The Perfect Pitch: How to Sell Yourself and Your Movie Idea to Hollywood - 2nd Edition

by Ken Rotcop

The book not only covers every facet of pitching; Rotcop also shares fascinating stories about plagiarism, how to get an agent, gimmicks to bring to pitch meetings, how to get a studio job, and what to do if Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie want to star in your screenplay.

199 pages, Paperback

First published June 26, 2001

About the author

Ken Rotcop is the recipient of the Writer’s Guild Award, The Image Award, and the Neil Simon Award for writing and producing the television movie For Us, The Living: The Story of Medgar Evers.

He has been creative head of four studios.

His third book is titled "As I Remember It: My Fifty Year Career As An Award Winning Writer, Producer And Studio Executive" and is available on hardback, paperback and as an audio book. Rotcop is the author of the best selling series "The Perfect Pitch: How To Sell Yourself And Your Idea To Hollywood". He also has a four-part DVD series on creative screenwriting.

His book "Remembering Marvin Kaplan" will be out in March 2018 and he's presently writing a book on the life and times of Monty Hall.

Reviews

[Ian Kloester]

The best preparation you can have outside of actually doing it. I've read a few other books on pitching. I've gone to seminars on it. And I've pitched individually and in comp's. I reckon Ken's book gets it right.

[Charles Irion]

Great guy! Great book!