GETTING YOUR STUFF MADE: FROM SCREENWRITING TO PRODUCING

Saturday, October 24, 2020
1:00 PM PT

Premiering at the NFFTY 2020 Filmmaker Summit.

Screenwriter and producer Sev Ohanian overviews his career and move from journalism to entertainment. He details rising up as an independent producer, writing his own material, and seeing everything through to release. From co-producing FRUITVALE STATION to writing and producing SEARCHING to executive producing SPACE JAM 2, he'll go over the tips of the trade that got him where he is today.

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Sev Ohanian

Sev Ohanian is a screenwriter and producer native to Los Angeles. His most recent film, SEARCHING, which he co-wrote and produced, was released by Sony Screen Gems in Summer 2018 and grossed $75M worldwide. He also co-wrote and produced RUN for Lionsgate, starring Sarah Paulson, which will be released soon by Hulu. He’s also been tapped by Ryan Coogler to help run his new production company, where he served as executive producer on SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY and JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH, both for Warner Brothers. In 2018, Ohanian received the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Award and the Sundance Institute / Amazon Studios Narrative Producer Award.