Film Courage: Brooks, before you moved to Hollywood what was the picture you had in your mind of what it meant to be a working Hollywood screenwriter?
Brooks Elms, Teacher/Consultant/Screenwriter: That’s a great question if before I went to Hollywood my thought of being a working screenwriter is sort of non-stop five projects at a time, this one, that one, the other one and finishing one and getting on to another one. I think that’s pretty much what I would think back then.
Film Courage: When you were attending NYU or even before you had this vision that it would be non-stop work, phone ringing, people wanting to have meetings…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
BIO:
Brooks Elms is a screenwriter and independent filmmaker. His specialty is grounded personal characters and writing story tension so thick it knots up your stomach. He’s written 25+ screenplays, a dozen of them on assignment, and sold several scripts, including one this year with Brad Peyton as Executive Producer. Brooks was recently hired to rewrite a screenplay started by an Oscar-winning writer. Brooks began his career writing, directing, and producing two indie features (personal dramas) that he screened all over the world. And Brooks also loves coaching fellow writers who have a burning ambition to deeply serve their audiences.
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