Jim MercurioJim Mercurio is a writer, author, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He has directed or produced five feature films and has helped countless writers as a teacher, story analyst, and script doctor. Mercurio is a former development executive, and has sold orwritten as work-for-hire several screenplays. He wrote and directed the bonus material for the film Making Hard Scrambled Movies-a two-hour seminar on making indie films-which the Washington Post called a must for would-be filmmakers. Creative Screenwriting magazine ranked him as one of the top screenplay consultants in the country. Mercurio divides his time between Los Angeles and New York City. Read More Read Less