Selling Seattle- The Sitcom

"Selling Seattle" is a smart broad comedy in the vein of "Seinfeld" and "Arrested Development". We are working with the video production company North by Northwest to produce the pilot and the second episode in Spokane, Washington this Spring. North by Northwest has produced many motion pictures and TV episodes for well-known Hollywood companies. We plan to stream episodes on the internet with commercials in a thirty-minute format. With cash flow from the pilot and second episode we will produce four to six episodes this fall and at least twelve episodes next year. The money raised through Mainvest will be used to produce the first one or two episodes of Selling Seattle and for advertising costs, office expenses, and an income for Jim McGuffin not to exceed $15,000 per episode. This would be the same as my co-producer Rich Cowan.

In today's world, it's never been more important for people to laugh and smile. And Selling Seattle has the right combination of characters and comedy to do just that! I want to invite you to be part of the creative process.
Our writer, Jay Williams, is hilariously entertaining and has a special ability to translate his humor into a screenplay. We have the all star team in place, we just need your help.
You can play a vital role in bringing this sitcom to life! Your contribution to the development of Selling Seattle will enable us to make a fresh new family friendly comedy available for online streaming.

• Production Costs : $874,000
• Advertising : $100,000
• Administrative Assistant : $15,000
• Other Costs: $16,800
• Mainvest Compensation: $64,200

Jim McGuffin, Producer and Owner
Jim is a retired real estate agent. He was a top agent and at his peak was selling over 100 properties a year. He has a bachelors degree in business with a concentration in marketing from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA. Jim is an Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America and served six years in the California Army National Guard.

Jay Williams, Writer
Jay is a veteran of over twenty years in real estate sales. Jay was writing screenplays prior to writing the pilot for Selling Seattle, along with its series bible. Jay has won two national contests. His most recent was an action adventure, The Spartan, which took a first place among 2000 other scripts in a Fade In Magazine contest. His prior script, Semper Fi, a Vietnam war saga, was also a national contest winner, and a semi-finalist in the Academy of Motion Picture and Sciences' Nicholl Fellowships. Jay is also a Vietnam veteran.

Richard Cowan , Hollywood Producer
Rich Cowan is a partner in North by Northwest Productions, a full-service video production company founded in 1990 and located in Spokane and Boise. Rich has functioned as producer of Wayne Wang’s A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, Hangman starring Al Pacino, Vengeance: A Love Story starring Nicolas Cage, Norman starring Richard Jenkins and Emily VanCamp, Family Holiday a Lifetime Original Movie, I Am Wrath with John Travolta, Wrong Turn at Tahoe with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Harvey Keitel, and The Big Bang with Antonio Banderas. Rich produced and directed The Basket, starring Peter Coyote and KarenAllen. He also directed Shadow of Fear starring James Spader, Aidan Quinn, Robin Tunney and A River Sorrow, starring Ray Liotta, Christian Slater, and Ving Rhames. As a teenager, Rich directed his first program at KING-TV in Seattle. After graduating from the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University, Rich was hired by KHQ-TV in Spokane where he produced PM Magazine segments and directed daily newscasts.

Jared Briley , Director
Jared Briley’s film career began in 2007 as a set production assistant on several independent films before joining the Director’s Guild of America as a 2nd AssistantDirector on John Carpenter’s The Ward in 2009. Having forgone film school, he spent as much time on set with as many directors as possible to continue learning the craft of directing. While still working as an AD, he enrolled at Beverly Hills Playhouse in 2012 and spent the next year in a Scene Study/Directing class to expand his experience working one on one with actors.