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Keep Your Hollywood Dream Alive!

Meetings with Literary Agents & Managers
Limited Enrollment, Close Encounter Class
April 21 to 23, 2010
15 Agents, Managers and Entertainment Attorneys

Early Bird Discount Pricing Available Now!

FREE Call - Instant Pitch Repair
Learn Hollywood Secrets
from 30-year Veteran Filmmaker
Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 6 pm PST

To get a sense of a Sherwood Oaks class or celebrity event, please visit our Facebook fan page. It is updated with our January class. See photos of James Cameron, Quentin Tarantino and much more.
Please let us share in your success.

Register early because most classes will sell out!

Many classes are limited enrollment designed to allow access to Hollywood professionals.

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Sherwood Oaks' students* have been honored with
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29 Oscars, 12 Emmys,
2 Studio Presidents, Hundreds of other awards including Golden Globes
*All these students attended Sherwood Oaks before they became famous

Sherwood Oaks has been featured in People, US Magazine, discussed on the Tonight Show.

Our speakers are academy award winners, $100M+ box office winners, and studio execs.

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Meetings with Studio Development Executives
(Thursday, January 28 to Friday, January 29, 2010)

Development executives from Warner Bros and Sony Studios along with a feedback session of producers, agents and managers and more of the following films have been invited to attend the seminar depending on their schedule. Learn from working Hollywood successful professionals.
Sherwood Oaks has classes with speakers that are both
big-budget ($50M to $100M+) to low-budget ($1M to $10M).
For our alumni, we constantly add numerous fresh, new speakers at every class.
Increase your contacts before this class sells out.

To see a video of a previous event, please check this out.

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Thanks a lot to all of our attendees for our sold out June 2009 Backdoor to Hollywood class and we are excited to hear about your call backs and interest from the guest speakers. We had over 20 producers. Check out our clips from our sold out 2008 executive class. Thanks for the students that let me know that they already received calls from executives interested in their material.

* All guests are subject to availability

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Please check out future classes to sign up before they fill up!

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An interview with Gary Shusett on understanding the value of Sherwood Oaks

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Please see our classes to find out how you can learn more about making your dreams a reality!

Sherwood Oaks Experimental College offers what screenwriters (and filmmakers) desire most -- access to industry professionals (producers, agents, managers, directors, writers, and actors) at the lowest price.

Clips from a previous Sold Out Executive Class
Bart Rosenblatt, President of Code Entertainment
Scott Steindorf, President of StoneVillage*
Greg Maday, Executive VP, Warner Bros
Marti Esteva, HD Films, Warner Bros

Larry Becsey, Agent (Crash)*

Clips from Former Classes
Levar Burton, Star Trek, Roots, Actor, Director
Mock Film Negotiations with Lawyers, Paul Levine & Eric Weissman
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Shane Black & James Manos, Lethal Weapon, Sopranos
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Agents & Lawyers Panel, Part 1 & Part 2


Check out a previous All Access Weekend Class
David Milch, 4 Emmy Winning Writer of Deadwood, NYPD Blue*
JJ Abrams, MI3, Emmy Winning Director of Lost*
Michael Arndt, Academy Award Winning Writer

*Highest ranking youtube videos.

We are looking for volunteers with a van to drive at least 6 students to get a deep discount on the class.

We are also looking for a student who would videotape the class in exchange for attending the class.

Background Information on
Sherwood Oaks College



Former Guests

For over 30 years, we have established close ties with industry
professionals. The proof is in our alumni. Past students include James Cameron, Dean Devlin, Matt Groening, Nancy Meyers, Sylvester Stallone, and many others. Also, noted writing teachers -- Syd Field, Michael Hauge, and Robert McKee, all began their teaching careers at Sherwood Oaks, see our success stories.



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When asked what started
his screenwriting career,
Paul Haggis responded
“Sherwood Oaks."

Academy Award Winner, Crash
Paul Haggis

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Combine classes or refer a friend
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Our workshops at Sherwood Oaks College are designed and scheduled to be a cohesive course of study for all levels of screenwriters and filmmakers. We encourage you to plan your course of study and combine the classes you need to get the most out of your education. We are offering a 10% discount for all students who sign up for multiple classes on the same day. OR Refer a friend who signs up and you will receive the same 10% discount. 

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