Ep280 - Chris Brancato, Screenwriter ‘Godfather of Harlem,’ ‘Narcos,’ & ‘Sherlock Holmes 3’

After college, Chris Brancato realized he had “no marketable skills whatsoever.” He joked that his “lack of options” led him down the path of becoming a screenwriter. “That helped demystify the process,” he said. The next step in uncovering the path to Hollywood came from a friend who landed a job on The Equalizer. “He showed me the script and I thought, ‘I just figured out what I want to do.’” Brancato first landed writing jobs on Beverly Hills, 90120 and The X-Files. These days, he’s best known for his work on Hannibal, Narcos, Narcos: Mexico, Godfather of Harlem and has a credit on Sherlock Holmes 3. In this interview, Brancato talks about screenwriting as a mystical career, candy-colored loglines, how to think about latitude storytelling, how some writer’s rooms can actually feel limiting and how to create a “pitch tsunami” for executives. If it’s your first time listening, make sure to subscribe and visit my new website for information on the YouTube channel, the blog, this podcast, and my new book ‘Ink by the Barrel’ which takes advice from these 200+ interviews at the link below… Join the email list here: www.brockswinson.com Follow us on Instagram for updates: @brockswinson If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It only takes about 60-seconds and it really helps convince some of the hard-to-get guests to sit down and have a chat (simply scroll to the bottom on your iTunes Podcast app and click “Write Review"). Enjoy the show!