"Q&A
with Literary Manager"
Date
Tuesday,
June 12, 2018
7:00-9:00PM
Location
Westside Pavilion
Community Room A, Level 3 (not
Room B!)
(Macy's side of mall; near Food Court)
10800 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA, 90064
About the Event
Are you interested in gaining insights from
a prominent Literary Manager? Are you seeking representation
as a writer, director or content creator? Do you
want to know what agents and managers look for in
potential clients? Or maybe you're interested in
networking or becoming a manager or agent? If so,
this is an intimate event that
you do not want to miss! All participants will have
an opportunity to ask candid questions directly
to the speaker!
About the Speaker
Marilyn R. Atlas is a talent and
literary manager and award-winning producer. Among
her credits as film producer are “Real Women
Have Curves” for HBO, which won the Audience
Award at the Sundance Film Festival; “A Certain
Desire,” starring Sam Waterston; and “Echoes,”
which won the Gold Award at the Texas International
Film Festival. In addition to producing a variety
of programming for the cable/ pay TV market. In
live theater, Marilyn co-produced the West Coast
premiere of the musical “God Bless You Mr.
Rosewater” by Ashman and Menken (the writers
of “Enchanted” and “Tangled”).
She also co-produced the award-winning play “To
Gillian on Her 37th Birthday,” which was made
into a film starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Peter
Gallagher. In 2014, she co-produced the play “Detained
in the Desert” at the Guadalupe Theater in
San Antonio, TX. Her additional credits as a producer
in live theater include “Today’s Special”
and “As I Sing.” In 2014, she produced
the Lifetime movie “The Choking Game”
based on the YA book “Choke”.
Marilyn has long been committed to issues surrounding
diversity in Hollywood. As a member of the National
Association of Latino Independent Producers, she
spoke at many of their writers’ and producers’
retreats. She also has lectured at the DGA-sponsored
LA Asian Film Festival, as well as various other
symposia for the Sherman Oaks Experimental College.
She is a founding member of Women in Film’s
Luminas Committee, which supports the portrayal
of women in non-stereotypical roles in film and
television. She has spoken at events such as The
San Francisco Writers Conference, the Santa Fe Screenwriters
Conference and Richard Krevolin’s USC Screenwriting
Retreat. Marilyn has also taught several actor workshops.
Additionally, she was a guest lecturer in the Writing
Program at USC, where she previously taught a class
for several years on creating three-dimensional,
non-stereotypical characters.
Marilyn has been a guest speaker at various colleges
and writers’ colleges all over the country,
including Harvardwood, UCLA, USC, Emerson, University
of Redlands, and the University of Wisconsin. She
has spoken at the Texas Bar Association and was
a guest lecturer at Whittier Law School. She has
served as the professional-in residence (in theater
and film) at Ball State University, and was the
speaker at the International Writer’s Conference
at Hollins University (2010). She structured an
intensive course at Skyline College in San Francisco
covering the inception, development and promotion
of a script in “The Business of Screenwriting:
The Idea – and its Execution.”
In addition to Marilyn’s film/TV credits,
she has sold (first time) novels “Chasing
the Jaguar” to HarperCollins, “Hungry
Woman in Paris” to Grand Central Publishing,
and the “Ave Maria Bed & Breakfast”
to Hachette Publishing, and the “Last Ride
of Caleb O’Toole” to Source Books. Previously,
Marilyn developed the “Brides’ March”
for Lifetime Television as well as a limited television
series. She previously produced the musical version
of “Real Women Have Curves” in Los Angeles
in 2009 and is involved in the current development
of “Real Women Have Curves” for 2018.
She was also recently a speaker at the International
Women’s Writer Conference in Italy in 2014
and 2017. She is featured in the book “Write
Now!” from Penguin/Tarcher. She is the co-author
of a relationship-based, screenwriting guide called
“Dating Your Character,” about an organic
approach to character creation for Stairway Press’s
release on August 2016.
Marilyn has several projects in development based
on books and true stories across several genres.
Atlas is currently developing a TV pilot based on
the Gary Phillips series of novels “High Hand”
and “Shooter’s Point” featuring
strong-willed African-American protagonist
Martha Chainey. She is also developing a project
about the life of renowned political
activist Abbie Hoffman based on the book Run Run
Run by Jack Hoffman and Daniel
Simon. Amongst many other projects, Marilyn is also
working on a children’s show for
TV based on a series of best-selling books.
Atlas is currently developing a TV pilot based
on the Gary Phillips series of novels “High
Hand” and “Shooter’s Point”
featuring strong-willed African-American protagonist
Martha Chainey. She is also developing a project
about the life of renowned political
activist Abbie Hoffman based on the book Run Run
Run by Jack Hoffman and Daniel
Simon. Amongst many other projects, Marilyn is also
working on a children’s show for
TV based on a series of best-selling books. Atlas
is currently developing a TV pilot based on the
Gary Phillips series of novels “High Hand”
and “Shooter’s Point” featuring
strong-willed African-American protagonist Martha
Chainey. She is also developing a project about
the life of renowned political activist Abbie Hoffman
based on the book Run Run Run by Jack Hoffman and
Daniel Simon. Amongst many other projects, Marilyn
is also working on a children’s show for TV
based on a series of best-selling books.
Atlas is currently developing a TV pilot based
on the Gary Phillips series of novels “High
Hand” and “Shooter’s Point”
featuring strong-willed African-American protagonist
Martha Chainey. Additionally, she is developing
the award-winning, multi-cultural book series, “The
Code Busters Club” for television.
Space
is very limited!
