BONUS EPISODE: The Philosophy of Screenwriting in Hollywood with Pen Densham

Today on the show we Pen Densham. Pen is a successful
award-winning screenwriter, producer, and director, with an
extensive track record in film and television. He is responsible
for writing and producing some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters,
such as Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Backdraft, Blown Away along
with some of its longest-running television series including The
Outer Limits.

Starting with his first job in show business, riding atop a live
alligator for a theatrical short film made by his parents, Pen
decided to leave his English school system at age 15 and has since
spent his lifetime in the business of entertainment, selling films
and television series, as well as hiring, mentoring and
collaborating with A-list writers along the way. His latest film is
Harriet, which he is the executive producer of.

Pen's latest project, Riding the Alligator: Strategies for a Career
in Screenplay Writing and Not getting Eaten was written with
one clear goal in mind: to write the kind of book he would have
loved to have read when he was starting out as a writer-filmmaker.
Pen is also an adjunct professor at the University of Southern
California’s prestigious School of Cinematic Arts.

I had a ball speaking to Pen about his time in Hollywood, what it
was like to screenwriter/producer monster hits and his
screenwriting philosophy on how to make it in Hollywood.

Enjoy my eye-opening conversation with Pen Densham.

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