Sean Hastings: Actor and screenwriter in New York City, New York.

Living through the process of navigating the craft side, but now more than ever, a huge emphasis on every artist having to be as equally, or aware enough to hire others, to be business savvy in marketability, insights, professionalism and self-preservation/promotion. Trusting that forming a community isn't as daunting as it appears to be in relation to being a creative. I'm constantly reexamining the truest version of myself while seeking what's next in service of articulating the essence of my "wheelhouse." The ultimate question for me is: How does one approach Hollywood, without being too Hollywood? In a time when social media is no longer taboo or optional, it's as equally essential to face-to-face relationship building, with the goals of being successful in operating along this monster of an industry.  Eager to Learn. Driven to Create. Let's Connect Sean

Or studios killed the Directors and screenwriters? Blockbuster, blockbuster, blockbuster? Money makes the world go around, the world go world around, the world go around...

No lies. Everyone would like to sell a script for a million dollars. But! Have you recently recognized in the theater of a new John Huston, Federico Fellini, Akira Kurosawa, Peter Bogdanovich, Coppola, Tarantino, Kubrick, Scorsese, Lucas, Zemeckis, Cameron, Bergman, Polanski, Altman, De Palma, Tarkovsky...

Studio hire professionals who know how to make a movie, and of course work very well. Where we lost the FILM in the meantime?

Independent films, short films, festivals ... elementary school from which to recruit good workers?

Have you thought about that?

21 days and 100 pages in... Act III I'm coming for you!

Hi Sean. I'm RB, Founder and CEO of Stage 32. As a screenwriter, producer, actor and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work, landing representation, launching projects, securing funding and simply making the connections that will make a difference in their careers. That's why I created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 1,000,000+ members representing every country on the planet making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth.

This is a network for you, built by you. Like most things in life, the more you participate, the greater the rewards. We ask all new members to pay it forward by inviting 5 fellow creatives to the network and by spreading the word of Stage 32 through other social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. The more creatives, the stronger the network. The stronger the network, the more opportunities.

Thanks for joining the movement and for being a part of this most talented and inspiring community. I very much look forward to your contributions.

Thanks, and have a creative day!

RB

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Hello Sean -

Welcome to the community! I'm Amanda Toney, the Managing Director at Stage 32. Since 2013 I've been proud to oversee Stage 32's Next Level Education, which provides you the most up-to-date tools necessary to become a better creative.

Over the years Stage 32 has worked with over 500 industry executives and professionals to teach online webinars, classes and intensive labs exclusively for you - our Stage 32 community. We bring you instructors who have worked directly on some of your favorite films, TV shows or theater productions to teach you in-the-trenches information that you won't find anywhere else on producing, directing, financing, writing, packaging, acting and more.

Our Next Level Education has a 97% satisfaction rate and averages 4.5 out of 5 stars. Plus, we've had the honor to be called "LinkedIn meets Lynda.com for film, television and theater creatives" by Forbes Magazine.

I encourage you to take the next step to continue learning and expanding your career by clicking here, or clicking "education" on your top menu bar.

I'm grateful you've joined the Stage 32 community. Please let me know if you have any questions!

Amanda