BPS 074: The Screenwriter's COVID-19 Survival Guide with Jason Mirch

With all the unknowns facing screenwriters due to world events I
thought I'd bring on someone who had his ear to the grindstone of
Hollywood to see what the town is thinking and doing during this
crazy time. I reached out to Stage 32's Jason Mirch, to talk about
Hollywood and how to survive and thrive as a screenwriter during
and post-COVID.

Jason Mirch is a feature film and television producer and executive
with over 15 years of experience. Jason also serves as the Director
of Script Services at Stage 32 where he works directly with
screenwriters, filmmakers, and leading industry executives.

In addition to his work with Stage 32, Jason runs production and
development for a company which produced low-budget genre pictures
for an international audience, as well as serves as a business
advisor to a successful post-production VFX company which
contributed to The Peanut Butter Falcon, Crawl, Martin Scorsese's
Silence, Arctic, and Let them Talk for Steven Soderbergh and
HBO.

Most recently, he produced a 3D animated feature film starring
Jacob Tremblay, Emmy-winner Christopher Lloyd, Oscar-winner Mel
Brooks, Emmy-winner Kenan Thompson, and Emmy-winner Carol
Kane.

Mirch was the Head of Feature and Television Development at Image
Nation, a finance and production company based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
There, he supervised the Image Nation contributions in the
development of Flight, The Help, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,
Contagion, Careful What You Wish For, Ghost Rider 2, and 100 Foot
Journey.​

Prior to his work at Image Nation, Mirch was Co-Head of Development
at Storyline Entertainment (Oscar-winning Chicago, Footloose, The
Bucket List) where he developed a slate of feature film projects
for New Line, Paramount, Summit Ent., and CBS/Paramount. He also
developed and sold television projects and mini-series to CBS, NBC,
Fox, ABC, and Lifetime.

If you want to know what is currently going on in Hollyweird and
how to better position yourself as a screenwriter now and in a
post-COVID-19 world then listen up.

Enjoy my conversation with Jason Mirch.

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