Design story.
Design story.
Where Hollywood meets design.
A development firm for story.
We approach clients, creatives, intellectual properties, and concepts the way design studios approach branding. With thought and intention.
“Revolutionizing development for a new generation of audiences and engagers.”
Design-led: Projects are developed like design solutions. With prototyping, iteration, and audience/user research built into the process.
Data-informed: Analyzing streaming data, genre cycles, trends, and global engagement patterns to predict the stories that will resonate.
Culturally fluent: Building narratives rooted in the values of specific audiences. Designed for authentic interaction.
Development modernized.
Welcome to
Sweater is a one-of-a-kind development firm dedicated to shaping ideas and people into their strongest form. In an industry where time and investment in development are increasingly scarce, Sweater puts development right at the center—helping individual and corporate clients, creatives, brands, IP, and projects find clarity, strength, and momentum.
Championing Creatives
Sweater proudly represents screenwriters, directors, playwrights, and authors whose work spans animation, live-action television, feature films, and prose, including short stories and novels.
Our clients have worked on notable productions including Netflix's The Sandman, NBC's New Amsterdam, Netflix's The Upshaws, The CW's The Flash, NBC's Law & Order: Organized Crime, Nickelodeon's Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Freeform's Good Trouble, and CBS's The Neighborhood. They have developed and sold projects to Apple TV+, Netflix, Tubi, DreamWorks Animation, and Nickelodeon. Their work has also screened at film festivals such as Sundance, Cannes, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Venice Film Festival.
Stewarding Stories
We develop and produce compelling film and television projects with industry partners, bringing bold stories to life on screen. Our focus is on championing unique voices and building projects that not only stand out in the marketplace but also leave a lasting cultural impact.
Publishing Prose
Through our boutique publishing division, we specialize in developing and publishing short story collections and novels in genres like crime, thriller, science fiction, horror, and action. With a keen focus on high concept storytelling, we aim to craft narratives and universes that seamlessly transition into captivating film and television adaptations.
Explore our current publications and discover what’s coming soon.
Spotlighting High Concept Short Fiction
The Sweater is a magazine of unique short stories with an emphasis on thriller, horror, and speculative fiction. Each issue is distributed to top producers and executives at leading production companies, studios, and networks in the entertainment industry, while also being accessible to the public.
For more information on our current and past issues, please visit this page.
Be part of our next issue and submit your short story for consideration.
Contact us at info@sweaterla.com
Please note: We do not accept or consider any unsolicited ideas, materials, or submissions. Any such materials will be deleted or disregarded without review.
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