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SHOWRUNNERS: A DOCUMENTARY FILM: Message from the Masters

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When this press release showed up in my email inbox it almost went directly to my trash bin. But Showrunners: A Documentary Film sounded like a title I may be interested in learning more about and my curiosity was peeked. Our focus here at NiceGirlsTV has always and will continue to be, strong female leads in television. We all choose our favorite shows and we write about them here. But strong females are not just seen on our screens each week. They are behind the cameras as well. Nice Girl Rueben demonstrates her respect for females as showrunners in her series Women Behind the Scenes Spotlight.

All that being said, I felt like I really wanted to help spread the word about Showrunners so the film can get made! Here’s the presser:

SHOWRUNNERS is the first ever feature length documentary to explore the fascinating world of US television showrunners and the creative forces aligned around them. These people are responsible for creating, writing and overseeing every element of production on one of the United State’s biggest exports – television drama and comedy series. The film takes audiences behind the scenes of the chaotic world of the showrunner to reveal the incredible amount of work that goes into making sure their favorite TV series airs on time as well as the challenges that showrunners must overcome to ensure a new series makes it onto the schedules at all.

Some of the talent appearing in SHOWRUNNERS include:

JOSS WHEDON – BUFFY, FIREFLY         J.J. ABRAMS – LOST, ALIAS, REVOLUTION

DAMON LINDELOF – LOST                       TERENCE WINTER – BOARDWALK EMPIRE

BILL PRADY – THE BIG BANG THEORY   KURT SUTTER – SONS OF ANARCHY

HART HANSON – BONES                           JANET TAMARO – RIZZOLI & ISLES

SHAWN RYAN– THE SHIELD                     STEVEN S. DEKNIGHT– SPARTACUS

MARK SCHWAHN – ONE TREE HILL        JANE ESPENSON – BUFFY, CAPRICA                               

J.H. WYMAN – FRINGE                               MATTHEW CARNAHAN – HOUSE OF LIES

DAVID SHORE – HOUSE                            DEE JOHNSON – BOSS

DEAN DEVLIN – LEVERAGE                      RON D. MOORE – BATTLESTAR

JAMES DUFF – THE CLOSER                     MIKE KELLEY – REVENGE

                               JONATHAN NOLAN – PERSON OF INTEREST

 

Who doesn’t want to know what goes on in the writers room? Haven’t you wanted to be able to pick the brains of these mighty talents? I have and I have! I want this film to be created – a lot. Maybe it will inspire the coming generation of showrunners, you never know. I thought about the fact that if only 4,000 people gave $20 toward Showrunners, they’d be able to meet their goal by Christmas. I’ve seen campaigns for Twitter followers generate results that were phenomenal. Why can’t this work too? And what a nice way to spread that holiday cheer, no?

The goal is $80,000 by Dec. 25th. There are some really nice incentives to help persuade you. Win – win!

Take a look at the promo and see what you think.

Follow the progress on Facebook and Twitter, and help get the word out!

Twitter: http://twitter.com/showrunnersfilm

Facebook: http://facebook.com/showrunners

 

Liz is a wife and mother of three from the Nashville area who likes being able to discuss her favorite TV shows with adults sometimes. She is addicted to the Sookie Stackhouse novels and was a huge fan of the HBO series based on the books, True Blood. Her other favorite shows include Chuck, Grimm, Pretty Little Liars, Blindspot, Heroes Reborn, The Goldbergs, Sleepy Hollow, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter, just to name a few. Contact her at bethanne@nicegirlstv.com.