Michael Schulman

Michael began his career at the William Morris Agency as an agent trainee and assistant to the world wide head-of-talent where he worked with top actors including Richard Gere, Mel Gibson, Nicolas Cage, Denzel Washington, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Nicole Kidman. After a move to ICM, and upon promotion to agent in the motion picture literary department, Michael began representing emerging screenwriters, directors, and producers, brokering the deal for Danny Rubin’s screenplay GROUNDHOG DAY to director Harold Ramis.

Michael ultimately switched from the agency world to the buyer side as VP of Development for Alec Baldwin’s company at Orion Pictures and subsequently for Dennis Quaid’s company at TriStar. Michael later served a stint at Barry Mendel Productions on the Disney lot where he was involved with the acquisition, development and production of RUSHMORE, THE SIXTH SENSE, and MUNICH. Michael spent two years as head of development for Michael Mann’s company where he worked on ALI, THE AVIATOR, and TEXAS KILLING FIELDS.

More recently, Michael has been working as a story analyst/script consultant for Netflix in the Original Independent Film (OIF) division. Michael has presented several well-received webinars on the screenplay development and acquisition process, and he has been interviewed and frequently quoted in the industry media.

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