Rick Reichman
Screenwriter

Rick Reichman received an MFA in Professional Writing from the University of Southern California and is a former winner of America’s Best Screenwriting Competition. He worked as a coverage editor for Chuck Fries Productions in Los Angeles and as Head Writer for Willoughby Productions of Virginia, where he wrote several documentaries and industrial films. In addition to being a veteran workshop instructor, Reichman has taught screenwriting classes to students at Georgetown University, American University, Tennessee State University, and the University of Virginia. His students have sold scripts to Fox, Warner Brothers, HBO, and Showtime, as well as to the television series Roseanne, Home Improvement, The Nanny, Xena: Warrior Princess, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Family Law. In 1988, Reichman founded the Tennessee Screenwriting Association. Speakers for their seminars have included Academy Award winners Tom Schulman, Callie Khouri, and Tom Rickman.

Reichman’s first book, Formatting Your Screenplay, has sold over 13,000 copies and was a Writer’s Digest Book Club alternate selection. His articles have appeared in several magazines, including “Creative Screenwriting” and “The Writer.” Recently, Reichman optioned a screenplay and sold a co-written adaptation of The Chain Gang, written by “Santa Fe Reporter” writer Richard McCord. Reichman currently critiques scripts and teaches screenwriting at Santa Fe Community College in New Mexico.

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