Breaking Into the Industry for Screenwriters with Matt Misetich

Join us for a Q&A with FEA Alum, Matt Misetich! Matt is currently a Senior Executive and Partner at Pipeline Media Group, He oversees all divisions, including Script, Book, and Film, as well as the management of Pipeline Artists and the implementation of future Pipeline entities. 

His industry career started in 2002 as an intern for a talent manager, then as an intern in film development in 2003. And as an intern script reader through all of 2004. . . which ended in 2005—where he landed another prestigious unpaid internship. After several freelance script reading jobs, plus a brief but legitimately educational time in international distribution and media consulting, he began his tenure with Pipeline in 2006, working as a reader until early 2008 when he took over as manager. 

In that time, he’s helped launch the careers of several Pipeline writers, including Evan Daugherty (Snow White and the Huntsman), Tripper Clancy (Stuber), Crosby Selander (Bring Me Back), and others who have turned to Pipeline for guidance in their creative aspirations. It’s estimated he’s reviewed over 30,000 pitches, screenplays, pilots, books, and short films over the last two decades.  

As far as how Matt got into development: it was actually through one of his professors at CSULB, who said he had a former student looking for an intern at a talent management company, and he was only one of two people to follow-up with her. Matt started there as the assistant to the assistant a couple days a week, then started reading scripts and doing coverage, and…is now enjoying his current role in the company!