clockhart

Christopher Lockhart is a Hollywood executive, producer and teacher.   For the last 16 years, he has worked within some of the entertainment industry’s most esteemed talent agencies searching through piles of scripts, books, articles, old movies and pitches in search of projects for "A" list actors.   He started at ICM, where he worked with legendary talent agent Ed Limato, ran the Story Department, and facilitated the Agent Trainee Program.  Later he moved to the venerable William Morris Agency, which eventually merged with Endeavor to form WME, the world's largest diversified talent agency, where he currently serves as Story Editor.  He has an MFA in dramatic writing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.  He has taught at Los Angeles Valley College, UCLA and is currently an adjunct professor in the MFA program at National University.    He is an award winning and Emmy nominated producer with credits that include THE COLLECTOR (2009) and its sequel THE COLLECTION (2012), as well as writing and producing the documentary MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS (2010) for Oprah Winfrey.   He is a member of the Writers Guild, the Producers Guild, and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.  He has read over 35,000 scripts throughout his career.  

Articles by clockhart

WET T-SHIRT CONTEST
SOME ADVICE ON PITCHING
Tips by a Hollywood Insider on how to Write a Successful Query Letter
THINK "HALLEWOOD"
Screenwriting Contests
Screenplay Loglines Revisited
Q & A: How can I get a job as a script reader for a studio or agency?
More Q & A: Topics include Querying Agents, Producers, & Character Direction
The "A" List for a Screenplay
Q & A with Christopher Lockhart
To Sir, With Love: Query Letter Problems
Ten Screenwriting Tips!
THE INSIDE PITCH: Query Letters