From the Other Side of the Desk A Development Exec Comes Clean

Frederick Levy's Bimonthly Development Column

When No Means No - October 10, 2000
What I Read First - June 4, 2000
Can Anyone Write A Teen Movie? - April 25, 2000
Dispelling Myths of the Development Executive - February 1, 2000

Frederick Levy is the Vice President of Development and Production at Marty Katz Productions. The company currently has a first-look deal with Miramax and Dimension Films. The first movie produced under this deal is REINDEER GAMES, directed by John Frankenheimer, and starring Ben Affleck and Charlize Theron. They are currently in production on IMPOSTOR, directed by Gary Fleder, and starring Gary Sinise and Madeline Stowe.

The company's most recent films include James Cameron's TITANIC for Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox; MR. WRONG starring Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Pullman for Touchstone Pictures; and MAN OF THE HOUSE starring Chevy Chase and Jonathan Taylor Thomas for Walt Disney Pictures.

Levy teaches film classes at the Los Angeles branch of Emerson College, UCLA Extension, and USC's School of Cinema-Television. Levy's first book, Hollywood 101: The Film Industry (Renaissance) is currently available. He is also working on a book about the teen music scene for Simon & Schuster which is due out in September, 2000. Levy moderates a community forum on Breaking Into the Business at www.creativeplanet.com.

For more information on Levy's book, please visit his web site at www.hollywood-101.com.

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