ScriptUp: Reviewing and advising on our scripts

ScriptUp founders (left to right) Felix Von Strumm and Sebastian Cox

Date Published: February 20, 2021
Author: Natasha Alston

We are thrilled to have ScriptUp as our coverage service. Their accountability is outstanding. Unlike most other script review services that conceal their reviewers’ identity, ScriptUp always lets us know exactly who (internally) has read our submitted scripts. This holds the quality of their work to account and fosters a stronger bond between writer and reader.

The ScriptUp team welcomes inquiries, encourages creative conversation, and is always open to feedback from its community of screenwriters. Toward this end, they employ a third-party review system that keeps them accountable for the quality of their work.

They know how fast-paced the film industry can be and that writers don’t want a long wait for script coverage to arrive after the screenplay is submitted. To ensure a quick turnaround, ScriptUp guarantees delivery in five days or fewer, or our money back. Submitted scripts and related ideas are not be shared with anyone beyond the ScriptUp reader. Per their Terms of Service, the copyright in submitted screenplays will remain the property of the writer at all times. ScriptUp treats the writer’s story as strictly confidential throughout the feedback process.

The ScriptUp analysts have advised production companies and top-ranking creatives on which scripts to develop. These reviewers provide honest and detailed screenplay feedback on what works and what needs work. The ScriptUp service guarantees quality. That’s why over 60% of writers that submit to them come back for further consultation.

Sebastian is a writer and director working in commercial, documentary, and narrative filmmaking. He has experience as a script reader for several European production houses and is the co-founder of Orpheus Films. He serves as a judge for the Best Unproduced Screenplay award in the British Independent Film Festival and the British Animation Film Festival. A self-professed cinephile, Sebastian is also a Gramophone Award-winning classical singer with a degree in English Literature from Princeton University, USA.

In late 2019, Felix left his job at a top-ranking London talent and literary agency to start ScriptUp. He has worked as a script consultant to Oscar-winning German production company Beta Film for three years. Like Sebastian, Felix acts as a judge in the screenwriting competitions of the British Independent Film Festival and the British Animation Film Festival. He also reads for the BAFTA Rocliffe new writing competition. Felix grew up in the UK and speaks English, German, and Italian. He has a degree in Modern Languages from the University of Oxford, UK.