Talent Guide

Beth Schacter

  • Discipline:Director, Writer
  • Program Year:Screenwriting Lab 2004

Bio

Beth Schacter wrote and directed the indie film Normal Adolescent Behavior, starring Amber Tamblyn and Kelli Garner. The film premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival and was released by New Line Cinemas. Schacter co-wrote the feature film Beauty Remains for Redeemable; it premiered at the 2005 LA Film Festival. A former features writer for Radar Magazine, she is directing her script A Virgin Mary with Black Sheep and ChubbCo producing. Her play Turned Out just finished a sold out run at The Zephyr Theater produced by Firefly Productions. She recently adapted her short story Break Up 500 into a feature film for executive producer Lynda Obst.

Current Project

A VIRGIN MARY (NARRATIVE FEATURE)

Logline

A Virgin Mary (writer/director) is a comedy about losing your cherry - the love one and the other one. A high school senior agreed to lose it with her best guy friend when she was 12. Five years later and she isn't sure what she wants to do when he comes back to fulfill the promise.