Ken Rotcop
Screenwriter & Author, The Perfect Pitch: How to Sell Yourself and Your Movie Idea to Hollywood
MASTER CLASS 8: The Art of the Pitch

Award winning screenwriter Ken Rotcop recently added best selling author to his impressive list of accomplishments. His book The Perfect Pitch: How to Sell Yourself and Your Movie Idea to Hollywood received rave reviews from The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio, Screentalk Magazine, HollywoodWritersBiock.com and Inside Film Magazine to mention a few.

A highly sought after screenwriting instructor, Rotcop has taught at UCLA, University of Texas, University of Iowa, University of St. Louis and the University of the Philippines in Manila.

His expertise being in great demand, Rotcop conducts screenwriting workshops and private screenwriting instruction. As an extension of his workshops, Rotcop was the first to establish the bridge between unknown aspiring screenwriters and Hollywood by founding the internationally renowned PITCHMART™. It was the very first of such forums and remains the most respected in Hollywood. Screenwriters fly to Los Angeles from around the world to participate in his PITCHMART™ . Since the inception of PITCHMART™ more than 80 projects have been optioned, 16 of which have been produced.

As a screenwriter, Rotcop's most prestigious production which he both wrote and produced was For Us, The Living: The Story Of Medgar Evers which starred Laurence Fishburne. Among the honors the film received were the Writers Guild Award, the Neil Simon Award, and the NAACP Image Award. The film was also honored by the American Film Institute, Women In Film, the city of Atlanta, the state of Mississippi, Filmex and the Democratic National Convention.

Rotcop was the recipient of the Unity Award for the CBS documentary series Images and Attitudes about African American history.Ken Rotcop has been Creative Head of four studios: Embassy Pictures, Hanna-Barbera, Cannon TV, and Trans World Productions.

He and his workshop were the subject of a feature-length documentary Talk Fast which has won various film festivals and was the opening night feature at the LA Independent Film Festival. Most recently STARZ network produced a two-part series on Ken Rotcop, Pitching Guru. Rotcop's complete biography appears in Who's Who in Entertainment.

Ken Rotcop has just closed a deal to join forces with celebrity Internet network Safesearching.com where he will conduct workshops, classes and hold his PITCHMART™ all online in collaboration with Safesearching's writing division Script-Solutions com.

He is represented by Tracey Washington at International Artists (323) 654-4084.