Burning Tree Films

I run my own company or organisation

Final Draft and I go way back

I've made my bread and butter doing two things 1) adapting published novels into feature scripts and 2) setting up high-concept takes on historical/mythical based pieces occasionally reset in the present- Yes, I still love modern indie films.

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Braveheart, Pulp Fiction, Children Of Men, Amadeus, Casablanca, Swimming With Sharks, The Usual Suspects, The Princess Bride, Shakespeare In Love, The Constant Gardner, No Country For Old Men, and my secret, escapist, guilty pleasure fantasy movies.

Dead Poet's Society, Dad, In The Name of the Father

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, The Fountain, Fur

A Cauron, S Spielberg, G Lucas, Ang Lee, Bazz, C Eastwood, P T Anderson, Q Tarantino, Francis Ford, and M Newell to name a few

Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Rachel Weisz, Kevin Spacy, Johnny Depp, Jack, Brendon Gleeson, Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, Ed Norton, and the late greats Charles Laughton, Madeline Kahn, Laurence Olivier and Richard Burton.

Never understood this question - favorite works are already listed above... And what good are discs on a desert island? There would be no TVs or DVD players even if we had them... It'd just be a big fat depressing tease. So, I guess I'd bring discs that reminded me how crappy most films are so I wouldn't miss movies so much. But you all know how passionate we are about being apart of that rare gem of a film, so even that wouldn't work. A pack of plague infested wolves couldn't chase us away from our work and this impossible business. Am I over-thinking this? :) Next question please...

The works of Jeffrey Lent.

A big, thick juicy steak, double stuffed baked potato, cream spinach, and Chivas & soda on the rocks

Whatever makes my life and job easier, regardless of cash value - in short, FINAL DRAFT. The software of champions.

Michael Tabb has just been hired to write a feature for Paradox Entertainment. In the past year, he finished THE UNCATCHABLE COWGIRL BANDITS OF NOTTINGHAM, TEXAS for Intrepid Pictures (deal with Rogue/Focus Features and Universal) and adapted the best-selling Russian sci-fi/adventure novel KNIGHTS OF THE FORTY ISLANDS by Sergey Lukyanenko (author of NIGHT WATCH) for Run Entertainment, Ltd. Before that, Michael developed projects for Disney Feature Animation, The Canton Company at Warner Brothers, Producer Lawrence Bender, comic book icon Stan Lee, Director Mike Newell and Dustin Hoffman to name a few. He also guest lectures on screenwriting and writes a column in Ingénue Magazine about screenwriting entitled “Script Notes”. Known for his original drafts of the scripts TROY and THE CASANOVAS, Michael did the final rewrite of the thriller RING AROUND THE ROSIE, in which his draft landed actor Tom Sizemore and was released by Sony, making the top twenty list of highest grossing indie renters of 2006. Michael serves as Supervising Producer on several productions for the original-content, online-network Strike.TV, including shows: SPEEDIE-DATE, FUSION, SKETCH TOONS, TONY HAND and more, including his own project SHADOW ACADEMY featuring Corey Haim, Miguel Ferrer, Stephen Root and funnyman Brian Posehn. Given his eye for storytelling, Michael now also serves as Strike.TV’s Head of Submissions. Michael was raised behind the Orange Curtain (The OC), wrote his first short screenplay in high school and began writing features in college. His education includes two years at USC undergrad, a B.F.A. from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and a Masters in Screenwriting from UCLA’s School of Film and Television. Michael Tabb does business under the banner of his company, Burning Tree Films and is a member of WGAw. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Links to articles featuring Michael in Daily Variety: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117961104.html http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117788980.html?categoryid=19&cs=1&query=Michael+Tabb+Troy Current Reps: Ryan Saul (agent) – APA – (310) 888-4229 Justin Silvera (manager) – New Wave Entertainment – (818) 295-8028 Darren Trattner (attorney) – Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer et al – (310) 553-0305

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