7 Habits of 7 Figure Screenwriters CD

Marvin V. Acuna - is a producer and founder of Acuna Entertainment, a literary management and film/television production company based in California. AE's mission is to identify career-building opportunities in motion picture and television; to provide significant access to agencies, studios, and networks; and to produce select client originated material, thus enabling our clients to direct and transition from writer to filmmaker. This approach allows our clients to become leaders in the entertainment industry. AE's intention is to become the industry's literary representation and production company of choice for writers who aspire to become filmmakers. Born in Guatemala, he immigrated to the USA at the age of five. His formative years were spent in Providence, RI. He has spent his adult life manifesting his childhood dream -- making filmed entertainment!

Acuna has over fifteen years of motion picture/television production, development and artist representation experience, and a vast network of established entertainment industry relationships. He gained exposure to every aspect of the television and film industries, including but not limited to development, production, acquisitions, financing, syndication, and packaging. He has reviewed, summarized, and appraised the marketability of submitted motion picture screenplays, television scripts, treatments, and independent films. Additionally, he played a key role in the strategic planning and execution of Bernie Mac's, (The Bernie Mac Show) professional career goals.

He produced the feature film The Great Buck Howard starring John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Emily Blunt, Steve Zahn, and Tom Hanks. The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival to nine sold out screenings and rave reviews. The picture is the center piece film for the 2008 Seattle Film Festival and the closing gala film for the 2008 Cinevegas Film Festival. It will make its nationwide theatrical debut February of 2009. Currently, he is in the final days of post-production for the Documentary, Leaving Vogue Moran. The story of a 43-year-old man who awakes to the truth that he is alone. He embarks on a journey to discover a healthy relationship by confronting his past. His journey leads him thru the transformation of self loathing to self love. Up next, he is set to produce Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story, The Year Of Wonders starring Abigail Breslin, and Class Action starring George Lopez. Other feature credits include, Two Days starring Paul Rudd, Adam Scott and Donal Logue; Touched starring Jenna Elfman, Bruce Davison, and Samantha Mathis; and How Did It Feel starring Blair Underwood and Natasha Gregson Wagner.

In Television, Acuna has Price set up at CBS; Expedition set up at HBO; Walter Reed Medical set up at FX; Complications, based on The New York Times best-selling novel of the same name, at FOX; and finally in pre-production Girly Magazine Party from Dennis Klein, creator of HBO's The Larry Sanders Show. He will conduct consultation appointments and present, "The Seven Habits of Six (And Seven) Figure Screenwriters."

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