About HOLLYWOOD'S MASTER STORYTELLERS
Since its launch in January 2003, HOLLYWOOD'S MASTER STORYTELLERS has provided thousands of movie buffs with the opportunity to hear from some of the motion picture industry's most celebrated and successful filmmakers live at Graumans Chinese Theater complex (Mann level 3) in the heart of Hollywood. The list of HOLLYWOOD'S MASTER STORYTELLERS alumni includes such prominent filmmakers as Academy Award® winning writer/director James Cameron, best-selling author and Academy Award® winning screenwriter Sidney Sheldon, actor/director George Clooney and DreamWorks SKG principal and co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg, Pierce Brosnan, Drew Barrymore and Andy Garcia, just to name a few.
Nadine C. Hamdan joined the team in the spring of 2003 as Vice President of Marketing and Development and in 2004 she became one of the Executive Producers. Along with her producing partners, Nadine has built HOLLYWOOD'S MASTER STORYTELLERS into one of the most prestigious ongoing programs in the motion picture industry. In 2004 HMS was lucky enough to partner with John Culton, CEO/President of Filmstew.com and well respected screenwriter who has come on board HMS as one of the Executive Producers.
In addition to HOLLYWOOD'S MASTER STORYTELLERS Entertainment has several television programs in active development, both scripted and unscripted. HMS Entertainment is also developing a slate of feature films based on original screenplays written by John Culton with strong interest from several major studios on each of the properties.
The HMS Entertainment team plans to aggressively expand the HOLLYWOOD'S MASTER STORYTELLERS brand in 2006. In addition to the flagship series at Mann Chinese, Hollywood's Master Storytellers Entertainment will launch several new companion series, a red carpet Awards Gala that will kick off the 2007/08 Awards Season and a broadcast version of HOLLYWOOD'S MASTER STORYTELLERS.
About The Executive Producers
JOHN CULTON is founder and chairman of FilmStew.com, a popular entertainment industry portal, as well as founder and chairman of Califormance.com, a lifestyle business for automobile enthusiasts, and Digital Booking Systems, which develops enterprise software for the motion picture distribution and exhibition industry. Mr. Culton is also an accomplished screenwriter whose screenplays have won top honors at the Austin Film Festival, Houston International Film Festival, the Independent Feature Project - New York, and the coveted Carl Sauter Memorial screenwriting competition awarded annually by Scriptwriters Network. In addition to his entertainment industry activities, he is the president of a $100 million real estate development and marketing company in Southern California with interests in the mortgage, title and gaming industries. He is an executive producer of The World's Greatest Unknown Comedian competition and the prestigious Hollywood's Master Storytellers series. Mr. Culton is also a partner and co-founder of Hollywood's Master Storytellers Entertainment, which has several television and motion picture projects in active development and relationships with several motion picture studios and television networks.
NADINE C. HAMDAN is an accomplished writer, producer and entrepreneur and has sold several screenplays for film and television. She began her career by organizing and hosting some of the largest screenplay contests in the industry, for organizations that include The Indieproducer (producer of the hit movie "Agent Cody Banks"), The Query Committee, Women In Film and Creative Screenwriting Magazine's Screenwriting Expo. She is also the creator and executive producer of The World's Greatest Unknown Comedian, an international talent competition that launched in the fall of 2004, an executive producer of the live and broadcast versions of the prestigious Hollywood's Master Storytellers program and a partner and co-founder of Hollywood's Master Storytellers Entertainment, which has several television and motion picture projects in active development and relationships with several motion picture studios and television networks.
Video Clips & Quips
Want a taste of what it's like to be at a Hollywood's Master Storytellers presentation? Every month, we'll post some of our favorite moments from recent programs right here. Remember to check here on a regular basis since every month we'll be putting up new clips.
For now, we hope you enjoy these highlights (Click the links below to view - Windows Media Player is required)
HMS Alumni
Just click on any underlined film title below to enjoy highlights from that Hollywood's Master Storytellers program.
| Date |
Film |
Guests |
| 10/30/2006 |
Spiderman 2 |
Creator Stan Lee interviewed by Writer/Director Kevin Smith |
| 09/28/2006 |
The Lost City |
Producer/Director Andy Garcia |
| 06/14/2006 |
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang |
Writer/Director Shane Black |
| 05/30/2006 |
Walk the Line |
Producer James Keach, Actor Robert Patrick |
| 05/02/2006 |
The Celestine Prophesy Movie |
Author/Screenwritrer James Redfield, Producer/Screenwriter Barnet Bain, Executive Producer Salle Merrill Redfield, Director Armand Mastroianni, Actor Matthew Settle |
| 04/19/2006 |
Clash of the Titans - 25th Anniversary |
Producer/Animator Ray Harryhausen, Actor Harry Hamlin, Author Ray Bradbury, "Golden Voyage of Sinbad" director Gordon Hessler, Actor John Philip Law |
| 04/11/2006 |
The Sisters |
Director Arthur Allan Seidelman, Writer Richard Alfieri, Actor Steven Culp |
| 03/21/2006 |
A History of Violence |
Producer Chris Bender, Writer Josh Olson |
| 02/16/2006 |
War of the Worlds |
From Industrial Light & Magic: Academy Award winning senior visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren, visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman, animation supervisor Randal Dutra |
| 02/07/2006 |
40 Year Old Virgin |
Writer/Director Judd Apatow, Actor Seth Rogen |
| 01/17/2006 |
Beaches |
Producer Bonnie Bruckheimer, Composer Marc Shaiman, Cast Member Jenifer Lewis |
| 12/12/2005 |
The Aristocrats |
Director Paul Provenza, Executive Producer Penn Jillette, Cast Members Jason Alexander, Andy Dick, Bob Saget, Sarah Silverman |
| 12/06/2005 |
50 First Dates |
Producer Nancy Juvonen, Actor/Producer Drew Barrymore |
| 11/29/2005 |
Crash |
Writer/Director Paul Haggis, Writer/Producer Bobby Moresco |
| 11/01/2005 |
Pee Wee's Big Adventure |
Actor/Writer Paul Reubens |
| 10/18/2005 |
Gladiator |
Writer/Producer David Franzoni |
| 10/05/2005 |
Men In Black |
Producer Walter Parkes , Writer Ed Solomon |
| 09/20/2005 |
The Player |
Hollywood Reporter Editor in Chief and Publisher Robert Dowling, Director Arthur Allan Seidelman and Actor Randall Batinkoff |
| 09/06/2005 |
The Mummy |
Producers Sean Daniel, James Jacks |
| 08/29/2005 |
The Blues Brothers: 25th Anniversary |
Director John Landis, Actor/Writer Dan Aykroyd, Singer James Brown, Actor/Musician Steve Cropper, Actor Henry Gibson, Producer Thom Mount |
| 08/16/2005 |
A League Of Their Own |
Director Penny Marshall, Actor Lori Petty |
| 08/02/2005 |
Alexander: The Director's Cut |
Writer/Director Oliver Stone |
| 07/19/2005 |
Million Dollar Baby |
Writer/Producer Paul Haggis, Producer Albert Ruddy |
| 07/06/2005 |
Menace II Society |
Directors Allen Hughes & Albert Hughes, Actor Larenz Tate |
| 06/21/2005 |
Rain Man |
Writer Ron Bass, Producer Mark Johnson |
| 06/07/2005 |
Hitch |
Director Andy Tennant |
| 05/31/2005 |
Aliens |
Producer Gale Anne Hurd, Special Effects Wizard Stan Winston, Actor Lance Henriksen |
| 05/17/2005 |
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story |
Writer/Director Rawson Marshall Thurber, Producer Stuart Cornfeld |
| 05/10/2005 |
Modigliani |
Actor/Producer Andy Garcia |
| 05/03/2005 |
National Treasure |
Director Jon Turteltaub, Actors Jon Voight, Justin Bartha |
| 04/25/2005 |
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events |
Director Brad Silberling, Executive Producer Julia Pistor, Author Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) |
| 04/05/2005 |
The Brady Bunch Movie |
Producers Sherwood Schwartz & Lloyd Schwartz |
| 03/29/2005 |
After The Sunset |
Director Brett Ratner and Producer Beau Flynn |
| 03/15/2005 |
WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW!? |
Filmmakers William Arntz, Mark Vicente, Actress Elaine Hendrix |
| 03/01/2005 |
The Grudge |
Writer Stephen Susco, Actors William Mapother, Ted Raimi |
| 02/15/2005 |
MASK |
Director Peter Bogdonavich |
| 02/01/2005 |
Back To The Future |
Writer/Producer Bob Gale, Cast Members Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas Wilson, Claudia Wells, Editor Harry Karamidas |
| 02/01/2005 |
Back to the Future |
Tom Wilson |
| 01/18/2005 |
TRAINING DAY |
Director Antoine Fuqua |
| 01/04/2005 |
CHARLIE’S ANGELS |
Director McG |
| 12/20/2004 |
KING ARTHUR – DIRECTOR’S CUT |
Writer David Franzoni, Producer Jerry Bruckheimer |
| 12/07/2004 |
The Bourne Supremacy |
Producer Frank Marshall |
| 11/30/2004 |
The Empire Strikes Back |
Director Irvin Kershner |
| 11/16/2004 |
Lethal Weapon |
Writer Shane Black |
| 11/02/2004 |
SHREK 2 |
Executive Producer Jeffrey Katzenberg, Producers Aron Warner and David Lipman and Directors Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon |
| 10/19/2004 |
X MEN 2 |
Producer Lauren Shuler Donner, Director Bryan Singer, X-Men co-creator Stan Lee, Writers Dan Harris & Michael Dougherty, Cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel, Production Designer Guy Dyas, Editor/Composer John Ottman |
| 10/05/2004 |
THE LAST SAMURAI |
Writer/Director Ed Zwick & Writer/Producer Marshall Herskovitz |
| 09/21/2004 |
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH |
Director Amy Heckerling & Producer Art Linson |
| 09/07/2004 |
JURASSIC PARK |
Special Effects Wizard Stan Winston |
| 08/31/2004 |
BRAVEHEART |
Writer Randall Wallace |
| 08/17/2004 |
TITANIC |
Producer Jon Landau |
| 08/03/2004 |
THE PRINCESS DIARIES |
Director Garry Marshall |
| 07/20/2004 |
PORKY’S |
Writer/Director Bob Clark plus cast reunion |
| 07/06/2004 |
USED CARS |
Writer/Producer Bob Gale |
| 06/29/2004 |
RoboCop |
Actor Peter Weller |
| 06/15/2004 |
STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT |
Writer Brannon Braga |
| 06/01/2004 |
GREMLINS – 20TH ANNIVERSARY |
Director Joe Dante |
| 05/18/2004 |
SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE |
Director Richard Donner |
| 05/04/2004 |
TOMBSTONE |
Producer Jim Jacks & Cinematographer William Fraker |
| 04/20/2004 |
JAWS |
Writer Carl Gottlieb & Cinematographer Bill Butler |
| 04/06/2004 |
WAYNE’S WORLD |
Director Penelope Spheeris |
| 03/16/2004 |
THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR |
Producer Beau St. Clair & Actor/Producer Pierce Brosnan |
| 03/02/2004 |
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS |
Author Katherine Orrison plus cast members |
| 02/17/2004 |
CASABLANCA |
Author Aljean Harmetz |
| 02/03/2004 |
PLANET OF THE APES 35TH ANNIVERSARY |
Producer Mort Abrahams, Author Eric Green, Actor Buck Kartalian |
| 01/20/2004 |
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY |
Writer/Director James Cameron |
| 01/12/2004 |
THIRTEEN |
Writer/Director Catherine Hardwicke, Actors Holly Hunter & Evan Rachel Wood |
| 01/06/2004 |
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind |
Actor/Director George Clooney |
| 12/14/2003 |
CHASING AMY |
Writer/Director Kevin Smith |
| 12/05/2003 |
A CHRISTMAS STORY |
Writer/Director Bob Clark & Cast Reunion |
| 12/02/2003 |
THE WIZARD OF OZ |
Film Preservationist Dick May |
| 11/18/2003 |
INTERSTATE 60 |
Writer/Director Bob Gale |
| 11/12/2003 |
MAD MALLARDS & WASCALLY WABBITS (LOONEY TUNES) |
Writer/Producer Paul Dini, Voice Artist Joe Aleskey, Writer/Producers Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone, Tom Minton |
| 11/04/2003 |
DAVE |
Director/Producer Ivan Reitman |
| 10/21/2003 |
SPEED |
Director Jan de Bont |
| 10/07/2003 |
TOTAL RECALL |
Writer Gary Goldman |
| 09/30/2003 |
LEGALLY BLONDE |
Writers Karen Lutz & Kirsten Smith |
| 09/16/2003 |
NETWORK |
Producer Howard Gottfried |
| 09/02/2003 |
THE ROSE |
Director Mark Rydell |
| 08/21/2003 |
RE-ANIMATOR (CULT CLASSICS) |
Writer/Director Stuart Gordon |
| 08/19/2003 |
STUART LITTLE |
Director Rob Minkoff |
| 08/07/2003 |
ELVIRA’S HAUNTED HILLS (CULT CLASSICS) |
Writer/Actor Cassandra Peterson, Producer Mark Pierson, Director Sam Irvin |
| 08/05/2003 |
Spider-Man |
Stan Lee |
| 07/31/2003 |
TREMORS (CULT CLASSICS) |
Writers/Producers S.S. Wilson & Brent Maddock |
| 07/17/2003 |
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (CULT CLASSICS) |
Director John Carpenter |
| 07/15/2003 |
Rush Hour |
Director Brett Ratner |
| 07/01/2003 |
LIAR LIAR |
Director Tom Shadyac |
| 06/17/2003 |
BULL DURHAM (15TH ANNIVERSARY) |
Writer/Director Ron Shelton, Producer Thom Mount, Actor Robert Wuhl |
| 06/04/2003 |
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS |
Director Rob Cohen |
| 05/20/2003 |
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? |
Writers Peter Seaman & Jeffrey Price |
| 05/06/2003 |
The Mission |
Director Roland Joffé |
| 04/29/2003 |
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER |
Producer Mace Neufeld |
| 04/15/2003 |
Easter Parade |
Writer Sidney Sheldon |
| 04/01/2003 |
DOGMA |
Writer/Director Kevin Smith |
| 03/18/2003 |
THE WONDERFUL ICE CREAM SUIT |
Writer Ray Bradbury, Director Stuart Gordon, Actor Joe Mantegna |
| 03/04/2003 |
Of Mice and Men |
Actor/Director Gary Sinise |
| 02/18/2003 |
THE CONTENDER |
Writer/Director Rod Lurie |
| 02/04/2003 |
THE RAVEN |
Producer/Director Roger Corman |
| 01/21/2003 |
THE HOSPITAL |
Director Arthur Hiller, Producer Howard Gottfried |
| 01/07/2003 |
ICE AGE |
Director Chris Wedge, Writer Michael Berg, Producer Lori Forte, Exec Producer Chris Meladandri |
Contact HMS You can contact Hollywood's Master Storytellers the following ways:
E-mail: info@HollywoodsMasterStorytellers.com Address: 1616 Vista Del Mar, Hollywood CA 90028
We look forward to hearing from you.
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