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Steven Hartman

Steven Hartman is an award-winning, optioned screenwriter. He was a Top 5 Finalist in Big Break’s Historical Category in 2019 and won Best Action/Adventure in Script Summit’s Screenplay Competition in 2021. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia College and had internships at Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Village Roadshow Pictures. Steve is a full-time writer and creative video producer by day and a screenwriter and novelist by night.

5 Screenwriting Takeaways from 'Sylvie’s Love'

January 29, 2021

Set in the early 1960s, Sylvie’s Love is a delightful film about a relationship that begins between Sylvie (Tessa Thompson), a woman working in her father’s record store, and Robert (Nnamdi Asomugha), a saxophonist looking for a job. It blossoms into...

5 Screenwriting Takeaways From Regina King's 'One Night in Miami'

January 22, 2021

The date is February 25th, 1964. The location: Miami, Florida.

5 Screenwriting Takeaways from 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'

January 14, 2021

Rich colors and stellar dialogue spoken by amazing performers are just some of the factors that makes Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom well worth the watch the next time you turn on Netflix. Undoubtedly an awards contender this season, Ma Rainey’s Black Bott...

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: 'News of the World'

January 7, 2021

With long, strolling shots of the Old Texas landscape, News of the World was meant to be seen on the big screen and in any normal year, the Oscar® contender would have opened to a stronger box office draw than its current limited possibilities. The f...