James Grimaldi

FILM – TV – ANIMATION screenwriter producer

SPRING 2022 – BRAND NEW COURSE – HITCHCOCK: FILM & TV

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY – ROSE HILL – 2010-PRESENT

Courses I teach (in-person & on Zoom):

- Hitchcock: Film & TV

- Screenwriting 1: Introduction

- Screenwriting 2: Advanced

- Screenwriting 3: Rewriting

- Sitcom Writing: creating comedy TV pilot

- Writing TV Drama: creating show bible + season-long story

- Memoir Writing for War Veterans

Managing 50 IPs per year, through all stages of film & TV script development:

- from logline, to core cast, to core relationships

- from story structure, to executed script, to rewrite

- from pitch decks to guerilla-marketing

 

SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS – NYC – 2011-2021

Courses I tAUGHT (in-person, ON canvas & on zoom):

- Animation Screenwriting

- Microstory Bootcamp

- Animation X-Factor

- Animation Story Structure

- Animation Storyboarding

- Transmedia Storytelling

- Fundamentals of Narrative

- 4th Year BFA Animation Thesis Advisor

ManagED over 100 animation IPs per year:

- color scripting

- from logline, to core cast, to world-building

- from story structure to executed script

- from storyboards to animatic

- visual assets: concept art & character designs

- musical composition