Success Stories

STAGE 32 NEWS Let's Celebrate You! Hey there, my Stage 32 fam! I have some very exciting news for you all today. You know, I say this all the time, but we are so lucky to have this incredible platform. I know for many of us, it has jumpstarted our careers and totally transformed our lives. We have immediate access to a world of opportunities at our fingertips, as well as this amazingly supportive community to keep us going forward. Not to mention, the incredibly affordable educational resources...

Hey there, my Stage 32 fam! I have some very exciting news for you all today. You know, I say this all the time, but we are so lucky to have this incredible platform. I know for many of us, it has jumpstarted our careers and totally transformed our lives. We have immediate access to a world of opportunities at our fingertips, as well as this amazingly supportive community to keep us going forward. Not to mention, the incredibly affordable educational resources. WE know how incredible this plat...

Last week, President of the Stage 32 Happy Writers, was a guest on Pilar Alessandra's top ranked screenwriting podcast, On the Page. In this enjoyable 45 minute interview, Joey discussed: - The President he's related to - The origins and history of the Stage 32 Happy Writers - The number of Stage 32 Happy Writers Success Stories - 5 Things EVERY writer should avoid when pitching This is one informative and entertaining podcast. Our thanks to Pilar for having Joey as a gue...

Today, I'm extremely proud to share some of our most recent success stories. Many of our successful writers were inspired to record a video speaking to how they found success. Others have provided written testimonials. All of them had one thing in common: they put in the work and never gave up or in. It's my hope that you will be able to draw inspiration from their stories. My heartfelt congratulations goes out to each and every one of our successful writers. All we ask is that you remember us...

***Update - we are grateful beyond words for those who've contributed to the IndieWire article. Please show your support. If you haven't left a comment on the article we ask that you please do so here.*** At the 2015 Cannes Film Festival Stage 32 sat down with legendary and iconic Hollywood journalist Anne Thompson who writes the immensely popular column "Thompson on Hollywood" for IndieWire. Anne's pedigree is nothing short of spectacular having scribed for Variety, The Hollywood Reporter,...

We could not be more excited to announce the launch of our official Stage 32 YouTube channel! We have loaded up dozens of videos from our 3 1/2 year history for your viewing enjoyment.  These videos include tips for a variety of disciplines from the industry executives we work with, clips from our monthly On Stage With RB webcasts, interviews, success stories and more. Our goal is to provide you with countless hours of FREE educational and informational material.  We will be updating the c...

I asked myself, “What are ya gonna do?” You live in Hawaii and you’re making a documentary film in New York City and you want to go to Europe to capture interviews? How can you find a cameraman in Europe? How are you going to raise $7,500 to pay for all this? And how can you begin to get all this lined up? That’s what I was facing back in August 2014. Let’s start with what I did to find an affordable, experienced, European cameraman. I turned to Stage 32 and did a search — cameraman + A...

It's been an incredible week and a half here on Stage 32 for a number of members of our remarkably talented community. In the past 10 days a director in Amsterdam was hired by a producer in New York, a Director and a DP met on Stage 32 and are in post production on a film starring Ed Asner and Danny Trejo, three writers were signed, two scripts were picked up and 1 script received a green light and will go into production next month!  These success stories were accomplished from networking, t...

Welcome to the first weekend of 2015, everyone, and a very Happy New Year to you all. Due to travel and time constraints, there is no Weekend Blog this week. Instead, I thought it would be a great time to discuss and share our plans and goals for the coming year. Some of what I am planning on accomplishing in 2015 includes writing 2 scripts, completing my crowdsourcing book for Focal Press, dipping my toes back into acting, filming a short and implementing a myriad of Stage 32 initiatives....

The end of year is always special because it’s a time to reflect on your last 12 months of accomplishments. 2014 was an incredible year for Stage 32: Some Stage 32 milestones: We reached over 325,000 members from every country on the planet! We added a ton of new site features including a major redesign, the addition of JOBS, Stage 32 Next Level Classes and so much more. We launched the On Stage with RB broadcast – a free online broadcast once a month bringing in special industry guests a...