Do you have a great script but don't have the access to the industry to move it forward? That's what we're here for.
This is the 11th season of the ISA Fast Track Fellowship. With each passing year we continue to find fresh and original voices to pair up with eight veteran industry mentors for an intense, career-launching week in Los Angeles. After the week is over, our Fellows are invited onto the ISA Development Slate for support from the Development Team for a minimum of one year!
When the program launched, we had no idea what impact it would have on our Fellows' careers. Many of our Fellows have signed with top agents, managers and/or had their scripts optioned or purchased. There is no faster path to breaking in than getting on the Fast Track!
62 SCRIPTS ON THE ISA DEVELOPMENT SLATE HAVE BEEN PRODUCED OR OPTIONED.
Many more are out to top producers and many of these emerging screenwriters have received representation as a result of getting onto the Slate.
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FAST TRACK SUCCESS STORY:
Fast Track Fellow signs with same management as Barry Jenkins, the writer/director of the Oscar winning film MOONLIGHT
Sean Collins-Smith, one of our most recent Fast Track Fellows met executives at Silent R Management during his Fast Track week and signed with them just 10 days later.
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Accepting Features and Pilots.
Fast Track Week: Los Angeles - May 18-22, 2020
TWO FAST TRACK FELLOWS WILL RECEIVE:
- Mentorship Week in Los Angeles featuring 8 meetings with studio and development executives and literary agents
- Airfare and hotel included
- Year-long script development and guidance
- Acceptance onto the ISA Development Slate
- Script Diagnosis Read and Notes Session from Jessica Blank Coaching
- A 12-Month ISAConnect Membership
- The Craft Course in Screenwriting
- Fellowship announcements to various media outlets
TOP 50 WILL RECEIVE:
- The Craft Course in Screenwriting
- A 12-Month ISAConnect Membership
”As a Fast Track runner-up, the ISA helped me secure my first manager, which ultimately catapulted my career into a full-time, working writer. And they haven’t stopped there. Both Max and Felicity have provided me with indespensable advice, time and knowledge in guiding the Hollywood system. I’m very grateful to have them in my corner, and consider the ISA an integral part in forming my career.” ~ Evan Cooper, Fast Track Top 10
"The ISA has been instrumental in the momentum of my career. By submitting my projects to high level companies and executives, I have received exposure that propelled me to the next level. I have a team working for me. I love the ISA and their superhero Director of Outreach, Max Timm!" ~ Jamie Anderson, ISA Development Slate Screenwriter
“Winning the Fast Track Fellowship gave me more industry exposure in one week than I had in over a decade of writing. A Fast Track mentor sent one of my scripts out to major studios, and I still remain in contact with this producer. I am also currently developing a television show with another Fast Track mentor. If you want to take your writing career to the next level — apply right away!”
~ David Kushner, Writer/Fast Track Fellow
SUCCESS STORIES:
• Sean Collins-Smith signed with same management as the writer/director of Moonlight after his meeting during Fast Track Week
• Melissa Birks signed with The Savage Agency.
• Andy Byrne’s, commissioned feature re-write is set for production in 2018 with director/producer, Kevin Goetz (Scenic Route). He also signed with Catapult Entertainment Group, and his pilot Disconn is currently under consideration by an A-list actor.
• Evan Cooper, Top 10 Fast Track screenwriter has signed with manager Kailey Marsh (creator of The Blood List) and is in production on a $2,500,000 film he wrote and will direct.
• Christopher DeWan signed an option for his TV project with Indomitable Entertainment, which prompted an almost immediate set of pitch meetings at Netflix and BBC America, among many others.