Screenwriters & Screenwriting for Movies & Television

Writing movie & television scripts:

Ghostwriters & Screenwriters on Call has access to a variety of accomplished, talented screenwriters. You have seen their work in movie theaters and on television, too.

What sorts of screenwriting have they done? We have written screenplays for comedies, dramas, action/adventure movies and also for animated short films. They have also narrated documentaries.

Television too? You bet! Most recently we have been approached to write both sitcom and hour-long drama pilots for the coming TV season.

• Documentaries
• Animation
• Television
• Critiques

Such as you can expect with certain other professionals (lawyers, doctors), those with an exemplary track record and major accomplishments behind them will cost more. We have very capable screenwriters on staff who can transform your idea or treatment into a clear and compelling screenplay or teleplay suitable for reading by a literary agent or producer.

• Price: $70 per screenplay page.

If you require the services of a high-level, known screenwriter, the cost will be commeasureate with his or her experience, real-world achievements and degree of industry recognition. It will be necessary for us to quote an exact price for your project.

• Price: From $500 per screenplay page.

Example of an emergency screenwriter brought in to do some emergency screenwriting:

When "The Godfather" was being filmed, the director realized they needed a transfer of power scene from Don Corleone to his son Michael. Marlon Brando was slated to wrap up his scenes very shortly. Acclaimed script doctor Robert Towne agreed to do the work and immediately flew out to New York where the movie was being filmed. Towne worked feverishly from midnight until 4am to write the scene, then he delivered his words to director Francis Ford Coppola, who immediately shot the scene. When it was in the can, Brando's service to the movie was complete, and he departed.

At the Oscars® the following year, that very scene was played as the clip for the Best Picture award (which it won.) What scene was it? Michael Corleone had taken the family reins from Don Corleone. At one point, they were in the garden talking. The senior Corleone expressed his regret about there not having been a senator or governor from the family. Michael responded: "We'll get there, pop. We'll get there."

You can believe he was very well paid for his work. And the rest, as they say, is cinematic history.