Marc Scott Zicree, Screenwriter/Author: I am here to provide a service and if I can open a door for someone where they understand that it’s not as hard as people make it sound, you know that’s the trick of it…
Film Courage: Marc, what do you think makes you different than the thousands of other screenwriters who came to Los Angeles during your time here? What do you think made it different for you?
Marc: Well, I think I was very, very lucky in the fact that I was enthusiastic about science fiction from when I was a small boy and science fiction (unlike a lot of other genres) the fans became the writers and so they had a sense of wanting to pay it forward. When I noticed that the same writers were writing for Star Trek and The Outer Limits and Twilight Zone as we’re writing the short stories and books that I was reading and the novels Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellis and Theodore Sturgeon, Richard Matheson, etc. I could then go to science fiction conventions when I was a teenager and I sought these wonderful people out and…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
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BIO:
Marc Scott Zicree is the author of THE TWILIGHT ZONE COMPANION and has written for shows such as STAR TREK – THE NEXT GENERATION, SLIDERS, DEEP SPACE NINE, BABYLON 5, SMURFS, HE-MAN, REAL GHOSTBUSTERS and many more. Marc and his wife Elaine Zicree have worked for virtually all the major studios and networks. In addition to writing, directing and producing great projects for film, TV and books (including the forthcoming GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES), Marc and Elaine mentor thousands of others toward successful careers in the Industry via The Table industry roundtable meetings.
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