Film Courage: What do you say to the screenwriter who says it’s not their job to get the movie made. It’s just their job to have ideas and come up with a story?
Jim Agnew, Screenwriter/Producer: They probably won’t get a movie made. I mean it’s just a team process. It’s like if you get to a certain level where you can get paid very well off of screenplays, you can have that mindset. But those are high level professionals. Like Yeah I got paid half a million dollars to do this and that…good luck! And they know it’s a money gig and maybe…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
BIO:
Jim Agnew is a director, writer and producer, known for The Capture (2017), Rage (2014) and Game of Death (2011). A former contributor/writer to Film Threat who played guitar for the Industrial Rock group Hate Dept. Jim has worked with such directors as Dario Argento and John Carpenter as well as Oscar-winning actors, producers and writers.
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