Writer Application

Hi, my name is Phil McCarty and I am interested in writing for NewEnglandFilm.com.

Despite the horrifically vanilla nature of that introduction, I assure you that I am not a very vanilla writer. Unless of course you like Vanilla, in which case I will shed any unnecessary flavoring for you. Not because I am soul-less or a sell-out (yet), but just because I love writing, which I can only assume is at least one/third of the job description.

I imagine the other third would include a genuine love for film. After obtaining a degree in English Literature at the University of Virginia, I studied screenwriting at the University of Southern California. I worked as a script reader for Academy Award winning producer Ed Feldman (The Truman Show, The Golden Child), as well as Spirit Award winning producer Mary Jane Skalski (The Station Agent). I love films. I cry a little bit at the Pixar ones.* I hope that's okay.

*Not counting Cars. I cried in that one too, for less laudatory reasons.

The last third would probably be writing ability. I was the humorist for the University of Virginia, however they have yet to digitize any of those articles, so I'll attach something from a blog I wrote a few years ago. I hope it's not too informal.

Thank you,
Phil McCarty
philip.mccarty@gmail.com
352.219.7213

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(Writing sample will be emailed)