Our Mission
At Astoryah, we know creatives have many options to choose from for advice and guidance, but we believe our decades of professional experience, our success in this business, and our trustworthy principles set us apart.
Core Principles of Astoryah
- Treat emerging creatives with respect and take their ambitions seriously;
- Give creatives a realistic and pragmatic education about how the entertainment industry really works, suggest best paths to their career goals, and present it all in a manner that is engaging, accessible and when possible, with a good sense of humor;
- Equip creatives with the ability to tell their story not only in a way that suits them, but also in a way that will make it real and resonate.
- Focus not just on helping build projects but helping build lifelong careers in entertainment.
We believe that telling riveting stories is the key to achieving success in entertainment, and we are dedicated to helping empower you to tell yours.
Astoryah is about more than just helping someone develop their screenplay, perfect a pitch or make their first production. We also help you identify your strengths, your appeal, and set you on a path to success — even if it’s different from the one that you originally envisioned.
Through in-person and online seminars, one-to-one consulting sessions, festival and market events and numerous networking opportunities, we will help aspiring creatives tell their stories and turn their ambitions into sustainable professional careers.
Our partners are working Hollywood professionals with combined writing, directing, producing, packaging and financing experience across a wide range of content. However you plan to establish your foothold — writing a spec screenplay, creating a short or a feature film, creating a web series or social media shorts, or seeking to become an actor, costume designer, composer, or media executive, we believe that you deserve real-world industry knowledge from experienced professionals who have successfully navigated the business themselves (and still do).
Having a story to tell is important but having the knowledge and insight on how to tell it is a must. Astoryah can help you build your insights, expertise, and career in this exciting but quickly evolving and challenging business.