What Is Scripped All About?
We Make It Easier for You to Write Your ScreenplayScripped Writer, our flagship product, is a Web-based software solution for screenwriters. Scripped Writer allows you to format your scripts to industry standards without having to download software to your computer. Access your scripts from anywhere, at anytime with any computer and an Internet connection.
We Give You Opportunities to Succeed with Producers and BrandsScripped runs monthly contests on behalf of producers and brands, which will enable you to get your work shown to people that matter. We have already run contests for Heroes star Dawn Olivieri (through Girl2watch.com), Alex Albrecht, award-winning screenwriter Steven de Souza, and Sundance Winner Edward Burns.
We Believe that Great Writers Come From All Parts of the WorldWith over 65,000 writers using Scripped Writer from over 100 countries, we are true believers that screenwriting is an international phenomenon. Everyone has a great screenplay and we want you to write it on Scripped.
Who Runs the Show Around Here?
Sunil Rajaraman, CEO
Sunil is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Scripped.com. Sunil holds a MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he took several courses in screenwriting and film. He also has worked in mergers and acquisitions, management consulting, and even a little stint in a recruiting company. Sunil enjoys Belgian beers at La Trappe, his favorite San Francisco watering hole.
Ryan Buckley, COO
Ryan Buckley is Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Scripped.com. Ryan holds a MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and was featured as one of Variety Magazine's top 10 MBAs in Entertainment in 2008. Ryan also holds a Master's degree from the Harvard Kennedy School and most admires Arnold Schwarzenegger for straddling the worlds of entertainment and politics.
Josh Palmer, Director of Engineering
Josh Palmer is the head of engineering and all things technical at Scripped.com. Josh has started and led several startups, most notably Brainfall.com, one of the first websites to utilize Facebook applications. At its peak it received hundreds of thousands of hits per day, a feat he expects to duplicate for Scripped.
Johnathan Carr, Director of Community Relations
Johnathan Carr is a filmmaker, screenwriter and your friendly neighborhood Customer Support on Scripped. He studied filmmaking at Emerson College in his hometown of Boston and has written, produced and directed four feature-length digital films as well as over a hundred shorts from all sides of the camera and is just warming up. See some of his work at theMfish.com.
Zachary Freer, Director of Industry and Product Design
Zachary Freer is Co-Founder of Scripped.com. Zachary is an award winning writer/filmmaker and graduate of the Peter Stark Producing Program at the USC School of Cinema & Television. He has extensive experience in product development & design and motion picture production. His greatest hope is that Scripped will give inspiration and support to the masses of creative talent and unknown voices around the world.
Who Advises the Scripped Guys?
Edward Burns
Mr. Burns is an award-winning actor, film producer, writer and director and has been an adviser to Scripped since 2009.
Steven de Souza
Mr. de Souza is a producer, director and screenwriter. He is among a handful of screenwriters whose films have earned over two billion dollars at the worldwide box office and began advising Scripped in 2010.
Roger Wood
Mr. Wood is a digital media executive recognized for his equal fluency in web, television, mobile, and motion picture content, as well as his innovations in traditional, online and mobile marketing. He began advising Scripped in 2010.
Keith Richman
Mr. Richman is a recognized industry leader and CEO of Break Media, one of the most successful video websites on the Internet. Mr. Richman has advised Scripped since 2009.
A Brief History of Scripped
- August 15, 2006,Ryan gets a text from Sunil: "I have THE idea that will make us rich." We are still waiting for this idea.
- September 2, 2006,Sunil begins at UCLA and Ryan goes to Harvard. Zak, the USC-grad screenwriter, plogs along in his web design job.
- July 7, 2007,Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP help us become Scripped, Inc., a Delaware Corporation headquartered at Sunil's parents' house.
- October 18, 2007,The first iteration of Scripped Writer is live for beta testing at Scripped.com
- November 22, 2007,The first investment capital comes into Scripped. An uncle, a stepmom, and a father become the first holders of Scripped stock
- January 2, 2008,Private beta ends and public beta begins! Our first happy customers start writing scripts.
- March 3, 2008,The first 1,000 registrations are on Scripped.
- April 1, 2008,Scripped gets a huge boost from Script Frenzy. More users, more fun, more investment, and more new features.
- July 1, 2008,Scripped makes a new friend, Josh Smith, who eventually becomes CTO. First he starts on retainer to build Scripped Vault and Scripped Creative Support.
- June 1, 2008,Sunil gets an MBA from UCLA.
- July 7, 2008,Scripped turns 1 year old.
- October 24, 2008,Scripped is accepted by the MIT Venture Mentorship Service. Starting to feel good.
- March 10, 2009,A little more financing from our first outside angel.
- June 6, 2009,Ryan gets two Master's degrees and moves back to California. The founding team gets reunited once again.
- August 28, 2009,Our first real paid services are released: contests and Pro subscriptions. Foundations set to become a real company.
- September 23, 2009,The first contact goes out to Zhura.com, a fantastic website with a really really great screenwriting app. We're jealous.
- December 13, 2009,It is decided that Scripped and Zhura should combine together and build even better resources for screenwriters. Hollywood rejoices.
- February 22, 2010,The deal closes. Scripped and Zhura are merged and Scripped keeps its name. A silent integration begins.
- March 29, 2010,A new and far improved Scripped.com relaunches with 65,000 screenwriters.
- April 1, 2010,Scripped launches its best contest yet: a feature length script competition for Edward Burns, along with a Script Frenzy sponsorship.
