User:The IF List/sandbox

The Imagine Film List, commonly referred to as The IF List, is an online crowdsourcing platform for movie ideas and dream-casting based on books, comics, real events and other sources. The site allows users to propose stories to be adapted into films and TV shows, pitch casting ideas, and nominate filmmakers for potential projects. Proposals are viewed and evaluated by the public and automatically ranked according to the number of supporters that they accumulate.

The web site serves as a resource for entertainment producers and executives to discover new material and gauge audience demand for prospective films and TV shows. It is also designed as a promotional tool for authors to publicize their work and for actors and filmmakers to gain recognition and support for their dream projects.

The IF List houses a database of user-generated content, including profiles of stories, characters, actors and filmmakers that the public can browse, search through and use as building blocks for their proposals. Actors and roles can be linked together to create “casting proposals” and filmmakers and stories can be linked together to create “filmmaker proposals.”

Company Facts
IF List, inc. was founded in 2014 by Benny Hung, a MBA graduate of Oxford University, and brothers Noel Spangler and Ian Spangler, who studied film at Vassar College and hold Masters degrees, respectively, from Pratt Institute and Parson's School of Design. The company is currently headquartered in New York City.

In May 2014, The IF List was shortlisted as one of 18 tech startups to exhibit in the BookExpo America conference.