Christopher Vogler is a motion picture producer, a story consultant to major movie companies, and the author of The Writer's Journey. From 1994 to 1999 he was a development executive at Fox 2000 Pictures. Prior to that he was a staff story consultant for the Walt Disney Company, where he advised on the hit animated features Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and Hercules. He worked most deeply on the structure of The Lion King, one of the most successful films in history. He continues to consult for major companies, including Warner Bros. Feature Animation, Walt Disney Imagineering and IBM.

Chris studied film-making at the USC School of Cinema, where he encountered the ideas of mythologist Joseph Campbell who had a profound effect on him and a whole generation of movie-makers, including George Lucas.

Chris developed Campbell's concept of The Hero's Journey into a structure guide for writers. It began as a legendary seven-page memo that he wrote for his own amusement while working at Disney in the mid-1980s. It soon became required reading for young executives in Hollywood.

Chris is also known as a teacher and lecturer, beginning with the UCLA Extension Writers Program and then developing workshops that he has presented all over the U.S. and around the world. He is now a member of the faculty at the USC Animation Department in the School of Cinema-Television.

Most recently Chris has established himself as a producer. As one of his first projects, he arranged a deal between Warner Bros. and a Swedish company to do an American re-make of a popular Swedish comedy, Breaking Out. He brought the project to Barry Levinson and Paula Weinstein at their Warner-based production company, Baltimore/Spring Creek. Chris is producing along with Levinson, Weinstein and the Swedish producers.

Storytech consulted on the world premiere of Pan, a big-budget stage production in Sydney, Australia of the Peter Pan story with sets and creatures designed by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

vogstory@ca.rr.com

BRAD SCHREIBER has worked as a producer, writer, executive and critic. He has sold and optioned screenplays, was nominated for the Kingman Films Award for his script The Couch and has won awards from the Edward Albee Foundation, the California Writers Club, the National Audio Theatre Festivals and was a fellow of the National Press Foundation in Washington, D.C.

His books include the humor writing how-to, What Are You Laughing At?: How to Write Funny Screenplays, Stories and More (Michael Wiese Prods.) and the nonfiction book Death in Paradise: An Illustrated History of the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner (Avalon), which led to his creating the documentary series North Mission Road for Court TV.

Schreiber has written for L.A. weekly newspaper Entertainment Today since 1995, as well as dramatic criticism for Back Stage West.

National credits include trade paper Daily Variety, entertainment industry magazines Script and Written By: The WGA Journal. He has worked as a writer/producer and development exec for L.A. PBS affiliate KCET-TV as well as director of development for TV/film director Jonathan Kaplan (The Accused, NBC's E.R.).

Schreiber has taught at such institutions as the American Film Institute, UCLA Extension, Columbia College at CBS Studio City, Gotham Writers Workshop in New York City, and at conferences throughout North America.

Brad's website can be found at:

www.brashcyber.com

Brad is the person to contact for questions about STORYTECH services. Click on CONTACT US or you can reach Brad at:

brad.schreiber@att.net