Mark DeGasperi has been a writer, lecturer and professional story analyst for many years. He has read and scouted screenplays, TV pilots, show bibles and books for adaptation, most recently for Sony Pictures Television and Robert DeNiro`s Tribeca Productions, plus other Hollywood producers and agents. He has covered potential film and TV material for Paramount, Universal, New Line Cinema, the William Morris Agency (WME), International Creative Management (ICM Partners), Miramax Films and Jonathan Demme's Clinica Estetico. He has worked in production at ABC Television in New York. He is associate producer of the award-winning eco-documentary “The Stolen River.” He is a regular speaker on adapting books for movies and TV at New York Women in Film and Television and Thrillerfest.