance Jury Prize nominee)
The first thing I did when I began writing was to pick up the phone and call Tom. I can’t think of a more insightful and inspiring “wing man”. He truly guides me to do my best work.
- Daniel Stamm, writer-director The Last Exorcist
Collaborating with Tom has been absolutely essential for me and, aside from his sheer intellectual input, so much fun!
- Doris Doerrie, writer-director Nobody Loves Me, Enlightenment Guaranteed
Email Contact: Click here to contact Tom
Phone Contacts: 415/786-9081 (U.S.) 0162 3850400 (Germany)