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John Brian Zaozirny (born June 26, 1947) is a businessman, lawyer and politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1986 and served as the Minister of Energy from 1982 to 1986.
John Zaozirny oversees the feature film production slate for Bellevue and the Literary Management Team. His clients’ writing and directing credits include COBWEB, INFINITE, PARALLEL, ELI, BAD MATCH, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2022), HEAVY TRIP, OFFICE UPRISING, JOLT, and SPLINTER amongst others.
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When you think about getting representation, that essentially means you're finding someone to promote and sell you and find you jobs. Agents might work somewhere like CAA or WME, while managers might be at places like Bellevue, 3 Arts, or Circle of Confusion. Zaozirny sometimes hears that people think these two forms of representation are "the same...
Managers, agents, and readers are picking up dozens of scripts every week, and yours needs to stand out. But how? For Zaozirny, the first element that hooks him is dialogue. "Because that's the easiest thing to look at," he said. "And if the dialogue doesn't grab me, if it doesn't feel interesting if it doesn't feel authentic? My least favorite dia...
Zaozirny and other managers are more open to unsolicited queries than agents or production companies. He might respond to some queries that intrigue him, although not many. He said he gets about 30 a day, and he might respond to two or three per week. "Don't send me a query letter asking if I accept query letters, and if so, how should they look?" ...
Zaozirny mentioned in his Twitter thread that he discovers many potential clients through the Black List. He gets a weekly email of high-rated scripts, and if a logline intrigues him, he'll check the script out. The logline is obviously very important. How do you create a strong one? "Can I see the movie in one or two sentences?" Zaozirny said. "Th...
So you have your material and your logline, and you're ready to start looking for a manager. Different reps will want different things. Zaozirny said he looks for three key elements in a potential client that are pretty universal. First, you must develop your raw talent as a writer. "The talent's the thing that gets you in the door," he said. "I de...
You never want to go into a meeting with potential reps cold and unprepared. Zaozirny said you should do your research for every meeting and know the work of the people you're meeting. Zaozirny said he was once conducting a job interview with someone and mentioned a potential horror movie idea. The person responded tepidly, not knowing that the ide...
Take a look at our enormous guide to representation for writers and directors. Then be sure to keep our checklist for how to get an agent bookmarked. And here's some additional information on the differences between agents and managers. Correction, June 1, 12:45 p.m.: A previous version of this story incorrectly identified Zaozirny as the writer on...
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John Zaozirny is the President Of Feature Film Production and Literary Management of Bellevue Productions Management. His client roster has consistently scored highly on the famous The Black List which ranks the most popular unproduced screenplays each year.
Literary manager and producer John Zaozirny of Bellevue Productions joins the Scripts & Scribes podcast to talk about lit managers value to a screenwriters, challenges of writing biopics, potential client turn offs, different ways to break a client and much more.
Jan 28, 2021 · We talk to writer-turned-manager John Zaozirny, President of Bellevue Productions. He talks about his move from writing to management, stories of firing and being fired and why he loves the industry.
Bellevue Productions, Lit Manager and Producer, John Zaozirny returns to give a manager’s perspective on the WGA/ATA stand-off, to chat about working with a writer client to develop a self-published novel into a studio film (INFINITE starring Chris Evans, Antoine Fuqua directing for Paramount) and we answer a bunch of common new writer questions.
