Matt Misetich, Executive Director of Pipeline Media Group, talks with screenwriter Crosby Selander about the state of the screenwriting industry. Included in the discussion is a live Q&A with the attendees.

Crosby Selander is a Los Angeles based screenwriter and filmmaker. He received a double BA from New York University, and his MFA from Carnegie Mellon University where he was the recipient of a Shubert Fellowship. After placing as a finalist in the Script Pipeline Screenwriting Contest, his screenplay BRING ME BACK (currently set up at Legendary) went on to become the biggest spec sale of 2020, and one of the biggest all-time from an unproduced writer.

Crosby went on to develop the Hugo-winning novel THE FOREVER WAR for TV alongside director Francis Lawrence for Village Roadshow, and served in the feature writing room for the MATCHBOX movie for Skydance.

He has projects in active development at Lab Brew, 193, and Weed Road. His short films have played at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Hollyshorts, and dozens of other film festivals around the world. He’s been featured in Variety, the Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, and China Daily, among others.

He's repped for film/tv at UTA and Kaplan Perrone Entertainment.

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• Crosby on X: @CrosbySelander

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Pipeline Executive Director Matthew Misetich talked with Michael Peterson, Vice President of Development for Phoenix Pictures, to discuss the art of screenwriting and filmmaking through the lens of a producer.

As always, our Symposium one-on-one conversations are a community event, welcoming the audience's questions, too.

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Recording on YouTube

Michael Peterson’s Bio

Relevant Symposiums Sessions:

• “Writing to Budget” by Bob Saenz
• “Creative Strategies for the Changing Screenwriting Landscape” with Lee Jessup
• Wednesday, August 6th: “Logline Workshop” with Merridith Allen (offered multiple times a year)

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Kate McKean is a literary agent at the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency in Brooklyn, but she's also an author and the creator of the popular Agents & Books newsletter. Get ready for the ultimate agent AMA.

Pipeline exec Jeanne Veillette Bowerman conducts an intimate one-on-one dialogue with Kate, diving into the life of an agent, and also her new book, Write Through It: An Insider’s Guide to Publishing and the Creative Life, coming out in June. If that's not enough, she also has a picture book set to publish by Sourcebooks in 2026.

As always, our Symposium one-on-one conversations are a community event. While Jeanne and Kate converse, your questions will be addressed, too.

Pour a beverage, sit back and relax. Enjoy the dialogue.

Resources:

Kate’s Website
Agents + Books Newsletter
Kate on IG
Kate on X
Kate on BlueSky
Kate on Goodreads

Order Kate’s new book, Write Through It: An Insider’s Guide to Publishing and the Creative Life

Free Symposiums Mentioned:

Hard Truths: Book Writing Competitions
One-on-One with Victoria Strauss

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