Jim Mercurio

Jim 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 or written 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.