J. Neil Schulman

Current

• Executive Producer/Writer/Director at Jesulu Productions
• Founder and President at Pulpless.Com

Past

• Founder and President at Softserv Publishing Services, Inc.
• Camper at Camp Mohawk in the Berkshires

Education

• City University of New York

Connections

30 connections

Industry

Entertainment

J. Neil Schulman’s Summary

J. Neil Schulman is an award-winning writer and filmmaker, whom the Wall Street Journal called a pioneer of electronic publishing His 1979 Prometheus-Hall-of-Fame novel Alongside Night -- endorsed by Milton Friedman, Anthony Burgess, and Ron Paul -- projected the economic meltdown even to the bankruptcy of General Motors, and was Freedom Book of the Month for May, 2009. It's currently in development as his second feature film, following his award-winning comic thriller, Lady Magdalene's, starring Nichelle Nichols, which Schulman wrote, produced, directed, and acted in. His 1983 novel, The Rainbow Cadenza, won the Prometheus Award, was adapted into a Laserium show, and Robert A. Heinlein told the 1983 L-5 Society, "Every libertarian should read it!" Schulman scripted the CBS revived Twilight Zone episode, "Profile in Silver." He taught a graduate course on electronic publishing for The New School, has written for popular magazines and newspapers including National Review, Reason, the Los Angeles Times, and Reader's Digest, and monographs ranging from animal rights, informational property rights, and medicalization of criminology have been widely anthologized by academic presses. His 11 books include Stopping Power: Why 70 Million Americans Own Guns, endorsed by Charlton Heston and Dennis Prager, Self Control Not Gun Control endorsed by Walter Williams, and The Robert Heinlein Interview and Other Heinleiniana, which Virginia Heinlein said "should be on the shelves of everyone interested in science fiction." He's recipient of the James Madison Award from the Second Amendment Foundation, and on March 16, 2009 Schulman was awarded the Samuel Edward Konkin III Memorial Chauntecleer by the Karl Hess Club, the only previous recipients being Hans-Hermann Hoppe and Wally Conger. Full bio at http://www.pulpless.com/jneil/jnsbio.html

Also see Wikipedia, Amazon.com, IMDb, and official website, "The World According to J. Neil Schulman.

J. Neil Schulman’s Specialties:

Science fiction and fantasy, futurism, electronic publishing, libertarianism, agorism, firearms issues, criminology, First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Tenth amendment rights, animal rights, intellectual and informational property rights, misuse of language for political purposes, personal revelations from God, differences between religions, dogma, and theology, and divine perspective.

J. Neil Schulman’s Experience

• Executive Producer/Writer/Director

  Jesulu Productions

  (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years )

  Jesulu Productions is the film entertainment division of Duj Pepperman Enterprises, and has various projects in development.
  
  It's first feature film, the suspense-comedy Lady Magdalene's, starring Nichelle Nichols, won the "Best Cutting Edge Film" award following its Feb. 2, 2008 film-festival premiere at the San Diego Black Film Festival, and "Audience Choice" Oct. 1, 2008 at the Cinema City International Film Festival.

• Founder and President

  Pulpless.Com

  (Publishing industry)

  1995 — Present (14 years )

  First as Pulpless.Com, Inc., then later as the Pulpless.com division of Duj Pepperman Enterprises, Pulpless.Com was the first Internet-based/World Wide Web-based company to offer books by bestselling and other professional authors as both downloadable "paperless books" (later called eBooks) and as on-demand trade paperback and hardcover books produced and distributed through Lightning Print (later Lightning Source). Authors included Piers Anthony, Robert Silverberg, Victor Koman, Jerome Tuccille, and many others.

• Founder and President

  Softserv Publishing Services, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

  October 1987 — 1993 (6 years )

  First company to distribute "paperless books" (later called eBooks) by bestselling and other professional authors for download to personal computers for on-screen reading and on-demand printing. Operated the "SoftServ Roundtable" on GEnie (General Electric Network for Information Exchange) from 1992-1993, then the SoftServ Paperless Bookstore BBS from 1993-1994. Authors published included Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, and many more.

• Camper

  Camp Mohawk in the Berkshires

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)

  1958 — 1962 (4 years )

  I don't know who listed me here, but it seems misplaced. I was a camper at Camp Mohawk as a small child, not an employee in any sense. The camp was owned by my father's oldest brother, Bernard.

J. Neil Schulman’s Education

• City University of New York

  1971 — 1972

Additional Information

J. Neil Schulman’s Groups:

Writers Guild of America, East

•    Film Financing network
•    Independent Filmmakers and Screenwriters

J. Neil Schulman’s Honors:

Samuel Edward Konkin III Memorial Chauntecleer Award from the Karl Hess Club, March 16, 2009

Freedom Book of the Month for Alongside Night, Freedom Book Club, May, 2009

Prometheus Award for Best Novel for The Rainbow Cadenza, 1984

Prometheus Hall of Fame Award for Best Novel for Alongside Night, 1989

James Madison Award for LA Times Op-Ed, "If Guns Are Outlawed, Why Are We Still Afraid?", 1993

"Best Cutting Edge Film" Award for independent feature film, Lady Magdalene's, from San Diego Black Film Festival, 2008

'Audience Choice" Award for independent feature film, Lady Magdalene's, from Cinema City International Film Festival, 2008

J. Neil Schulman’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch