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CONSULTING

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WITH STEVE

Every option below has a fixed price and a clear deliverable. You know exactly what you are getting beforehand.

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FIND THE RIGHT FIT

Fit Call

Free

A 15-minute video call. Tell me where your project stands and I'll point you to the option that fits it. Advice and strategy start with a paid session.

ONE-TO-ONE

SESSIONS

Strategy Session

$300

A 60-minute video call (Zoom or WhatsApp) on the question that matters most right now. Before the call, you fill in a one-page intake form and send up to 10 pages of material or 10 minutes of footage, so I arrive prepared. Within 48 hours after the call, I email you a written list of next steps.

Deep-Dive Review

$650

I read or watch one complete piece of work: a feature script up to 120 pages, a cut up to 120 minutes, or a full investor package. You get 3 to 5 pages of written notes and a 90-minute call. Delivered within 10 business days.

3-Session Pack

$810

Three Strategy Sessions at 10% off. Use them within 4 months.

5-Session Pack

$1,275

Five Strategy Sessions at 15% off. Use them within 6 months.

INTENSIVES

FIXED PRICE, FIXED RESULT

Investor-Readiness Intensive

$1,200

Built on my book How to Find Investors. I review your pitch deck, budget top sheet, finance plan and investor list. Two 75-minute calls a week apart, a written report on what is missing before you approach anyone, and one review of your revised deck.

Micro-Budget Feature Plan

$1,200

For a feature that has to be made for the money you can actually raise. I review your script, budget and schedule and show you what to cut, combine or restructure. Two 75-minute calls and written notes.

Festival & Distribution Roadmap

$1,000

I watch your cut (up to 120 minutes). Two 60-minute calls on premiere strategy and distribution options, and a written list of target festivals and distribution routes.

ONGOING

LONG-TERM SUPPORT

Mentorship

From $950 / month

Two 60-minute calls a month (Zoom optional), with email or WhatsApp in between. I reply within 2 business days. Three-month minimum.

Consulting Producer

By proposal

For production companies and producers who want me on a project for its whole run. Fee and credit agreed in a written proposal.

FOR EMERGING FILMMAKERS

A RATE FOR FIRST FEATURES

Emerging Filmmaker Strategy Session

$175

The full Strategy Session, a 60-minute video call plus written next steps, for $175 instead of $300. Open to film students and to filmmakers working on a first feature with no financing yet.

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I offer two of these sessions each calendar month, given in the order applications arrive. Once both are taken, new applications go to the following month.

 

To apply, email with the subject line “Emerging Filmmaker Rate” and answer these three questions:

  1. Are you a film student (which school?) or making your first feature?

  2. What is your project, in 2-3 sentences, and at what stage is it?

  3. What is the one question you most want answered in our session?

ADD-ONS

EXTRAS

Rush delivery in under 72 hours: add 25%.

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In person in Barcelona: same price. Elsewhere: same price plus travel and lodging.

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Speaking, festival masterclasses and film school teaching are quoted separately. Ask through the contact form.

GOOD TO KNOW

POLICIES

  1. All sessions, packs and Intensives are paid in full when booked. Mentorship is billed on the 1st of each month.
     

  2. Reschedule free with 48 hours' notice. Later changes or no-shows use the session.
     

  3. The 3-session packs expire 4 months after purchase. 5-session packs expire after 6 months.
     

  4. Consulting is advice and strategy. It does not guarantee financing, festival selection or distribution.
     

  5. Prices are in USD. EUR invoicing is available at the day's exchange rate.
     

  6. Rates are reviewed every January and July.

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