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Samuel V
- Rate ₹9,487
- Response 1h

₹9,487/hr
1st class free
- Cinema
- Production
3x Black List Screenwriter/Working Writer offering Guidance on Stories and Structure.
- Cinema
- Production
Class location
Recommended
Samuel V is a respected tutor in our community. He is highly recommended for his commitment and the quality of his lessons. An excellent choice to progress with confidence.
About Samuel V
I’m a working screenwriter and producer. Three of my scripts—all different genres (drama, action, thriller)—were named Top 10 of the Year on the Black List, the industry’s most prestigious annual survey. Variety named me one of its “Top 10 Screenwriters to Watch in Hollywood.”
I’ve also spent over a decade developing film and TV sold to Universal, FX, Peacock, Fox, Disney, and Searchlight—so I know not just how to write a strong script, but what the industry actually buys.
I love teaching: I created CineMania, a visual-literacy program now in its 25th year at the Jacob Burns Film Center, and I’ve lectured at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts… I was mentored by Irvin Kershner (The Empire Strikes Back).
About the class
- Beginner
- Intermediate
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- +2
levels :
Beginner
Intermediate
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Children
- English
All languages in which the class is available :
English
Personalized one-on-one mentorship, built around wherever you are—blank page, messy draft, or final polish. You share your material in advance (logline, outline, treatment, or pages); I read it closely; then we dig in over video. We focus on what your project needs most:
• Core idea — premise, theme, what your story is really about
• Structure — act design, pacing, escalation, tension
• Character — motivation, interiority, arcs that land
• Dialogue — voice, subtext, rhythm, word vs. action
• Craft & presentation — formatting, clarity, getting it submission-ready
Throughout, I’ll help you protect what makes your voice yours—not to sound like everyone else, but to become the strongest version of what only you could write.
[Logistics]
Sessions by video call, based on material shared in advance. Each includes a close read, discussion, and development work.
[Rates]
Coaching sessions: $100/hour. Your first session is free.
[Feature script reads]
Full read with written notes, $350 (up to ~120 pages). A deep editorial pass—structure, character, dialogue, and craft—delivered as written analysis, with an optional follow-up call to walk through it.
Shorter materials (logline, outline, treatment, pilot, or partial pages) are read as prep for our session at no extra charge.
Recommendations
Recommendations come from relatives, friends and acquaintances of the teacher
I met Sam through a mutual friend, a film producer who had hired him as a screenwriter (more than once). I reached out to Sam for feedback on a sports screenplay based on a true story. I had poured months of research and passion into the script, but Sam helped me see it in an entirely new way.
What I appreciated most about working with Sam is that he didn’t simply tell me what was wrong with the script. He takes the time to understand what you’re trying to accomplish and then helps you do it better. His notes were thoughtful, constructive, and always aimed at helping me become the best version of myself—and making the script more authentically mine.
Sam has an uncanny ability to identify the true emotional core of a script. I thought I was writing a story about basketball and winning. Sam recognized that the real story was about a father and son. He helped me strengthen that relationship and dramatically raise the stakes for the protagonist. What had been a story about a man trying to win became a story about a man so obsessed with winning that he was willing to neglect his son and risk everything—including his home—in pursuit of success. As a result, the character’s eventual failure and growth became far more meaningful and emotionally resonant.
Sam also helped me recognize that my protagonist wasn’t under enough pressure. His suggestions elevated both the emotional arc and the dramatic tension of the screenplay. More importantly, they taught me lessons about storytelling that I continue to apply to my writing today. Working with him made me a better writer, and I would highly recommend him to any aspiring or experienced screenwriter looking to deepen their understanding of storytelling and elevate their work.I’d never written a script before and was honestly intimidated to share my pages with anyone, let alone a professional. Samuel made that so easy. He’s patient, encouraging, and never made me feel like my questions were too basic. But he’s also direct—he showed me exactly where my story lost momentum and how to fix it without losing what I loved about it. By our third session I had a draft I was actually proud to send out. I can’t recommend him enough, especially if you’re just starting and need someone who believes in your voice while pushing you to be better.
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Rate
- ₹9,487
Pack prices
- 5h: ₹45,064
- 10h: ₹87,756
online
- ₹9,487/hr
free classes
This first free class with Samuel V will allow you to get to know each other and to specify the exact learning requirements for the upcoming classes.
- 1hr
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