About the Founder -
Paula Landry

 

Paula Landry, MBA is an author and award-winning writer/producer who’s a creative catalyst, FireStarter and IdeaBlizzard for brands, creative and companies. As a creator, her purpose is to reduce loneliness; connect people with ideas; artists with entrepreneurial tools, and clients with increased creativity, revenue and visibility.

Landry’s clients include Fortune 500 companies, creative entrepreneurs and non-profits, from Forbes, Deutsche Bank, Christie’s, Pearson Television, Entertainment Weekly, The Game Show Channel, Tribe Pictures, Fit TV to The Actors Fund, Smile Train, and individual media makers. Her films have debuted at Sundance, Chelsea Film Festival, CineVegas, winning awards from the Best Actors Film Fest, Columbia Pictures Screen Gems, Time Warner Showtime Audience Award, and WorldFest Houston Film Festival; her writing has won the 2nd Round at Austin Film Festival, Lugnut Award, and semi-finals at the Made in NY Writer’s Room. Ms. Landry is a member of Disney’s Creative Talent Development & Inclusion program.

 

As a producer and consultant, Ms. Landry creates movie scripts and budgets, schedules, business plans for media. She also conducts financial library valuations for film and television in association with G&H Media for clients such as the Truman Capote Estate, playwright Sir Peter Shaffer, Grey Eagle Fund, Cinema 7, and the Australian Government. 


Recent projects include the comedic crime-thriller movie LAST PINT; and developing Warren Adler’s (War of the Roses) DEAD IN THE WATER for the screen; launching the Stage to Screen Script Contest seeking to develop projects for both theater and screen. Landry developed a creative entrepreneurship program for The Actor’s Fund entitled “Your Art As Business”; she spearheads VR film project development; educational curriculums and initiatives in movie and media education. She is thrilled to serve as a Board Member for the non-profit New York City Women Filmmakers; helping women make their films.


As a professor, Ms. Landry teaches media in NYC to MBA graduate students at Wagner College, Metropolitan College of New York, also conducting seminars on media and entrepreneurship at The Actors Fund, NYWIFT, SVA, and worldwide at seminars in Cuba, Haifa, Paris, and London. She is the author of Scheduling and Budgeting Your Film: A Panic- Free Guide, 2nd ed. (Taylor & Francis) and co-author with Stephen Greenwald of The Business of Film, A Practical Guide  (Taylor & Francis), and contributes to Script Magazine. ⟶ Learn More