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John and Craig break out of coverage to look at oners and long shots, cutting through any directorial showboating to compare the pros and cons and cons and cons of those unbroken takes, offering ways to decide when they are necessary or purposeful, and how to recognize when it's better to cut. We also look at changes to Sundance and the Nicholl Fellowship, answer listener questions on house lights in movie theaters, Oscar voting, improv movies, and share a few horror stories from John and Craig's early career. In our bonus segment for premium members, John and Craig look at their relationship with their phones and consider dumbing down. Links: HBO's The Last of Us Podcast Sundance is moving to Boulder, Colorado! Changes to the Academy Nicholl Fellowship Adolescence | The Studio Meryl Streep and Viola Davis in Doubt The Alien RPG by Free League Assassin's Creed: Shadows The Show 25 The DIY Dumbphone Method by Casey Johnston Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt! Check out the Inneresting Newsletter Gift a Scriptnotes Subscription or treat yourself to a premium subscription! Craig Mazin on Instagram John August on Bluesky, Threads, and Instagram Outro by Nick Moore (send us yours!) Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and edited by Matthew Chilelli. Email us at ask@johnaugust.com You can download the episode here.

I met Tim and Danny Reckart last year at the Tepeyac Leadership Initiative's The Hour of the Laity Conference and we had a few fantastic conversations! I wanted to keep it going and so I invited the two to talk about art, filmmaking, story, and more. Enjoy!Who is Tim Reckart?Timothy Reckart is an Oscar-nominated writer, director, and animator, best known for directing The Star in 2017 and the Oscar-nominated short Head Over Heels in 2012. Prior to directing, he worked as a stop motion animator, serving as a lead animator on Charlie Kaufman's Oscar-nominated film Anomalisa and animator on Amazon's multiple Emmy-winning preschool series Tumble Leaf. In 2015, Variety named him one of its “10 Animators To Watch.”He holds a master's degree in directing animation from the National Film & Television School of the UK and graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in history and literature from Harvard University, where he was awarded the Edward H. Potter Prize for “great enthusiasm and curiosity for truly eclectic learning.” He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three children.Who is Danny Reckart?Danny Reckart is a LA-based screenwriter and playwright. A graduate of NYU Tisch, Danny wrote numerous plays and musicals that were performed throughout New York City, including writing for Broken Box Mime Theater for which he won a New York Innovative Theater award. His screenplays have been recognized by the Nicholl Fellowship, the Sundance Screenwriting Lab, and the BlueCat Screenwriting Competition. He is currently in development at Dreamworks working on an animated TV show he co-created with his brother based on their childhood road trips.Summary:In this conversation, Will Wright speaks with Tim and Danny Reckart, two brothers who are passionate about storytelling and filmmaking. They discuss their backgrounds, the importance of storytelling in conveying wisdom, and the role of art in reflecting truth. The Reckart brothers emphasize the responsibility of Catholic filmmakers to integrate their faith into their work and the need for a supportive community among artists. They also explore the current cultural landscape, noting a bifurcation in society and the challenges and opportunities it presents for Christian artists.Takeaways:* Storytelling is a fundamental human experience that helps us retain wisdom.* Art serves as a medium to convey deeper truths and experiences.* Preachiness in art often stems from poor execution rather than the message itself.* The role of the artist is to remind audiences of truths they may have forgotten.* Catholic filmmakers have a unique responsibility to present a counter-cultural worldview.* Art can be a powerful tool for evangelization and cultural engagement.* Community among Catholic artists is essential for growth and support.* The current cultural climate presents both challenges and opportunities for Christian filmmakers.* Art should resonate with audiences on a personal level, reflecting their own experiences.* The Reckart brothers are launching Sycamore Studios to create family-oriented animated films rooted in their values.Keywordsstorytelling, Catholic filmmakers, art, truth, culture, animation, Reckart brothers, film industry, creativity, wisdom This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.gooddistinctions.com

JOIN TSL WORKSHOPS FOR FREE: https://tslworkshops.circle.so/ Barbara Stepansky's career is the culmination of years of incredibly hard work. In addition to winning the highly competitive Nicholl fellowship, Barbara is a WGA-award winner for a TV movie, the head writer on a German-language Netflix show, and a writer/producer on Starz' Outlander. Today's conversation is all about how Barbara built her uniquely multi-faceted career.

Author, Poet, Screenwriter, and speaker Sarah Archer is joining Fika with Vicky this week for one of our Classic Conversations. This week we're focussing on the classic Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus which was written by Mary Shelley in 1818. There will be scandal, heart wrenching realities, lost love, and unwise loves. (Yes, Percy Shelley and Lord Byron, I'm pointing at you.) And all that's before we even get to the novel. Please join us as we look into this work, by a 19 year old, that still has us enthralled over 200 years later. About Sarah Archer - Sarah Archer's debut novel, The Plus One, was published by Putnam in the US and received a starred review from Booklist. It has also been published in the UK, Germany, and Japan, and is currently in development for the screen. As a screenwriter, she has developed material for MTV Entertainment, Snapchat, and Comedy Central. She is a Black List Screenwriting Lab fellow who has placed in competitions including the Motion Picture Academy's Nicholl Fellowship, the Tracking Board's Launch Pad, and the Austin Film Festival. Her short stories and poetry have been published in numerous literary magazines, nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and reached the finals of the Doris Betts Fiction Prize. She has spoken and taught on writing to groups in several states and countries, and interviewed authors around the world as a co-host of the award-winning Charlotte Readers Podcast. You can find her online at saraharcherwrites.com. About Fika with Vicky - Eternally curious about life, Vicky learned early that answers could be found in stories. Whether those stories were tales of ghosts told by her grandmother or read on Romper Room with milk and cookies, she found herself transported to other worlds. Reading to her own children, she developed an appreciation for picture books, and the illustrations that accompanied them. It was then that she realized great truths could be found with the simplest of words, and that children's books are not only for children. Through their reading she saw how vast the Juvenile and Young Adult genres had become, and the way in which they brought understanding to difficult topics. Having written her own stories, in Stick to the Story the Book, Vicky began to be interviewed. And that's when everything clicked. The idea that she could speak to the people behind the stories she loved, and learn more about them, was too tempting to ignore. Fika with Vicky was born in 2019, and with it a desire to share her passion for used book stores on rainy afternoons, folklore and fairytales, and those moments when an author solidifies all you've been thinking in one sentence. https://www.facebook.com/FikawithVicky

Menelek was named a Quarter-Finalist in the prestigious Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship. (Run By the Academy) 5% of 5,5000 applicants make it to the QF round. (But again, Mumba is too humble to care about any of this) Enoy the 3 hours of radio. 

In life, we can't please everyone. There will be people who “get us” and others who simply don't. It's the same when you're a filmmaker. Your work won't vibe with everyone who sees it, and that's totally okay! It's time to face your fears, give it your all, and create those projects that reveal your darkest instincts.  In today's episode, No Film School's GG Hawkins speaks with Sam Baron and Madison Lanesy to discuss:  What it's like to receive polarized reactions  Feeling terrified to share projects with personal subject matter Career lessons from Ice Age and Mrs.Doubtfire  Having a YouTube video go viral at 17 years old The story behind the name of Sam's short, The Orgy Turning in films as book reports in middle school The beauty and freedom of improv acting Sam's process of submitting shorts Pushing past fear and discomfort Working with a team that believes in your project Making personal sacrifices while working on projects  Memorable Quotes “Working on any project takes so much from you…so you better make sure it's a worthwhile project you really care about.” [18:51] “You need to take the temperature of the audience, but you also need to take the temperature of yourself. If you just do one or the other, you're going to get out of balance.” [32:00] “I accidentally proved a concept by being true to my deep, creative nature.” [52:41] “Get to know yourself as a filmmaker. You are the only you.” [76:42] Mentioned Here's What Happens When You Win the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting Is This the Tool Filmmakers Need to Find Their Audience? Short: Tall Dark and Handsome Short: The Orgy Short: YES, DADDY Follow Sam on IG Follow Madison on IG Find No Film School everywhere: On the Web https://nofilmschool.com/ Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/nofilmschool Twitter  https://twitter.com/nofilmschool YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/user/nofilmschool Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nofilmschool Send us an email with questions or feedback: podcast@nofilmschool.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam Boyer is an Indonesian-American writer who won the Nicholl Fellowship in 2022, was featured on the 2023 Black List, was a 2020 CAPE New Writers Fellow, and has twice been featured on the Black List's CAPE List. He earned his MFA from UT Austin's Michener Center for Writers and his BA from USC's film school. In this episode, Sam dives into his process in landing a spot in each of these programs, how to face and overcome rejection, tips for making time and space to write, and why his hypothetical presidential platform would include free chips & salsa at every restaurant.  BREAKDOWN: 3:35 - Getting on the Black List 7:24 - Black List 2023 script - “Foragers” 14:00 - Getting the NIcholl Fellowship 25:25 - CAPE Writers Program 31:17 - Getting into Michener  at UT Austin 36:09 - Becoming an Academy Gold member 40:05 - Balancing work when you start out with a day job, making time to write, getting past writers' block 50:57 - Tips for general meetings 55:43 - Getting initially rejected from SCA 1:00:26 - Rejection is normal 1:09:55 - Personal connection to stories 1:12:33 - Navigating management / reps 1:19:25 - Advice for people starting out / pivoting 1:26:39 - How he persevered through hard times 1:32:27 - The myth of the Overnight Success 1:34:19 - TIME CAPSULE CONNECT WITH SAM:  IG @samboyer  CONNECT WITH THE SHOW:  All platforms @NoSetPathShow  bio.site/nosetpath www.nosetpathshow.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rebecca-doyle3/support

Writer Jimmy Miller reflects on a script that changed as he changed, ultimately leading to his current Nicholl Fellowship win.

In this week's episode, Justin and Paul talk to screenwriter Victoria Male about how she got her start, working for director Ivan Reitman, and what advice she has for screenwriters. Worth noting - soon after this recording, Victoria's script SHOWSTOPPER was selected as a finalist in the Nicholl Fellowship

This week on Fika with Vicky we're chatting about Louisa May Alcott, best known for her novel Little Women. Please join returning guest Author Sarah Archer and I, as we explore the incredible life and works of this author. Not only a novelist, but also a short story writer, poet, abolitionist, suffragette, transcendentalist, domestic help, tutor, and whatever it took to get by. Her's is an amazing story. A talented author herself, it's always a joy to have these chats with Sarah. Here's her Bio: Sarah Archer's debut novel, The Plus One, was published by Putnam in the US and received a starred review from Booklist. It has also been published in the UK, Germany, and Japan, and is currently in development for television. As a screenwriter, she has developed material for MTV Entertainment, Snapchat, and Comedy Central. She is a Black List Screenwriting Lab fellow who has placed in competitions including the Motion Picture Academy's Nicholl Fellowship, the Tracking Board's Launch Pad, and the Austin Film Festival. Her short stories and poetry have been published in numerous literary magazines and nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and she has spoken and taught on writing to groups in several states and countries. She is also a co-host of the award-winning Charlotte Readers Podcast, through which she co-wrote the novella Death by Podcasting. You can find her online at saraharcherwrites.com.

This week on Fika with Vicky we're chatting about Louisa May Alcott, best known for her novel Little Women. Please join returning guest Author Sarah Archer and I, as we explore the incredible life and works of this author. Not only a novelist, but also a short story writer, poet, abolitionist, suffragette, transcendentalist, domestic help, tutor, and whatever it took to get by. Her's is an amazing story. A talented author herself, it's always a joy to have these chats with Sarah. Here's her Bio: Sarah Archer's debut novel, The Plus One, was published by Putnam in the US and received a starred review from Booklist. It has also been published in the UK, Germany, and Japan, and is currently in development for television. As a screenwriter, she has developed material for MTV Entertainment, Snapchat, and Comedy Central. She is a Black List Screenwriting Lab fellow who has placed in competitions including the Motion Picture Academy's Nicholl Fellowship, the Tracking Board's Launch Pad, and the Austin Film Festival. Her short stories and poetry have been published in numerous literary magazines and nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and she has spoken and taught on writing to groups in several states and countries. She is also a co-host of the award-winning Charlotte Readers Podcast, through which she co-wrote the novella Death by Podcasting. You can find her online at saraharcherwrites.com.

Pilar Alessandra is the director of the screenwriting and TV writing program On the Page®, host of the popular On the Page Podcast and author of the top-selling book “The Coffee Break Screenwriter.”Pilar started her career as Senior Story Analyst at DreamWorks SKG and, in 2001, opened the On the Page Writers' Studio in Los Angeles. Her students and clients have written for The Walking Dead, Modern Family, Grey's Anatomy, Lost and Family Guy. They've sold features and pitches to Warner Bros, DreamWorks, Disney and Sony and have won the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship, Austin Screenwriting Competition and Warner Bros. TV Writing Workshop.In addition to her private classes taught out of the On the Page Writers' Studio, Pilar has trained writers at DreamWorks, Disney Animation, ABC, CBS and regularly moderates the Pitch Conference at the American Film Market. Pilar has traveled the world teaching in London, Dublin, Beijing, Warsaw, Lisbon and Cape Town, training writers, animators, producers and show runners in the art of writing, story telling and pitching.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/2664729/advertisement

The guest this week was Isabel Dréan, a screenwriter who is making a living from her writing and will tell us how she did it! Isabel Dréan is a produced screenwriter who specializes in romcoms, holiday, and high-concept stories. With a placement in the Nicholl Fellowship with her first screenplay, Isabel first started by exploring themes of women's survival and overcoming the impossible. But during the pandemic gloom, she felt inspired to venture out of that genre and explore the world of whimsical and inspiring stories found in holiday, romcom, and coming-of-age stories. In 2021, she saw two of her scripts go into production with Breakthrough Entertainment (Canada) & Vast Entertainment (USA). 2022 brought more success her way, with three more of her holiday romcoms produced and scheduled to air this next holiday season making a total of five screenplays sold and produced over a fifteen-month period. Isabel's writing versatility and capacity to elevate notes make her an indispensable asset to any production. Find out more about Isabel's Masterclass http://21dayscreenplay.com. To obtain the Zoom link for upcoming live interviews, you must register at The Filmmaker's Life webpage at https://www.filmmakersuccess.com/The-Filmmakers-Life-Home

Fika with Vicky's returning guest this week is Author Sarah Archer. We'll be chatting about our mutual admiration for Alice Munro, and sharing thoughts on writing, life, and relationships, found in her work and interviews. Alice Munro, known as a master of short stories, was born and grew up in Southern Ontario, Canada. Her writing is honest, and not always comfortable. encouraging you to examine the story you're living in. If you're looking for an example of an authentic voice, you'll find it in her work. Ms. Munro won the Nobel prize in Literature, in 2013. You can find a full biography for Alice Munro here: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2013/munro/biographical/ About Sarah Sarah Archer's debut novel, The Plus One, was published by Putnam in the US and received a starred review from Booklist. It has also been published in the UK, Germany, and Japan, and is currently in development for television. As a screenwriter, she has developed material for MTV Entertainment, Snapchat, and Comedy Central. She is a Black List Screenwriting Lab fellow who has placed in competitions including the Motion Picture Academy's Nicholl Fellowship and the Tracking Board's Launch Pad. Her short stories and poetry have been published in numerous literary magazines, and she has spoken and taught on writing to groups in several states and countries. She is also a co-host of the award-winning Charlotte Readers Podcast. No, I haven't found the exact word to describe Sarah's writing, but I am willing to keep reading her work until I do. I believe this is one of those, “It's all about the journey,” things. And this journey, so far, has been remarkable. You can find Sarah's website at: https://saraharcherwrites.com/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/archersarahp Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahArcherM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SarahArcherWrites/ Charlotte Readers Podcast: https://charlottereaderspodcast.com/ Writers without Borders: https://writing.upenn.edu/wh/involved/series/wwb/

Fika with Vicky's returning guest this week is Author Sarah Archer. We'll be chatting about our mutual admiration for Alice Munro, and sharing thoughts on writing, life, and relationships, found in her work and interviews. Alice Munro, known as a master of short stories, was born and grew up in Southern Ontario, Canada. Her writing is honest, and not always comfortable. encouraging you to examine the story you're living in. If you're looking for an example of an authentic voice, you'll find it in her work. Ms. Munro won the Nobel prize in Literature, in 2013. You can find a full biography for Alice Munro here: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2013/munro/biographical/ About Sarah Sarah Archer's debut novel, The Plus One, was published by Putnam in the US and received a starred review from Booklist. It has also been published in the UK, Germany, and Japan, and is currently in development for television. As a screenwriter, she has developed material for MTV Entertainment, Snapchat, and Comedy Central. She is a Black List Screenwriting Lab fellow who has placed in competitions including the Motion Picture Academy's Nicholl Fellowship and the Tracking Board's Launch Pad. Her short stories and poetry have been published in numerous literary magazines, and she has spoken and taught on writing to groups in several states and countries. She is also a co-host of the award-winning Charlotte Readers Podcast. No, I haven't found the exact word to describe Sarah's writing, but I am willing to keep reading her work until I do. I believe this is one of those, “It's all about the journey,” things. And this journey, so far, has been remarkable. You can find Sarah's website at: https://saraharcherwrites.com/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/archersarahp Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahArcherM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SarahArcherWrites/ Charlotte Readers Podcast: https://charlottereaderspodcast.com/ Writers without Borders: https://writing.upenn.edu/wh/involved/series/wwb/

In this episode of The Directors' Take podcast, your hosts Oz Arshad and Marcus Anthony Thomas are joined by Writer/Director Sam Baron. He talks us through his journey into filmmaking and how he came to win the prestigious Academy Nicholl Fellowship screenwriting competition, which propelled him into the industry. Not everything panned out in the way that you would imagine though and Sam openly talks us through all of these challenges here. This chat covers:   -Why he began filmmaking. -How he came to applying and winning the Academy Nicholl Fellowship competition. -The highs and lows of 'Hollywood'. -Reconnecting with your own voice and what that is? -Taking ownership of your own career and work. -Building momentum. -The pathway into the industry. -What is directing?   Sam Baron is a filmmaker based in London. His films have played at festivals worldwide and he won the Nicholl Fellowship for my script The Science of Love. He's now developing a slate of film and TV projects with companies including Netflix, Sony Pictures, New Pictures, DNA Films and Rollout Productions and is represented by Curtis Brown and UTA.   https://www.sambaron.com/   Nuggets of the week   Oz: Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo Del Toro & Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The " Three Amigos", Take Us On An Odyssey Through Their History And The Future Of Cinema. Marcus: Aperture Science - YouTube Channel Sam: Sam provided an anecdote about keeping your intentions pure when creating art or pursuing a passion.   Credits Music by Oliver Wegmüller   Socials Instagram: @TheDirectorsTakePodcast Twitter: @DirectorsTake Sam Baron socials: Twitter & Instagram   If you have any questions relating to the episode or have topics you would like covering in future releases, reach out to us at TheDirectorsTake@Outlook.com.

Our Guest this week is Author Sarah Archer. We'll be discussing one of our favourite authors, Ray Bradbury. And focusing on his books Fahrenheit 451, Dandelion Wine, Something Wicked This way Comes, and Zen in the Art of Writing. “Ray Bradbury 1920 - Forever During a career that spanned seventy-plus years, he wrote more than 400 short stories and nearly fifty books across a variety of genres. He also penned numerous poems, essays, plays, operas, teleplays, and screenplays, making him one of the most productive and admired writers of our time, as well as one of the most widely translated in the world.” From - https://raybradbury.com/ Sarah Archer Sarah Archer's debut novel, The Plus One, was published by Putnam in the US and received a starred review from Booklist. It has also been published in the UK, Germany, and Japan, and is currently in development for television. As a screenwriter, she has developed material for MTV Entertainment, Snapchat, and Comedy Central. She is a Black List Screenwriting Lab fellow who has placed in competitions including the Motion Picture Academy's Nicholl Fellowship and the Tracking Board's Launch Pad. Her short stories and poetry have been published in numerous literary magazines, and she has spoken and taught on writing to groups in several states and countries. She is also a co-host of the award-winning Charlotte Readers Podcast You can find Sarah's website at: https://saraharcherwrites.com/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/archersarahp

Our Guest this week is Author Sarah Archer. We'll be discussing one of our favourite authors, Ray Bradbury. And focusing on his books Fahrenheit 451, Dandelion Wine, Something Wicked This way Comes, and Zen in the Art of Writing. “Ray Bradbury 1920 - Forever During a career that spanned seventy-plus years, he wrote more than 400 short stories and nearly fifty books across a variety of genres. He also penned numerous poems, essays, plays, operas, teleplays, and screenplays, making him one of the most productive and admired writers of our time, as well as one of the most widely translated in the world.” From - https://raybradbury.com/ Sarah Archer Sarah Archer's debut novel, The Plus One, was published by Putnam in the US and received a starred review from Booklist. It has also been published in the UK, Germany, and Japan, and is currently in development for television. As a screenwriter, she has developed material for MTV Entertainment, Snapchat, and Comedy Central. She is a Black List Screenwriting Lab fellow who has placed in competitions including the Motion Picture Academy's Nicholl Fellowship and the Tracking Board's Launch Pad. Her short stories and poetry have been published in numerous literary magazines, and she has spoken and taught on writing to groups in several states and countries. She is also a co-host of the award-winning Charlotte Readers Podcast You can find Sarah's website at: https://saraharcherwrites.com/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/archersarahp

Pilar Alessandra is the director of the screenwriting and TV writing program On the Page®, host of the popular On the Page Podcast and author of the top-selling book “The Coffee Break Screenwriter.”Pilar started her career as Senior Story Analyst at DreamWorks SKG and, in 2001, opened the On the Page Writers' Studio in Los Angeles.Her students and clients have written for The Walking Dead, Modern Family, Grey's Anatomy, Lost and Family Guy. They've sold features and pitches to Warner Bros, DreamWorks, Disney and Sony and have won the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship, Austin Screenwriting Competition and Warner Bros. TV Writing Workshop.In addition to her private classes taught out of the On the Page Writers' Studio, Pilar has trained writers at DreamWorks, Disney Animation, ABC, CBS and regularly moderates the Pitch Conference at the American Film Market.Pilar has traveled the world teaching in London, Dublin, Beijing, Warsaw, Lisbon and Cape Town, training writers, animators, producers and show runners in the art of writing, story telling and pitching.

I've been trying to get today's guest on the show for months. Pilar Alessandra is an author, podcaster, and script consultant. She's the director of the popular writing program On The Page, author of The Coffee Break Screenwriter: Writing Your Script Ten Minutes at a Time and host of the On the Page Podcast.Pilar started her career as Senior Story Analyst at DreamWorks SKG. In 2001, she opened the Los Angeles-based On the Page Writers' Studio dedicated to teaching and consulting with screenwriters and TV writers at all levels.An in-demand speaker, she's taught seminars at DreamWorks, Disney Animation, ABC, CBS, and the AFM and has traveled the world teaching in the UK, China, Poland, Vietnam, Colombia, Portugal, and South Africa.Pilar's greatest accomplishment is the success of her students, many of whom have won top competitions such as the Nicholl Fellowship, are working on TV shows such as “The 100,” “Silicon Valley” and “Grey's Anatomy,” and have sold feature films to major studios.Enjoy my conversation with Pilar Alessandra.

Happy Valentine's Day! In honor of artistic partnership, Vincent Paterson and Amy Tofte join Let's Talk Memoir for a conversation on their experience collaborating on their new book Icons and Instincts, Vincent's experience working with Madonna, Robin Williams, and other stars, the 6-step process Amy relied on during the writing process, the fight against artistic erasure, and allowing manuscripts to tell us what they need to be. Also in this episode: -How all of what we do as artists informs our creativity -Why time alone is essential  -Separating artists from their behavior Books mentioned in this episode:  On Writing by Stephen King   Vincent Paterson is a world-renowned director and choreographer in film, theatre, Broadway, concert tours, opera, television, music videos and commercials. His iconic works include Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal and the famous “lean” as well as Madonna's Blond Ambition Tour. He directed the opera Manon with Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon, Cirque de Soleil's VIVA! ELVIS and Berlin's first original production of CABARET—the longest running play in Berlin's history. Film choreographies include The Birdcage, Dancer in the Dark, Evita and Hook. He resides in California with his husband, Rene Lamontagne.   Amy Tofte is an award-winning writer and storyteller. She won a prestigious Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2015. She has been a regular contributor to the award-winning LA STAGE Times and other online publications with more than 100 feature articles profiling Emmy winners, Oscar- and Pulitzer-nominated writers as well as nationally recognized theater artists. Tofte's critically acclaimed stage plays have been produced throughout the U.S., the U.K., Australia and at the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival. She lives in Los Angeles.   Get the book: https://www.amazon.com/Icons-Instincts-Choreographing-Directing-Entertainments/dp/1644282631/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1L41A3TOO0J68&keywords=Vincent+paterson&qid=1659550841&sprefix=vincent+paterson%2Caps%2C245&sr=8-1 Connect with Vincent: Website: http://www.vincentpaterson.com/www.vincentpaterson.com/HOME.html Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vincent.paterson.5 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vlpla/   Connect with Amy: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-tofte-1712334/ -- Ronit Plank is a writer, teacher, and editor whose work has been featured in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Writer's Digest, The Rumpus, American Literary Review, Hippocampus, The Iowa Review, and elsewhere. Her memoir WHEN SHE COMES BACK about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation was named a 2021 Best True Crime Book by Book Riot and was a Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards, the Housatonic Book Awards, and the Book of the Year Awards. Her fiction and creative nonfiction have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes, the Best of the Net, and the Best Microfiction Anthology, and her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts' Eludia Award. She is creative nonfiction editor at The Citron Review and lives in Seattle with her family where she is working on her next book.   More about Ronit: https://ronitplank.com Sign up for monthly podcast and writing updates: https://bit.ly/33nyTKd Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/ More about WHEN SHE COMES BACK, a memoir: https://ronitplank.com/book/ More about HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE, a short story collection: https://ronitplank.com/home-is-a-made-up-place/   Connect with Ronit: https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/ https://twitter.com/RonitPlank https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlank   Background photo: Canva Headshot photo credit: Sarah Anne Photography Theme music: Isaac Joel, Dead Moll's Fingers    

Visiting from Concord, North Carolina, our guest this week is author Sarah Archer.   There's something earthy, twisty, and impactive about Sarah's writing. I actually laughed out loud, while reading The Plus One, and yet her poem Salem has inspired the mantra, “Those bearing stones will not crush me,” for a certain type of day.  Sarah Archer's debut novel, The Plus One, was published by Putnam in the US and received a starred review from Booklist. It has also been published in the UK, Germany, and Japan, and is currently in development for television. As a screenwriter, she has developed material for MTV Entertainment, Snapchat, and Comedy Central. She is a Black List Screenwriting Lab fellow who has placed in competitions including the Motion Picture Academy's Nicholl Fellowship and the Tracking Board's Launch Pad. Her short stories and poetry have been published in numerous literary magazines, and she has spoken and taught on writing to groups in several states and countries. She is also a co-host of the award-winning Charlotte Readers Podcast. No, I haven't found the exact word to describe Sarah's writing, but I am willing to keep reading her work until I do. I believe this is one of those, “It's all about the journey,” things. And this journey, so far, has been remarkable.  You can find Sarah's website at: https://saraharcherwrites.com/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/archersarahp Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahArcherM . Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SarahArcherWrites/   Charlotte Readers Podcast: https://charlottereaderspodcast.com/ Writers without Borders: https://writing.upenn.edu/wh/involved/series/wwb/

Hey there, everybody! Today on the show, I'm talking to screenwriter and director, Gina DeAngelis. A Silver Prize winner in the PAGE Awards Competition, Gina has placed consistently across many of the top screenwriting competitions, including both Austin Film Festival and the Nicholl Fellowship. We talk about those accolades, in addition to some of the exciting career developments she's having, with one feature currently in post-production! Give this episode a listen, like, follow, subscribe, say something nice on Twitter/Instagram and remember to tag us, @SocialWriterPod! If you'd like to support us with a donation, you can now do so by going to our Linktree in the bio of our Twitter or Instagram and click the Donate button. Anything helps! Thanks so much for the support, y'all. -Andy

This week Alex & Ryan conclude their talk with director, writer, & actor Karen Moncrieff in the final part of a three-part series. Karen received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' prestigious Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting in 1998 for her coming of age drama Blue Car, which later became Moncrieff's feature film debut, premiering at Sundance in 2002 where it was acquired by Miramax Films. Screening around the world at Toronto, Deauville, Montreal, and London, Blue Car opened to widespread critical acclaim (and very little box office) and garnered two Independent Spirit Award nominations, including Best Screenplay. Moncrieff's second feature The Dead Girl starring Rose Byrne, Toni Collette, Kerry Washington, James Franco, and Josh Brolin premiered at the AFI film festival in 2006 and was nominated for three Spirit Awards including Best Feature and Best Director. The Dead Girl was selected for competition at Deauville, where it won the Grand Prix. Other films include 2017 LAFF Audience Award winner The Keeping Hours starring Lee Pace, Carrie Coon, currently streaming on Netflix. Television credits include Escaping the Madhouse, starring Christina Ricci and Judith Light, which won a Women's Image Award for best Made for Television Movie. Past television directing credits include Six Feet Under, 13 Reasons Why, and Home Before Dark. Moncrieff lives in Silverlake, California with her husband, her daughter, two dogs, and five size week old foster kittens. When procrastinating, she likes watching baseball, playing backgammon, and thrifting. The film we will discuss is The Piano (1993), directed by Jane Campion. Karen Moncrieff IMDB Alex Keledjian Alex Keledjian is the creator of Project Greenlight, a documentary television series where executive producers Matt Damon and Ben Affleck gave first-time filmmakers a chance to direct their first feature film. In 2018, Alex wrote and directed the film High Voltage starring David Arquette and Luke Wilson. Ryan Gibson Ryan Gibson is an Emmy-award winning producer of such films as the critically acclaimed Woe and the upcoming film Slotherhouse. He has worked for over twenty years in all aspects of film development and production. HBO Max will stream the latest season of the Emmy-nominated TV series Project Greenlight from executive producer Issa Rae and Miramax Television in January 2023. How I Got Greenlit Instagram Twitter Podlink Credits Alex Keledjian, Host Ryan Gibson, Host Edgar Camey, Audio Editor Pete Musto, Editor Robert Cappadona, Producer Jeremiah Tittle, Producer Experience more of How I Got Greenlit via ncpodcasts.com For guest inquiries, sponsorships, and all other magnificent concerns, please reach How I Got Greenlit via howIgotgreenlit@gmail.com For inquiries and more information on Next Chapter Podcasts info@ncpodcasts.com New episodes go live every Tuesday. Please subscribe, rate & review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, wherever you listen to podcasts.

This week Alex & Ryan continue their talk with director, writer, & actor Karen Moncrieff in part two of a three part series. Karen received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' prestigious Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting in 1998 for her coming of age drama Blue Car, which later became Moncrieff's feature film debut, premiering at Sundance in 2002 where it was acquired by Miramax Films. Screening around the world at Toronto, Deauville, Montreal, and London, Blue Car opened to widespread critical acclaim (and very little box office) and garnered two Independent Spirit Award nominations, including Best Screenplay. Moncrieff's second feature The Dead Girl starring Rose Byrne, Toni Collette, Kerry Washington, James Franco, and Josh Brolin premiered at the AFI film festival in 2006 and was nominated for three Spirit Awards including Best Feature and Best Director. The Dead Girl was selected for competition at Deauville, where it won the Grand Prix. Other films include 2017 LAFF Audience Award winner The Keeping Hours starring Lee Pace, Carrie Coon, currently streaming on Netflix. Television credits include Escaping the Madhouse, starring Christina Ricci and Judith Light, which won a Women's Image Award for best Made for Television Movie. Past television directing credits include Six Feet Under, 13 Reasons Why, and Home Before Dark. Moncrieff lives in Silverlake, California with her husband, her daughter, two dogs, and five size week old foster kittens. When procrastinating, she likes watching baseball, playing backgammon, and thrifting. The film we will discuss is The Piano (1993), directed by Jane Campion. Karen Moncrieff IMDB Alex Keledjian Alex Keledjian is the creator of Project Greenlight, a documentary television series where executive producers Matt Damon and Ben Affleck gave first-time filmmakers a chance to direct their first feature film. In 2018, Alex wrote and directed the film High Voltage starring David Arquette and Luke Wilson. Ryan Gibson Ryan Gibson is an Emmy-award winning producer of such films as the critically acclaimed Woe and the upcoming film Slotherhouse. He has worked for over twenty years in all aspects of film development and production. HBO Max will stream the latest season of the Emmy-nominated TV series Project Greenlight from executive producer Issa Rae and Miramax Television in January 2023. How I Got Greenlit Instagram Twitter Podlink Credits Alex Keledjian, Host Ryan Gibson, Host Edgar Camey, Audio Editor Pete Musto, Editor Robert Cappadona, Producer Jeremiah Tittle, Producer Experience more of How I Got Greenlit via ncpodcasts.com For guest inquiries, sponsorships, and all other magnificent concerns, please reach How I Got Greenlit via howIgotgreenlit@gmail.com For inquiries and more information on Next Chapter Podcasts info@ncpodcasts.com New episodes go live every Tuesday. Please subscribe, rate & review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, wherever you listen to podcasts.

This week Alex & Ryan talk with director, writer, & actor Karen Moncrieff in a three part series. Karen received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' prestigious Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting in 1998 for her coming of age drama Blue Car, which later became Moncrieff's feature film debut, premiering at Sundance in 2002 where it was acquired by Miramax Films. Screening around the world at Toronto, Deauville, Montreal, and London, Blue Car opened to widespread critical acclaim (and very little box office) and garnered two Independent Spirit Award nominations, including Best Screenplay. Moncrieff's second feature The Dead Girl starring Rose Byrne, Toni Collette, Kerry Washington, James Franco, and Josh Brolin premiered at the AFI film festival in 2006 and was nominated for three Spirit Awards including Best Feature and Best Director. The Dead Girl was selected for competition at Deauville, where it won the Grand Prix. Other films include 2017 LAFF Audience Award winner The Keeping Hours starring Lee Pace, Carrie Coon, currently streaming on Netflix. Television credits include Escaping the Madhouse, starring Christina Ricci and Judith Light, which won a Women's Image Award for best Made for Television Movie. Past television directing credits include Six Feet Under, 13 Reasons Why, and Home Before Dark. Moncrieff lives in Silverlake, California with her husband, her daughter, two dogs, and five size week old foster kittens. When procrastinating, she likes watching baseball, playing backgammon, and thrifting. The film we will discuss is The Piano (1993), directed by Jane Campion. Karen Moncrieff IMDB Alex Keledjian Alex Keledjian is the creator of Project Greenlight, a documentary television series where executive producers Matt Damon and Ben Affleck gave first-time filmmakers a chance to direct their first feature film. In 2018, Alex wrote and directed the film High Voltage starring David Arquette and Luke Wilson. Ryan Gibson Ryan Gibson is an Emmy-award winning producer of such films as the critically acclaimed Woe and the upcoming film Slotherhouse. He has worked for over twenty years in all aspects of film development and production. HBO Max will stream the latest season of the Emmy-nominated TV series Project Greenlight from executive producer Issa Rae and Miramax Television in January 2023. How I Got Greenlit Instagram Twitter Podlink Credits Alex Keledjian, Host Ryan Gibson, Host Edgar Camey, Audio Editor Pete Musto, Editor Robert Cappadona, Producer Jeremiah Tittle, Producer Experience more of How I Got Greenlit via ncpodcasts.com For guest inquiries, sponsorships, and all other magnificent concerns, please reach How I Got Greenlit via howIgotgreenlit@gmail.com For inquiries and more information on Next Chapter Podcasts info@ncpodcasts.com New episodes go live every Tuesday. Please subscribe, rate & review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, wherever you listen to podcasts.

Molly talks with author Timothy Miller about his book, "The Strange Case of the Dutch Painter".   Order "The Strange Case of the Dutch Painter" from an independent bookseller at this link: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781645060420 or at Amazon right here https://amzn.to/3g4CJ15 ABOUT THE STRANGE CASE OF THE DUTCH PAINTER  Paris, 1890. When Sherlock Holmes finds himself chasing an art dealer through the streets of Paris, he's certain he's smoked out one of the principals of a cunning forgery ring responsible for the theft of some of the Louvre's greatest masterpieces. But for once, Holmes is dead wrong. He doesn't know that the dealer, Theo Van Gogh, is rushing to the side of his brother, who lies dying of a gunshot wound in Auvers. He doesn't know that the dealer's brother is a penniless misfit artist named Vincent, known to few and mourned by even fewer. Officialdom pronounces the death a suicide, but a few minutes at the scene convinces Holmes it was murder. And he's bulldog-determined to discover why a penniless painter who harmed no one had to be killed–and who killed him. Who could profit from Vincent's death? How is the murder entwined with his own forgery investigation? Holmes must retrace the last months of Vincent's life, testing his mettle against men like the brutal Paul Gauguin and the secretive Toulouse-Lautrec, all the while searching for the girl Olympia, whom Vincent named with his dying breath. She can provide the truth, but can anyone provide the proof? From the madhouse of St. Remy to the rooftops of Paris, Holmes hunts a killer—while the killer hunts him. ABOUT TIMOTHY MILLER Timothy Miller is a native of Louisiana, a graduate of Loyola University in New Orleans. He has two Sherlock Holmes novels under his belt, with a third in the oven. His screenplays have placed in several contests, including five times as a semifinalist in the Academy's prestigious Nicholl Fellowship. He tended bar for twenty-five years everywhere from Bourbon St. in New Orleans to Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. When not mourning over his beloved New Orleans Saints he is mourning over his beloved Chicago Cubs. His favorite superhero is Underdog.

It was an absolute honor to talk with Michael Long! Michael Long is a writer and educator. Actor and author Ben Stein calls him “a poet.” Mr. Long is the co-author of The Molecule of More, a Number Ten Bestseller at Amazon and a Number Two Bestseller as an audiobook at Audible. He is also a winner for two consecutive years of the Neil LaBute New Theater Festival. In addition, Mr. Long has collaborated on several non-fiction books and has been published three times in Vital Speeches of the Day, twice for speeches he delivered. As director of writing for the graduate program in public relations at Georgetown University, he created the original writing curriculum there and continues to teach courses in professional and creative writing, as well as speechwriting. He has also led reading programs for children of migrant farm workers, taught remedial mathematics to adults, designed writing curriculum for Columbia University, and delivered guest lectures on humor at American University and at the Graduate School of Political Management at The George Washington University. He has taught writing to audiences around the U.S. and in London, Lisbon, Panama, Paris, Saskatchewan, The Hague, and in a seminar and keynote at Oxford University. In addition, he is the resident writing coach for the Professional Speechwriters Association (PSA), which publishes “Prose for Pros,” his long-running weekly column on writing. Mr. Long's career as a writer began while he was a graduate student in physics at Vanderbilt University when he began performing comedy, becoming a house emcee for one of the oldest comedy clubs in America. His first job as a writer off-stage was sole speechwriter to one of America's highest-profile senators. * Mr. Long has written remarks for members of congress, U.S. cabinet secretaries, governors, diplomats, business leaders, CEOs, and presidential candidates. In addition, he has served as chief speechwriter for the largest trade association in the world, and contributes to numerous print publications and websites. His seminar clients include Bechtel, Booz Allen Hamilton, The Panama Canal Rev Aug 31 2022 1 Authority, the Premier's Office of the Government of Saskatchewan, Target Corporation, the United States Navy, the United States Secret Service, and the speechwriting team for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. A provocative speaker and writing educator, he has appeared as a guest on CNBC and Good Day New York with Greg Kelly. He is also an occasional commentator on CBC News: Morning with Heather Hiscox in Canada. Beyond his work in politics and policy, he has been consulted for material in The Onion and for Saturday Night Live. * In addition to writing on business and public policy, Mr. Long is an often- honored writer of stage plays and screenplays. He was a winner for two consecutive years in the Neil LaBute New Theatre Festival for his dramas Color Timer and The Gettier Problem. In addition, more than 20 of his one-acts have been festival selections around the nation, most often on New York City stages. He is a five-time winner of “best of festival” honors in the Players Theatre Short Play and Musical Festival in Greenwich Village: three times for the thrillers Hostages, Catchpole, and Details, and twice for the romantic comedies Brad Pitt and The Test. He was a finalist for the Grand Prize for Screenwriting at the Slamdance Film Festival for his screenplay How to Save Your Own Life; the script was also a Top 15 percent finisher for the Motion Picture Academy's Nicholl Fellowship. In addition, How to Save... was chosen as a finalist in competitions at the Vail Film Festival, the Creative World Awards, and the World Series of Screenwriting. A stage version of the show was produced in a two-week run at Manhattan Repertory Theater.

Hi there, Welcome to CRUZFEST: Today I am thrilled to be arts calling Denise Cruz-Castino! About our guest: Denise Cruz-Castino graduated from UCLA, had a successful advertising writing career, and has turned that into a screenwriting career. Her first feature produced 5 Weddings premiered at Cannes in 2018, opened in 52 countries worldwide, co-stars Bo Derek and Candy Clark and was produced by Uniglobe Entertainment. She's currently working on a feature comedy with Josephson Entertainment and has Miranda Bailey attached as director. She recently had several children's horror animation shorts produced by DreamworksTV Youtube channel for their Spine Chilling Stories. She has sold a live-action short to Disney, had a horror short produced by Raving Eejit Entertainment, and her short, Things Look Grim, was produced by Sasha Golberg. She and her writing partner Johnny Harrington have several other projects they're pitching like their WW2 drama and several sitcoms. Her blog that helps newbie screenwriters, screenwriterwriting.blogspot, was named Website of the Week by Script Magazine. Her scripts have placed in Final Draft Big Break, Fade-In Screenwriting and Nicholl Fellowship contests. Twitter: https://twitter.com/cruzwriter For more information, please visit: denisecruzcastino.com -- Re: the latest attack on abortion rights, please consider visiting https://www.podvoices.help for resources during this difficult time. Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro at cruzfolio.com. If you like the show: consider reviewing the podcast and sharing it with those who love the arts, your support truly makes a difference! Check out cruzfolio.com for more podcasts about the arts and original content! Make art. Much love, j This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

How do we make our parents proud? How does our DNA shape us?  Ever heard of primal scream therapy?Statistically John Maye shouldn't even be where he is!  He thought his family might even be cursed!  Today Johnny Spoiler is baring his soul and talking about his predecessors! Johnny Spoiler watched a lot of movies growing up!  He started writing scripts, became his own conquering hero, and learned how to entertain a crowd as a high school mascot!  Today John is a dad and teaching his kids to tone down their jokes!  Better Call Daddy: The Safe Space For Controversy! Top independent podcaster John Maye channels his creativity and data-driven chops to build his own entertainment news podcast, The Binge-Watchers Podcast!  Now topping 1 million downloads a month!  We talk about how the industry has changed since 2013. Johnny Spoiler has been a screenwriter, actor, comedian, (has appeared in clubs such as world-famous COMEDY STORE, LAUGH FACTORY), and Podcast Host with accolades as a finalist for multiple years in the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting, a semi-finalist in  the Austin Film Festival, and "Night Work" marks him as a finalist in the ScreenCraft Horror awards."  Trigger Warning this episode mentions suicide. Check out The Binge Watchers Podcast https://www.bwpodcast.com/ Connect with John  https://www.linkedin.com/in/realjohntmaye Connect with Reena linkedin.com/in/reenafriedmanwatts instagram.com/reenafriedmanwatts bettercalldaddy.com reena@bettercalldaddy.com twitter.com/reenareena   Me and my daddy would love to hear from you, subscribe and drop us a five star podchaser.com/bettercalldaddy ratethispodcast.com/bettercalldaddy  

Roberto Bentivegna was born in London of Italian parents. He grew up in Milan and London, attending Emerson College in Boston before pursuing an MFA at Columbia University. His short films have screened at international film festivals including Locarno, Atlanta, and Miami, and are distributed by Film Movement and Shorts International. Whilst at Columbia University, Roberto was awarded the Carla Kuhn fellowship, the Hollywood Foreign Press Award, the Alfred P. Sloan Screenwriting award and the Faculty Selects for "A Day in March". He was a finalist in the Academy's Nicholl Fellowship. His screenplays include "Shella" for acclaimed photographer Albert Watson; "The Eel" starring Sam Rockwell and Maria Bello- which was featured on the Black List and he will be directing; "Spirit House" for Film Nation; an adaptation of A.M. Homes's "May We Be Forgiven" for director Lynne Ramsay and Artificial Eye; "The Disappearance of a Quiet Man" for producers Chris Coen and Alan Moloney. Roberto was awarded residencies at Yaddo, the Nantucket Screenwriters Colony, and was a fellow in the Italian Government's Apulia Film program.

Tracy talks to John MacInnes, winner of the OSCARS' Nicholl Fellowship for Screenwriting in 2011, screenwriter for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (released 2014), winner of 2 Epic Unreal Megagrants for his virtual David Bowie project, founder of awarding-winning studio MacInnes Studios, and director of the 2021 Real Time Shorts Challenge.2:53 Official trailer for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFu5qXMuaJU 13:25 Game engines as storytelling tools 23:36 Making realistic humans in game engines, David Bowie and the Epic Megagrant project and Grace the first digital popstar 31:29 Real Time Filmmakers Facebook group and the Real Time Shorts Challenge, including the winners  42:00 One good movie? The blessing and the curse of original thinking! 50:34 Professional vs indie filmmaking 54:00 Demand for long form vs short form films and the future of machinimaCredits:Speakers: John MacInnes, Tracy Harwood Producer/Editor: Ricky GroveMusic: freesound.org / Intro/Outro by snapper4298

This week Justin and Paul talk Pitching Hollywood Studios and Changes to the Nicholl Fellowship. Enjoy!

Isabel Dréan is an award-winning screenwriter, director, and producer who likes to explore human nature's dualities of light and dark through psychologically intricate storytelling.Raised by a single mother and now mother to two children herself, the theme of motherhood is an important and recurring one in her stories, with "Let Go" taking an uncompromising look at the devastating realities of losing a child. In general, Isabel is passionate about exploring female perspectives through thought-provoking narratives that cover various contemporary themes such as female revenge, #metoo, and women overcoming the impossible. Her screenplay, "Rush of Blood to the Head "sees a woman escaping an abusive relationship via an unpredictable road trip, and in her Nicholl Fellowship quarter-finalist thriller, "The Wife of Frank B," she further investigates the harrowing effects of abuse through a boundary-pushing story exploring battered woman syndrome (BWS) with female empowerment at its core.  Isabel's expertise in handling darker themes has resulted in a prolific career as a writer and director of complex psychological horrors and thrillers. Her short film, "Let Go," which she both wrote and directed, won numerous awards including Best Short, Best Directing, and Best Cinematography at Los Angeles New Wave International Film Festival. Other award wins include Best Directing at HollyWeb Festival and Austin WebFest for her short format series, Manigances, about a famous novelist who employs a dinner party to orchestrate his own death. The series became one of the most-viewed online series in Canada and led to Isabel optioning the series to a major Hollywood studio.  In response to the inescapable pandemic gloom, Isabel has felt compelled to tell lighter-hearted, uplifting stories under romcom, holiday, and coming-of-age umbrellas. For the latter, she developed unique narratives from her own personal experience, including her screenplay for "Love Letter to Laos," in which an adventurous woman settles in Laos to open the first bookshop after the communist era. Originally from Montreal, but a global wanderer at heart, Isabel's love of travel has taken her beyond Laos to all corners of the world, immersing her in wonderfully diverse cultures that continue to influence and inspire her storytelling.Breakthrough Entertainment & Vast Entertainment acquired FOUR of her scripts in the last twelve months. Two were produced and aired in 2021 and the others are all slated for production in 2022.

In this episode, James speaks to playwright Arthur M. Jolly about the five basic elements of drama and human relationships as well as the benefits of being a member of the New Play Exchange and his experience participating in The Last Frontier theatre conference in Valdez, AK. James loosens up about his pet peeve of using "perhaps" and maybe" in stage directions, and Arthur tells us why "we're all writers" and suggests "when in doubt, set the car on fire."Arthur M. Jolly is a former stunt performer and coordinator as well as winner of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting for his screenplay The Free Republic of Bobistan. He has written over 70 plays including A Gulag Mouse, The Ithica Ladies Read Media, Long Joan Silver, How Blue is My Crocodile, and two collections of short plays - Guilty Moments andThin Lines. His plays have been produced across the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and South America. He has won the Joining Sword and Pen competition three times, the Todd McNerney National Playwriting Award, the Region IV David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award and was a finalist for the Woodward/Newman Drama Award. In 2016, 2017, and 2019, he was invited by Houston's Alley Theatre to participate in the inaugural Alley at Ucross Residency. He is a member of the WGA Caucus, The Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights, and The Dramatists Guild. His recent play The Lady Demands Satisfaction is due to be published February 2022.To watch the video version of this episode, follow the link below -https://youtu.be/Xz9UGSoqXeILinks to sites mentioned in this episode -Babes with Blades - https://babeswithblades.org/Next Stage Press -www.nextstageprss.comThe Lady Demands Satisfaction -https://nextstagepress.net/the-lady-demands-satisfaction/Nicholl Fellowship -https://www.oscars.org/nichollThe Last Frontier Theatre Conference -http://www.theatreconference.orgNew Play Exchange -https://newplayexchange.orgMiami City Theatre Summer Shorts Festival -https://www.citytheatre.com/summer-shortsYouth Plays -https://www.youthplays.com/Loft Ensemble -https://www.loftensemble.org/Websites and socials for James Elden, Punk Monkey Productions and Playwright's SpotlightPunk Monkey Productions - www.punkmonkeyproductions.comPLAY Noir -www.playnoir.comPLAY Noir Anthology –www.punkmonkeyproductions.com/contact.htmlJames Elden -Twitter - @jameseldensauerIG - @alakardrakeFB - fb.com/jameseldensauerPunk Monkey Productions and PLAY Noir - Twitter - @punkmonkeyprods                  - @playnoirla IG - @punkmonkeyprods       - @playnoir_la FB - fb.com/playnoir        - fb.com/punkmonkeyproductionsPlaywright's Spotlight -Twitter - @wrightlightpod IG - @playwrights_spotlightWriting services through Los Angeles Collegiate Playwrights Festivalwww.losangelescollegiateplaywrightsfestival.com/services.htmlSupport the show

This one is for the evangelical kids who were forced to watch that "horror" film A Thief in the Night - you know, that movie about going to hell which was also a part of our church summer camp curriculum. Kristina sits down with Luke Barnett, a writer, actor, and producer of the satire film Faith Based. Kristina and Luke dive into his inspiration behind the film, what it was like growing up in a super conservative small high school and then moving to Los Angeles and attending Mosaic Church. Not in that world anymore for over 10 years, Luke shares the fun behind making a hilarious satirical film on the Christian movie industry, something long seen as part of the Evangelical Industrial Complex. Writers, actors, and aspiring producers - this one's for you.Follow Kristina Hart on Instagram: instagram.com/edgykristinahartFollow That's Super Weird Podcast on Instagram: instagram.com/superweirdpodFollow Kristina Hart on Twitter: twitter.com/edgykristinaLuke Barnett is a writer, actor, and producer best known for Faith Based, the satire of the Christian film industry he wrote and starred in opposite Jason Alexander, Lance Reddick, Margaret Cho, and Tanner Thomason. Faith Based was critically acclaimed, quickly reaching 94% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and garnering a cult following. Before Faith Based, Barnett spent nearly a decade behind the camera, with writing and producing credits that include the Abigail Breslin horror-comedy Fear, Inc (Tribeca), Loitering with Intent (Sam Rockwell, Marisa Tomei) and an exhaustive amount of topical comedy content on Will Ferrell's "Funny or Die". His political satire, The Right Angle with Jules Forrester, was recently a semifinalist in the Academy's Nicholl Fellowship for Screenwriting.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1146612/Faith Based film on Amazon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/super-weird-pod/support

We get the chance to chat with the wonderful Tori Eldridge about the Lily Wong mystery thriller series, and her upcoming book Dance Among the Flames, as well as previous lives in other artistic fields, what even is a schedule, genre-bending, the importance of diverse voices in literature, and the destroying monolithic views of culture. Tori Eldridge is the national bestselling author of the Lily Wong thriller series—The Ninja Daughter, The Ninja's Blade, and The Ninja Betrayed. Her Brazilian horror novel, Dance Among the Flames, will release May 24, 2022. Tori's shorter works have been published in Weird Tales magazine and numerous anthologies featuring horror, dystopian, and other literary genres. Her horror screenplay The Gift was a Nicholl Fellowship semi-finalist. Tori holds a fifth-degree black belt in To-Shin Do ninja martial arts and has performed as an actress, singer, dancer on Broadway, television, and film. You can find her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, & BookBub Want to submit your writing or be a guest editor? Email darkwaterspodcast@gmail.com Intro/Outro music: www.bensound.com Disclaimer: Any and all opinions expressed are the opinions of the participants and not of the organizations or institutions with which they are affiliated. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/darkwaters/support

The Nicholl Fellowship is one of the most important and prestigious screenwriting competitions. There are countless articles online about how to win — but we thought it would be best to just ask the 2021 Nicholl Fellows about their achievement. Here are their names and some details about their winning scripts:Haley Hope Bartels (Los Angeles), Pumping Black: After a desperate cyclist takes up a team doctor's dangerous offer, he seems on course to win the Tour de France. But as the race progresses and jealous teammates, suspicious authorities, and his own paranoia close in, he must take increasingly dark measures to protect both his secrets and his lead.Karin delaPeña Collison (West Hollywood), Coming of Age: In 1965 Britain, Charlotte, a sheltered, studious schoolgirl, lands on a British Farce tour her mother stage manages, where private tutoring by company members replaces her formal schooling, with surprising success, and she experiences a Lolita-like flirtation in the morally wobbly era of Free Love, which leads both her and her mother to "come of age."Byron Hamel (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada): Shade of the Grapefruit Tree: When a severely abused white boy befriends his sci-fi obsessed Black landlady, his fantasy of becoming a robot empowers him to recklessly confront his murderous stepdad.R. J. Daniel Hanna (Los Angeles), Shelter Animal: A fiery, female prison trustee working at the county animal shelter finds purpose rehabilitating an abused pit bull, but her attempts to rally employees and the broader community for shelterreform puts her own freedom at risk.Laura Kosann (New York City), The Ideal Woman: Set in American suburbia during the Cuban Missile Crisis: A 1960's ex-actress and housewife finds her house-of-cards world begin to tumble as she continues to be pitted against two identities.Here's some information on how to enter the competition this year. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's guest is John Mclnnes, an award-winning producer, writer, and director working in movies, games, AR, VR, and XR for companies like Sony and Netflix. He first gained recognition as a screenwriter in writing Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, the biggest selling videogame of 2014. He won the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Oscars) for his action/thriller script OUTSIDE THE WIRE which was produced and starred in by Actress Zoe Saldana (Guardians Of The Galaxy, Avatar, Star Trek). John launched his own virtual production studio in 2020, MCINNES Studios. His journey in producing using the Unreal Engine started in 2015 with Call of Duty. From then on, he produced a real-time UE4 television pilot for Harry Shearer (The Simpsons, Spinal Tap), working with Epic Games, Cubic Motion, and Ninja Theory. Today, his current clients include Sony and HTC Vive. Highlights of the Episode: 00:35 - Intro of Guest 02:18 - Guest Background 07:24 - Bringing story elements in a multiplayer game 10:14 - Self-funding of VR Demos 15:14 - Writing the Call of Duty 18:16 - Earning money vs Getting out of the box 24:40 - Goal: Making 2d linear to 3d immersive 26:08 - Filmmaking and Game Engine 31:15 - Pitching a Movie and Pitching a new Pipeline of Technology 35:17 - Pitching a great story 37:17 - Knowing your audience 42:44 - The strength of the Industry 45:13 - Struggle of VR 47:01 - Mix of money and vision 47:33 - Talking about metaverse 48:59 - Investment culture in stories and content creators 50:17 - Real-time short films as a proof of concept 54:06 - Fundamental skill in making real-time films 56:34 - Knowing your Passion 59:25 - Real-time shorts films challenge 1:02:10 - Renaissance of Creativity 1:03:11 - Troubles in experimentation Connecting with the Guest: Website: https://www.macinnesstudios.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-macinnes-07a00145/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MacInnesStudios/ Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1228815937315194/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3TN3MxlA8jRSmr-fXnKScg/featured?view_as=subscriber Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/macinnesstudios/ Connecting with CG Pro: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/becomecgpro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/becomecgpro/ Website: https://www.becomecgpro.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/edgevisualCG #WritingStory #Filmmaking #GameEngine

Shanna Halleran's family believes that the events that led to her death were anything but an accident, and they fear the mystery will never be solved because the RNC were too slow to investigate. The CBC's Ariana Kelland brings us that story today. A workshop being held tomorrow night will help parents and youth understand how to game online safely, and provide tips on how to watch for bullying and a hacker trying to gain access to your device. We hear from program coordinator Jess Rice. Team Broken Earth, a volunteer group of medical professionals who provide medical relief, education and support, just returned from a trip to Nain. We speak with CEO Dr. Arthur Rideout. Labrador's Byron Hamel is a winner of a prestigious Nicholl fellowship, an award presented by the folks who run the Oscars. Byron tells us how he's feeling and what lies ahead. The Labrador City Town Council has halted the Tanya Lake Community Centre project. We hear why when we speak with the Mayor Brian Barnett. Finally, the Western Canadian Powerlifting Championships happened over the weekend, and an athlete from Happy Valley-Goose Bay was a winner. We hear from Breana Andrews today.

This week is PART TWO of our deep dive into the Academy's Nicholl Fellowship with 2020 Fellow James Acker. Winning with his piece SadBoi, James tells us the process of applying and finding out he placed.James Acker -James Acker grew up in New Jersey and he's based his entire personality off that fact. He received his Bachelor's in Screenwriting & Playwriting from Drexel University, an engineering school, and uses it in the following ways. While his writing has yet to be published, he did get a joke into Nickelodeon Magazine back in ‘03. A 2020 Nicholl Fellow for his script SADBOI, James is excited to continue writing YA stories with confident queer voices. Like a bisexual John Hughes. When he's not writing, James lives in LA with his supportive partner and their two recurring stress dreams.Find James on socials:instagram: instagram.com/james_um_acker/twitter: @JamesUmAckerFor more information on the Nicholl please check out:  https://www.oscars.org/nichollFind us on the socials:•Podcast twitter: @ScriptedPod•Leah: twitter - @leah_lame  instagram - @leahlame•Bry: @Bry_larrea•Email us at: team@scriptedfromthebottom.comScripted From The Bottom is produced by James Bradshaw at Next Day PodcastWe would love to hear from you! If you have questions, corrections, or personal feedback, please shoot us an email.Every review and subscription matters - so make sure to subscribe! We really appreciate it!

This week on our latest installment of the Blue Check Diaries Reggie sits down with Writer and former NFL QB Brad Kaaya! We talk his beginnings, Bye Felicia, The University of Miami, Nicholl Fellowship, NIL and paying College Athletes! Come Get These Words! Rate/Review/Subscribe and Comment! Find Brad on IG: www.instagram.com/Kaaya and Twitter: www.twitter.com/kaaya323 Im Probably Right: www.instagram.com/coachwithreg www.twitter.com/reggiewatkinsjr

This week we dive into the Academy's Nicholl Fellowship with 2020 Fellow James Acker. Winning with his piece SadBoi, James tells us the process of applying and finding out he placed. James Acker - James Acker grew up in New Jersey and he's based his entire personality off that fact. He received his Bachelor's in Screenwriting & Playwriting from Drexel University, an engineering school, and uses it in the following ways. While his writing has yet to be published, he did get a joke into Nickelodeon Magazine back in ‘03. A 2020 Nicholl Fellow for his script SADBOI, James is excited to continue writing YA stories with confident queer voices. Like a bisexual John Hughes. When he's not writing, James lives in LA with his supportive partner and their two recurring stress dreams.Find James on socials: instagram: instagram.com/james_um_acker/twitter: @JamesUmAckerFor more information on the Nicholl please check out:  https://www.oscars.org/nichollFind us on the socials:•Podcast twitter: @ScriptedPod •Leah: twitter - @leah_lame  instagram - @leahlame•Bry: @Bry_larrea•Email us at: team@scriptedfromthebottom.comScripted From The Bottom is produced by James Bradshaw at Next Day PodcastWe would love to hear from you! If you have questions, corrections, or personal feedback, please shoot us an email. Every review and subscription matters - so make sure to subscribe! We really appreciate it!

Hi podcast listeners, I'm Barbara Morgan and you're listening to Austin Film Festival's On Story. This week on On Story we'll hear from screenwriter and director Doug Atchison. Atchison is a writer-director best known for the 2006 film, Akeelah and the Bee which stars Keke Palmer and Laurence Fishburne. In 2000 the Atchison's script won a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting and the film later earned him a win at the 2007 Image Awards for Outstanding Writing in a Feature Film. Atchison went on to pen the screenplay for the 2018 biopic Brian Banks for which he won a Humanitas award. Moderator Alex Mitchell spoke with Atchison after a screening of Akeelah and the Bee at the Austin Film Festival. Clips of Akeelah and the Bee courtesy of LionsGate Films Hi podcast listeners, I'm Barbara Morgan and you're listening to Austin Film Festival's On Story. This week on On Story we'll hear from screenwriter and director Doug Atchison. Atchison is a writer-director best known for the 2006 film, Akeelah and the Bee which stars Keke Palmer and Laurence Fishburne. In 2000 the Atchison's script won a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting and the film later earned him a win at the 2007 Image Awards for Outstanding Writing in a Feature Film. Atchison went on to pen the screenplay for the 2018 biopic Brian Banks for which he won a Humanitas award. Moderator Alex Mitchell spoke with Atchison after a screening of Akeelah and the Bee at the Austin Film Festival. Clips of Akeelah and the Bee courtesy of LionsGate Films

Philip C. Sedgwick Award-winning screenwriter & filmmaker of the hit short film ZAP! & Mirage at Zabul Province. www.philipcsedgwick.com / www.zapthefilm.com Philip wrote his first screenplay largely due to the prompting of a writer friend and his second script, Neon Cactus, landed a berth as a Quarter-Finalist in the Academy's esteemed Nicholl Fellowship (1990). Since then, thirty of his scripts & films have received acclaim in screenwriting contests, film festivals and writing fellowships. Recorded live. Thank you for listening and supporting the podcast. :) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sneakies https://www.paypal.com/paypalme2/anonymouscontent Funds will go to sound and editing. Paypal (friends & family) petcarebuddies@gmail.com https://www.patreon.com/sneakies Instagram @marylinartist LinkedIn: Marylin Hebert Please Subscribe to our YouTube:) https://www.youtube.com/user/Fellinijr/videos Zombie Diaries: https://youtu.be/tBmgi3k6r9A Our books :) Young Adult wizard book series: "Margaret Merlin's Journal" by A. A. Banks at Amazon! :) https://www.instagram.com/margaretmerlinsjournal/ MMJ Book I The Battle of the Black Witch https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Merlins-Journal-Battle-Black-ebook/dp/B01634G3CK MMJ Book II Unleashing the Dark One Science fiction action adventure https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Merlins-Journal-Unleashing-Dark-ebook/dp/B01J78YH6I MMJ Book III The Mask of the Parallel World An Adventure in Italy https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Merlins-Journal-Parallel-World-ebook/dp/B01KUGIZ8W/ MMJ Book IV The Quest for the Golden Key https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Merlins-Journal-Quest-Golden-ebook/dp/B076FTTDQN Top kids podcast: Enchanting Book Readings https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enchanting-book-readings-reviews/id1498296670 Other awesome podcasts: Thrilling Stories, Enchanting Book Readings, Girl's Guide To Investing, Legitimately Mallie & The Haunting Dairies of Emily Jane. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/girlmogul/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/filmaddicts/support

Philip C. Sedgwick Award-winning screenwriter & filmmaker of the hit short film ZAP! & Mirage at Zabul Province. www.philipcsedgwick.com / www.zapthefilm.com Philip wrote his first screenplay largely due to the prompting of a writer friend and his second script, Neon Cactus, landed a berth as a Quarter-Finalist in the Academy's esteemed Nicholl Fellowship (1990). Since then, thirty of his scripts & films have received acclaim in screenwriting contests, film festivals and writing fellowships. Recorded live. Thank you for listening and supporting the podcast. :) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sneakies https://www.paypal.com/paypalme2/anonymouscontent Funds will go to sound and editing. Paypal (friends & family) petcarebuddies@gmail.com https://www.patreon.com/sneakies Instagram @marylinartist LinkedIn: Marylin Hebert Please Subscribe to our YouTube:) https://www.youtube.com/user/Fellinijr/videos Zombie Diaries: https://youtu.be/tBmgi3k6r9A Our books :) Young Adult wizard book series: "Margaret Merlin's Journal" by A. A. Banks at Amazon! :) https://www.instagram.com/margaretmerlinsjournal/ MMJ Book I The Battle of the Black Witch https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Merlins-Journal-Battle-Black-ebook/dp/B01634G3CK MMJ Book II Unleashing the Dark One Science fiction action adventure https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Merlins-Journal-Unleashing-Dark-ebook/dp/B01J78YH6I MMJ Book III The Mask of the Parallel World An Adventure in Italy https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Merlins-Journal-Parallel-World-ebook/dp/B01KUGIZ8W/ MMJ Book IV The Quest for the Golden Key https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Merlins-Journal-Quest-Golden-ebook/dp/B076FTTDQN Top kids podcast: Enchanting Book Readings https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enchanting-book-readings-reviews/id1498296670 Other awesome podcasts: Thrilling Stories, Enchanting Book Readings, Girl's Guide To Investing, Legitimately Mallie & The Haunting Dairies of Emily Jane. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/girlmogul/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/filmaddicts/support

About Jill ChamberlainJill Chamberlain has helped thousands of writers, producers, and studios find and refine their stories. As a longtime script consultant, Jill knows the pitfalls that are common in screenwriting and how to avoid them. That experience and the desire to bring this knowledge to the public led to Jill founding The Screenplay Workshop. Jill's unique Nutshell Technique for screenplay story structure has been praised throughout Hollywood. Producer Callum Greene (Star Wars Episode 9, Crimson Peak, and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) said “the Nutshell Technique is like the Rosetta Stone: it cracks the code behind why we love the movies that we love. It goes way beyond tired old beat sheet formulas and instead guides you to organically write the story you want to tell.” The Nutshell Technique is the basis for Jill's book from the University of Texas Press, The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting. Since its publication in 2016, the book was an instant classic. Of the over 3,000 books on screenwriting on Amazon, The Nutshell Technique is one of the very highest rated by users. It's on the syllabus for film schools across the country including the world renowned screenwriting program at Columbia University and is being published in Chinese Mandarin and Italian. Jill has consulted on projects for major studios, for small independents, and for many, many spec screenwriters. Her students and clients have had their screenplays optioned, made into award-winning feature films, garner them Hollywood representation, land them professional screenwriting assignments, and recognized by top competitions including the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences' Nicholl Fellowship. Jill is on the adjunct faculty of Maryland Institute College of Art's graduate filmmaking program and University of Houston's Jack Valenti School of Communications. She studied in the MFA film program at Columbia University, where she also received her undergraduate degree in English.ABOUT THE BOOKJill Chamberlain's book from University of Texas Press, The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting, is now available on Amazon and in fine bookstores everywhere. Of the over 3,000 books on screenwriting on Amazon, The Nutshell Technique ranks #1 in user ratings.Since its publication in 2016, the book became an instant classic and the go-to manual many professionals swear by. Producer Callum Greene (Star Wars Episode 9, Crimson Peak, and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) said “the Nutshell Technique is like the Rosetta Stone: it cracks the code behind why we love the movies that we love. It goes way beyond tired old beat sheet ‘formulas' and instead guides you to organically write the story you want to tell.”The Nutshell Technique is on the syllabus for courses at University of Houston, University of Notre Dame, and the world renowned screenwriting program at Columbia University.In the book, Chamberlain uses easy-to-follow diagrams to thoroughly explain how the Nutshell Technique can make or break a film script. She takes readers step-by-step through 30 classic and contemporary movies, showing how such dissimilar screenplays as Casablanca, Pulp Fiction, The Usual Suspects, Little Miss Sunshine, Juno, Silver Linings Playbook, and Argoall have the same system working behind the scenes, and she teaches readers exactly how to apply these principles to their own screenwriting.Learn the Nutshell Technique, and you'll discover how to turn a mere situation into a truly compelling screenplay story.W: Jill Chamberlain https://www.jillchamberlain.com/the-nutshell-techniqueW: The Screenplay Workshop https://www.thescreenplayworkshop.org/about/Like to have a ASC cinematographer as a mentor?Have you thought of upgrading your cinematography game? Would you like to have an ASC Cinematographer mentor you for free? Join veteran cinematographer Suki Medencevic, A.S.C. (Disney, Pixar, FX Networks, Netflix, American Horror Story). 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ABOUT THE AUTHOR  Tori Eldridge is the multi-awards nominated author of The Ninja Daughter, The Ninja's Blade, and The Ninja Betrayed. Her shorter works appear in anthologies and the inaugural reboot of Weird Tales. She's a Nicholl Fellowship semi-finalist screenwriter and fifth-degree black belt ninja. Tori has performed on Broadway, television, and film. ABOUT THE BOOK - THE NINJA'S BLADE Lily Wong―a Chinese-Norwegian modern-day ninja―has more trouble than she was bargaining for when controlling grandparents arrive in Los Angeles from Hong Kong at the same time she goes undercover in the dangerous world of youth sex trafficking. As she hunts for a kidnapped prostitution victim, a missing high school girl, and a sociopathic trafficker, the surviving members of a murderous street gang hunt for her. Life would be easier if Lily knew who to trust. But when victims are villains, villains are victims, and even family is plotting against her, easy is not an option. All Lily can do is follow the trail wherever it leads: through a high school campus polarized by racial tension or the secret back rooms of a barber/tattoo/brothel or the soul-crushing stretch of Long Beach Boulevard known as The Blade. She relies on her ninja skills to deceive and infiltrate, rescue and kill―whatever is necessary to free the girls from their literal and figurative slavery. If only those same skills could keep Lily's conniving grandparents from hijacking her future.

Jesse Chatham talks to guest host Sade' Sellers about how his screenplay about a bereaved woman seeking out a new life off the grid went from placing in the Nicholl Fellowship to becoming a feature directed by and starring Robin Wright (House of Cards). “I placed in the top 50… and one of the readers, Lora Kennedy, was the VP of casting at Warner Bros. She read it, and she fell in love with the script, and she was able to lasso in a producer named Allyn Stewart, who was just on Sully.”   Jesse discusses how his journey to writing Land began in 2013 when he had just turned 40. “I was unhappy with where I was… and I was always writing something, but it was never really screenplays. I kind of had this moment of mortality, and I was like, ‘You know what? I should think about what I want to look back on when I'm 65, 70. Do I want to look back at a life that didn't take any risks?’ I finally decided, I just want to go for it.”   Land is now in theaters where it is safe. CONTENT WARNING: This podcast contains discussions of gun violence that some listeners may find disturbing. Listener discretion is advised.   Don’t forget to subscribe to the Write On Podcast on iTunes!

Debbi Mack interviews crime and thriller writer Dana Haynes on the Crime Cafe podcast. For your podcasting needs, I use and recommend Blubrry Podcasting. I also recommend Stitcher Premium, if you're a fan of podcasts. If you like true crime or crime fiction, there are loads of podcasts out there for you. And with Stitcher Premium you can listen to the exclusive archives from Criminology or bonus episodes from True Crime Garage. You can also listen ad-free to episodes of your favorite podcasts. I've subscribed, and for only $4.99 a month, it's nice to have ad-free entertainment. Just go to www.stitcher.com/premium and use the promo code, CRIMECAFE, to try it out absolutely free for a month. And, once again, we have a transcription of the show notes. Click here to download a copy in PDF. Debbi (00:02): Hello everyone. My guest today is an award winning journalist who spent more than 20 years in Oregon newsrooms. I like that. He is not only a thriller novelist, but also a screenwriter. In fact, his first screenplay, an adaptation of his first thriller novel Crashers made the Nicholl Fellowship semifinals in 2005. That's pretty impressive. It's my great pleasure to introduce thriller author, screenwriter, and Pacific Northwest native, Dana Haynes. Hi Dana. Thanks for being here. Dana (01:16): Hey, it's good to be here. Debbi (01:18): I'm so glad you're with us. Oregon is just a beautiful state and Portland's an awesome town. Do you do a lot of signings at Powell's? You know, back when you could do signings? Dana (01:31): Yes, we are incredibly fortunate to have many good independent bookstores in the Portland metropolitan area. We have several, so I will do one at the Powell's downtown or the Powell's in the suburbs or at Annie Bloom's. We are very, very fortunate to have this ring of independent bookstores that go from the coast up into the mountains. Dana (01:49): And it's one of the blessings of being in Oregon, how many independent thriving, independent bookstores we have. Quick story. My wife and I went to Powell's the other day on a Saturday and everybody stood outside six feet apart and everybody had masks on, everybody was patient and they're on the phones. You finally got to go in. The lines inside were very, very long. Nobody was kvetching, nobody's complaining. The luxury of having a bookstore, a world-class bookstore like that in the heart of downtown is something we just don't ever kvetch about. Debbi (02:18): I think that's awesome. That is so awesome. I love it. All of it. I'm interested in how you decided to branch out into writing thrillers from journalism to thrillers. What brought you from one to the other? Dana (02:33): I'm not sure it was that order because my father was a huge fan of thrillers. And so when we were growing up, Dad would read books that he thought were exciting and terrific, and he burst into your bedroom and throw them on your bed and say, "You've got to read this!" My father was a high school basketball coach. They talk like that. Quick, you got to read this. And so early on I was reading Gunga Din and Beau Geste and The Four Feathers, and I was being brought up with those stories cause my dad thought they were incredibly cool. So when I was, this is a true story. When I was in high school, I thought I was either going to have a career in journalism, which was my first love or as a novelist writing the kind of stories my dad would read, and lo and behold, I'm doing them both. I'm the most fortunate guy in the whole world. When I was in high school, I thought I was either going to have a career in journalism, which was my first love or as a novelist writing the kind of stories my dad would read, and lo and behold, I'm doing them both. I'm the most fortunate guy in the whole world. Debbi (03:17): That's fantastic. That's really wonderful. And you're doing screenplays. At least one, Dana (03:25): Not successfully. But they're great fun.

*THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS!* OUR LAST BI-MONTHLY EPISODE BEFORE WE RELEASE WEEKLY! On this week's episode, *Rea* and *Joe* go Hollywood, and discuss everything writing related on the journey from book to screenplay. Touching on everything from representation, to script writing contests, to drafting and pitching, to Rea's movie deal, the two bring their super-straight industry talk to the Tinseltown hustle. ALSO, don't forget to STAY TUNED as the Writeway Podcast debuts its new schedule, with episodes releasing EVERY WEEK starting in September -- THAT'S TWICE THE INDUSTRY TRASH TALK FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE. LISTEN and DOWNLOAD wherever you get your podcasts, and don't forget to SUBSCRIBE, RATE, & REVIEW. Below EPISODES NOTES below contain resource links, including ones discussed during the recording. *SCRIPT PIPELINE* https://scriptpipeline.com/ *THE BLACKLIST* https://blcklst.com/ *THE NICHOLL FELLOWSHIP* https://www.oscars.org/nicholl *AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL* https://austinfilmfestival.com/ SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER! See acast.com/privacy ( https://acast.com/privacy ) for privacy and opt-out information.

PILAR ALESSANDRA is the director of the popular writing program “On The Page” and author of “The Coffee Break Screenwriter.” A sought-after teacher and lecturer, she’s traveled the world teaching screenwriting, pitching and story analysis. As a consultant, Pilar has helped thousands of writers create, refine and sell their scripts and was named “Cream of the Crop” in Creative Screenwriting’s Script Consultant Survey. Her students and clients have sold to Disney, DreamWorks, Warner Brothers and Sony and have won prestigious competitions, including the Austin Film Festival and Nicholl Fellowship.Pilar jump-started her career in film as a script reader for Amblin Entertainment. With the formation of DreamWorks, she became Senior Story Analyst and a reader liaison between the studio and Robert Zemeckis’s company ImageMovers. Her expert script analysis was also sought out by The Robert Evans Company, Cineville Entertainment, Handprint Entertainment and Saturday Night Live Studios. Work at Interscope Communications led her to a position as Senior Story Analyst for Scott Kroopf’s production company Radar Pictures.Pilar was later bitten by the “teaching bug” while teaching screenwriting and story analysis at the UCLA Writers’ Program. In 2001, she started her own company “On the Page,” and in 2004 opened the On the Page Writers Studio in Sherman Oaks, California. In the interest of expanding access to her teaching tools, Pilar created the instructional DVD “On the Page” and presents the weekly “On the Page Podcast” with guests from within the industry. Recently, Pilar was listed as one of LA Weekly’s top 100 people in their “Best of LA People” issue.Proud Member of the IFH Podcast Network!For more great filmmaking and screenwriting podcasts:

Storytime can be a powerful tool to make talking about a child's emotional/mental health more accessible for the parent and child. This is such an important message for all parents so that we can give our children the tools they need to handle their emotions as they grow into adulthood. Talking about mental health issues can be just as daunting for an adult, as it is for a child. Recent studies, however, are indicating that it's something we should definitely be discussing. In the United States alone, up to 1 in 5 children a year suffer from a mental disorder according to the CDC. That comes to over 17 million children meeting criteria for disorders that affect a child's behavior, ability to learn, and process emotions. The Doctor Dads speak with author Brian Wray about his new book Max's Box. In his new book, “Max's Box”, Wray offers children and grown-ups a glimpse into what can happen when emotions are suppressed, and how with the help of people who care, we can let go of the things holding us back. Max's parents give him a very special gift; a box that will hold everything. After putting in his beloved firetruck and fluffy stuffed dog, Max discovers that the box will hold his feelings, too. When Max is angry, the anger goes straight into the box. With each feeling it stores, the larger it grows, and the larger the box grows, the harder it is for Max to do anything. Before long, Max's box is so big, it holds him back from enjoying regular kid activities, like riding his bike or climbing trees. Eventually, with some very special help, Max learns how to turn the box into something beautiful, and to let it go. While the U.S. has come a long way in recognizing the effects of mental health, there is still a misconception that mental health issues are the domain of adulthood. Children have feelings, including fears and anxieties, just as deeply as adults. However, they lack the language to express them, and experience to give those feelings perspective. Misconceptions, along with persisting stigmas associated with mental health can prevent children from getting the mental health treatment they need; which can lead to a range of other problems later in life. Picture books can help begin an important discussion. Allowing a child to see themselves in a story, shows them that they are not alone in their experience. Brian Wray's books are a starting point to having larger conversations that he hopes will create a lasting impact. “Mental health issues don't go away by ignoring them. Acknowledging them, and talking about them openly is the first step to managing them. What better way to reach a child, than with a story?” – Brian Wray A BIT ABOUT THE AUTHOR --Brian was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and moved to New York after graduating from Penn State. In 2003, Brian was awarded the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. During an opportunity to write for Walt Disney Studios, Brian discovered his passion for telling stories for children. He writes from Brooklyn, where he lives with his wife, two daughters, and their endless inspiration. Brian's first book, Unraveling Rose, was the 2017 Foreword INDIES Gold Winner for "Picture Books, Early Reader". Max's parents give him a very special gift; a box that will hold everything, including Max's feelings. The more feelings that are added, the bigger the box grows, and before long, Max's box gets in the way of everything he wants to do. Eventually, Max discovers a way to turn his box into something beautiful. "This sensitive story of Max and his box of feelings is a wonderful conversation starter, and will provide children a way to visualize not suppressing their emotions with support from parents." - Dr. Nerissa Bauer, Behavioral Pediatrician. 2017 Foreword INDIES Gold Winner for "Picture Books, Early Reader", “Unraveling Rose” is the story of a stuffed bunny who loves having fun with the little boy she lives with, until she discovers a loose thread dangling from her arm, and it's all she can think about. The story will help parents and teachers talk to children about what to do with obsessive thoughts. “This story helps us realize that being perfect is not what really matters, and that we can learn to appreciate life with all its imperfections.” –Dr. Linda Mayers, Ph.D., Child Psychologist   authorbrianwray.com

Award-winning screenwriter, Renee Pillai shared her story on how she got into writing scripts, winning the Nicholl Fellowship awards and what's next for her.

Interview with Vancouver's award winning director, Titus Heckel with his new feature CHAINED. CHAINED, psychological crime thriller from Vancouver's award winning director, Titus Heckel, to film in Kelowna started Dec 5th. Telefilm-supported psychological crime thriller, CHAINED, the latest feature film from Vancouver-based award-winning writer and director Titus Heckel, starts filming in Kelowna December 5th, 2019. CHAINED focuses on Taylor, an abused and bullied 13-year-old and the friendship he forges with Jim, a criminal he discovered chained inside an abandoned warehouse. A violent betrayal between the duo turns the abused into the abuser. With the consequences-and victims of Jim’s crimes closing in, Taylor finds himself in over his head. Starring Aleks Paunovic (VAN HELSING, SNOWPIERCER) as Jim and rising star Marlon Kazadi (CHILD’S PLAY and the upcoming GHOSTBUSTERS 2020) as Taylor, the film also features Canadian Screen Award winning actor Adrian Holmes (star of 19-2 and the new Netflix series V WARS) as Taylor’s father, Pete. “We are thrilled to have this immensely talented trio on board to help tell this powerful, provocative story,” says producer Rachelle Chartrand. “With all the service work being done in the province, and country, it is a testament to the brilliance of the script and the complex characters Titus has created that Aleks and Adrian are doing a Canadian indie film at this stage of their illustrious careers. And to discover the young powerhouse, Marlon Kazadi, on the verge of breaking into stardom, is a gift.” The film has already garnered numerous accolades and secured broadcast deals with Super Channel and Hollywood Suite. Winners of the Telefilm sponsored JETS Program, an international coproduction and pitching competition held during the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival, the screenplay was also a semi-finalist in the 2018 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting, which is put on by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. CHAINED, along with producer Rachelle Chartrand, was one of 6 CDN features to be chosen for the Producers Lab at the 2018 Whistler Film Festival. CHAINED received development funding from the highly competitive Harold Greenberg Fund (Bell Media) as well as Creative BC, and is a recipient of 2019 Canada Feature Film Fund from Telefilm. Titus Heckel’s 2014 directorial debut, WITH CHILD, was shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival and nominated for both the Best World Showcase at the SoHo International Film Festival and the Flash Forward Award at the Busan International Film Festival. Titus is also a multi-award-winning writer. Lead producer Rachelle Chartrand is an award-winning producer, screenwriter and past-president of Women in Film & Television Vancouver. Rounding out the team is 15-year veteran producer Chester Sit, whose projects have been distributed on APTN, CBC, Super Channel and OMNI Television. https://www.instagram.com/mypreciouspictures/ PR:Lilian Sue Copywriter, Social Media Strategist, Publicist www.inretrospect21.wordpress.com Twitter:@LSue23 Instagram: lsue30

I’ve been trying to get today’s guest on the show for months. Pilar Alessandra is an author, podcaster, and script consultant. She’s the director of the popular writing program “On The Page,” author of “The Coffee Break Screenwriter” and host of the “On the Page Podcast.”   Pilar started her career as Senior Story Analyst at DreamWorks SKG. In 2001, she opened the Los Angeles-based On the Page Writers’ Studio dedicated to teaching and consulting with screenwriters and TV writers at all levels.   An in-demand speaker, she’s taught seminars at DreamWorks, Disney Animation, ABC, CBS, and the AFM and has traveled the world teaching in the UK, China, Poland, Vietnam, Colombia, Portugal, and South Africa.   Pilar’s greatest accomplishment is the success of her students, many of whom have won top competitions such as the Nicholl Fellowship, are working on TV shows such as “The 100,” “Silicon Valley” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” and have sold feature films to major studios.    Enjoy my conversation with Pilar Alessandra.

I've been trying to get today's guest on the show for months. Pilar Alessandra is an author, podcaster, and script consultant. She is the director of the popular writing program “On The Page” and author of “The Coffee Break Screenwriter.” A sought-after teacher and lecturer, she’s traveled the world teaching screenwriting, pitching and story analysis. As a consultant, Pilar has helped thousands of writers create, refine and sell their scripts and was named “Cream of the Crop” in Creative Screenwriting’s Script Consultant Survey.Her students and clients have sold to Disney, DreamWorks, Warner Brothers and Sony and have won prestigious competitions, including the Austin Film Festival and Nicholl Fellowship.Pilar jump-started her career in film as a script reader for Amblin Entertainment. With the formation of DreamWorks, she became Senior Story Analyst and a reader liaison between the studio and Robert Zemeckis’s company ImageMovers.Her expert script analysis was also sought out by The Robert Evans Company, Cineville Entertainment, Handprint Entertainment and Saturday Night Live Studios. Work at Interscope Communications led her to a position as Senior Story Analyst for Scott Kroopf’s production company Radar Pictures.Pilar was later bitten by the “teaching bug” while teaching screenwriting and story analysis at the UCLA Writers’ Program. In 2001, she started her own company “On the Page,” and in 2004 opened the On the Page Writers Studio in Sherman Oaks, California.In the interest of expanding access to her teaching tools, Pilar created the weekly “On the Page Podcast” with guests from within the industry. Recently, Pilar was listed as one of LA Weekly’s top 100 people in their “Best of LA People” issue.Enjoy my conversation with Pilar Alessandra.

I've been trying to get today's guest on the show for months. Pilar Alessandra is an author, podcaster, and script consultant. She is the director of the popular writing program “On The Page” and author of “The Coffee Break Screenwriter.” A sought-after teacher and lecturer, she’s traveled the world teaching screenwriting, pitching and story analysis. As a consultant, Pilar has helped thousands of writers create, refine and sell their scripts and was named “Cream of the Crop” in Creative Screenwriting’s Script Consultant Survey.Her students and clients have sold to Disney, DreamWorks, Warner Brothers and Sony and have won prestigious competitions, including the Austin Film Festival and Nicholl Fellowship.Pilar jump-started her career in film as a script reader for Amblin Entertainment. With the formation of DreamWorks, she became Senior Story Analyst and a reader liaison between the studio and Robert Zemeckis’s company ImageMovers.Her expert script analysis was also sought out by The Robert Evans Company, Cineville Entertainment, Handprint Entertainment and Saturday Night Live Studios. Work at Interscope Communications led her to a position as Senior Story Analyst for Scott Kroopf’s production company Radar Pictures.Pilar was later bitten by the “teaching bug” while teaching screenwriting and story analysis at the UCLA Writers’ Program. In 2001, she started her own company “On the Page,” and in 2004 opened the On the Page Writers Studio in Sherman Oaks, California.In the interest of expanding access to her teaching tools, Pilar created the weekly “On the Page Podcast” with guests from within the industry. Recently, Pilar was listed as one of LA Weekly’s top 100 people in their “Best of LA People” issue.Enjoy my conversation with Pilar Alessandra.

Terri is a Creator, Executive Producer and Showrunner. Watch her season finale of Take Two tonight on ABC. She was also the executive producer of the award-winning hit ABC series “Castle” for its first seven seasons.  Terri is an award-winning writer and director of numerous shorts and documentaries. Her films have appeared worldwide, including top Sundance and International Film Fest favorite “DysEnchanted,” starring Alexis Bledel, Sarah Winter and Jim Belushi. She has developed features and television pilots with DreamWorks, NBC, Disney and ABC. Miller serves on both the executive committee of the board of Young Storytellers and on the board of the Writers Guild Foundation. Miller and her producing partner, Andrew W. Marlowe, first met when they both won the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Under the MilMar banner, the pair has developed projects for ABC, Endemol and CBS Studios. Their productions have garnered honors from the People's Choice Awards, Imagen Awards, ALMA Awards, PRISM Awards, TV Guide Magazine and the Primetime Emmys®. We had a great conversation about her journey as a writer, her thoughts about leadership, and the state of women in this moment.

Rachel Goldberg is an award-winning filmmaker who had her TV directing debut with AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT and recently directed on THE MAYANS. She has been supported by the Sundance/Women in Film Financing Initiative for her feature, TRANSFORMATION AWAITS, based on the short film, NEIGHBORS, starring Kelli Garner (SECRET LIFE OF MARILYN MONROE) and Edi Gathegi (TWILIGHT). NEIGHBORS was created through AFI’s prestigious Directing Workshop for Women. She also helmed the short film MUTED, about media discrepancy when a child of color goes missing, starring Chandra Wilson (GREY’S ANATOMY) and Malcolm-Jamal Warner (SNEAKY PETE) which sold to HBO. She was selected for the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program, the We for She Direct Her Program, FOX Global Directors Initiative, the AFI/FOX Studio Directors Initiative, Film Independent's Project: Involve and the Ryan Murphy HALF Foundation. As a writer, Rachel has been recognized by the Film Independent Screenwriting Lab, the Academy’s Nicholl Fellowship, Cinestory Foundation, Rhode Island International Film Festival and more. Rachel earned her MFA in Directing for Film and Theater from the California Institute of the Arts and her BA in Theater and Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.   Website: http://rachelgoldbergdirector.com/ https://www.facebook.com/rachelgoldbergdirector  

This week, Andrew Lanham co-writer of The Glass Castle, discusses adapting the New York Times Best Seller memoir of the same name followed by Life of Pi and Finding Neverland writer David Magee discusses writing for imaginative worlds, and using language to translate stories to the screen. Andrew Lanham received his MFA in screenwriting from The University of Texas at Austin. In 2010, he won the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting, as well as the Drama and Latitude screenwriting awards at the Austin Film Festival, for his script The Jumper of Maine which tackles Lanham’s Tourette’s syndrome. Lanham helped co-write Jeannette Walls memoir and New York Times Best Seller, The Glass Castle. The film stars Academy Award® winning actress Brie Larson as Walls, Naomi Watts and Woody Harrelson. David Magee is an Academy Award nominated screenwriter known for adapting the beloved novel by Yann Martel, Life of Pi. He also co-wrote the screenplay for Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day and Finding Neverland. His screen adaptation of Yann Martel’s Life of Pi earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay and earned director Ang Lee an Oscar for Best Director. Magee is also the screenwriter for the next Chronicles of Narnia film, The Silver Chair and is currently writing the screenplay for the Disney musical Mary Poppins Returns. David Magee spoke with me during a special year-round event held in the Harry Ransom Center in 2013. Clips from this episode copyright: Dune Entertainment III LLC, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, and Miramax Film Corporation.      

Pilar Alessandra is the director of the screenwriting and TV writing program On the Page®, host of the popular On the Page Podcast and author of the top-selling book “The Coffee Break Screenwriter.” She started her career as Senior Story Analyst at DreamWorks SKG and, in 2001, opened the On the Page Writers’ Studio in Los Angeles where she directs her screenwriting and TV writing program On the Page®. Her students and clients have written for The Walking Dead, Modern Family, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost and Family Guy. They’ve sold features and pitches to Warner Bros, DreamWorks, Disney and Sony and have won the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship, Austin Screenwriting Competition and Warner Bros. TV Writing Workshop. In addition to her private classes taught out of the On the Page Writers’ Studio, Pilar has trained writers at ABC, Disney Animation, CBS and hosted the 2016 Pitch Conference at the American Film Market. Learn more about Pilar’s work at www.onthepage.tv You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on Twitter @thatlaurapowers, and on Instagram @laurapowers44.

Pilar Alessandra is the director of the screenwriting and TV writing program On the Page®, host of the popular On the Page Podcast and author of the top-selling book “The Coffee Break Screenwriter.” She started her career as Senior Story Analyst at DreamWorks SKG and, in 2001, opened the On the Page Writers’ Studio in Los Angeles where she directs her screenwriting and TV writing program On the Page®. Her students and clients have written for The Walking Dead, Modern Family, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost and Family Guy. They’ve sold features and pitches to Warner Bros, DreamWorks, Disney and Sony and have won the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship, Austin Screenwriting Competition and Warner Bros. TV Writing Workshop. In addition to her private classes taught out of the On the Page Writers’ Studio, Pilar has trained writers at ABC, Disney Animation, CBS and hosted the 2016 Pitch Conference at the American Film Market. Learn more about Pilar’s work at www.onthepage.tv You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on Twitter @thatlaurapowers, and on Instagram @laurapowers44.

Pilar Alessandra is the director of the screenwriting and TV writing program On the Page®, host of the popular On the Page Podcast and author of the top-selling book “The Coffee Break Screenwriter.” She started her career as Senior Story Analyst at DreamWorks SKG and, in 2001, opened the On the Page Writers’ Studio in Los Angeles where she directs her screenwriting and TV writing program On the Page®. Her students and clients have written for The Walking Dead, Modern Family, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost and Family Guy. They’ve sold features and pitches to Warner Bros, DreamWorks, Disney and Sony and have won the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship, Austin Screenwriting Competition and Warner Bros. TV Writing Workshop. In addition to her private classes taught out of the On the Page Writers’ Studio, Pilar has trained writers at ABC, Disney Animation, CBS and hosted the 2016 Pitch Conference at the American Film Market. Learn more about Pilar’s work at www.onthepage.tv You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on Twitter @thatlaurapowers, and on Instagram @laurapowers44.

Producers David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman join me by phone to discuss their film Wonder and their work as producers in film and television. David Hoberman David Hoberman (Producer) is the founder and co-owner of Mandeville Films and Television. He is one of the leading producers in the entertainment industry today. His Disney-based company, Mandeville Films, is among the most profitable and respected production labels in the entertainment industry. Other notable films include the critically hailed Academy Award©-nominated feature THE FIGHTER, starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo and Amy Adams, and directed by David O. Russell. Produced for $25 million, the film went on to gross almost $130 million worldwide and earned a host of awards, including an Academy Award© nomination for Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor and Actress Awards for Bale and Leo. Hoberman founded Mandeville Films in 1995 and signed a five-year first look pact with the Walt Disney Studios. In 1999, Hoberman signed a first-look deal for Mandeville at the Walt Disney Studios with Lieberman. Two years later, Lieberman became a co-partner in the company. Hoberman created the award-winning “Monk,” a one-hour series for USA Network. Executive-produced by Mandeville and spearheaded by Hoberman, “Monk” aired for eight seasons. Prior to forming Mandeville Films, Hoberman served as president of the Motion Picture Group of the Walt Disney Studios, where he was responsible for overseeing development and production for all feature films for Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures. During Hoberman’s tenure, Disney was often the top studio in domestic box-office grosses. In 1990, PRETTY WOMAN, supervised by Hoberman, was the top- grossing film of the year, and its soundtrack was the top-selling soundtrack of the year. Hoberman was also behind major blockbusters at the studio, including FATHER OF THE BRIDE, WHAT ABOUT BOB, DEAD POETS SOCIETY, ED WOOD, DANGEROUS MINDS, RUTHLESS PEOPLE, BEACHES, THREE MEN AND A BABY and HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS. While an executive at Disney, Hoberman championed the first-ever full-length stop-motion animation feature, Tim Burton’s THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Hoberman started his career working in the mailroom at ABC and quickly ascended in the entertainment business, working for Norman Lear’s Tandem/T.A.T. in television and film. He worked as a talent agent at ICM before joining Disney in 1985. Today, Hoberman is an associate professor at UCLA’s Graduate School in the Producers Program. He sat on the board of the Starlight Starbright Foundation for more than 10 years, is a member of the Board of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America and sat on the Board of the Los Angeles Free Clinic for six years. Hoberman is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He is a member of the Board of Suffolk University in Boston and on the Board of Overseers at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Todd Lieberman Todd Lieberman (Producer) is a co-owner of Mandeville Films and Television. He is one of the leading producers in the entertainment industry today. His Disney-based company, Mandeville Films, is among the most profitable and respected production labels in the entertainment industry. In 2001, Lieberman was named one of the “35 under 35” people to watch in the business by The Hollywood Reporter, which also ranked Lieberman and Hoberman among the 30 most powerful producers in Hollywood. He holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Lieberman is a member of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences and a judge for the Academy’s Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. He is also a member of the Television Academy and a Producer’s Guild mentor, as well as an active member of the Los Angeles chapter of the Young Presidents’ Organization. About Mandeville Films Since its founding in 1995, Mandeville Films has produced feature films that have grossed more than $2.5 billion in domestic box-office receipts and their slate includes a wide variety of genres, anchored by character-driven stories with universal, often uplifting themes. Todd and David’s  most recent movie is Disney’s live-action retelling of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, starring Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as The Beast. The critically- hailed film, directed by Bill Condon, has broken boxoffice records worldwide and has become the highest grossing PG-rated film in North America of all time. It also stars Emma Thompson, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Luke Evans, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellan, Ewan McGregor, Audra MacDonald. Upcoming movies include STRONGER, the inspirational story of Boston marathon survivor Jeff Bauman, directed by David Gordon Green, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson and Clancy Brown, to be released September 22, 2017 by Roadside Attractions. STRONGER makes its world premiere at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival. Following that is WONDER, based on R.J. Palacio’s best-selling YA novel, directed by Stephen Chbosky, starring Julia Roberts, Jason Tremblay and Daveed Diggs, to be released November 17, 2017 by Lionsgate. Both films were developed in house at Mandeville. Mandeville is currently in production on EXTINCTION, a sci-fi thriller starring Michael Pena and Lizzy Caplan, directed by Ben Young, to be released by Universal Pictures. Mandeville is also in pre-production THE AERONAUTS for Amazon Studios, written by Jack Thorne, based on the true story of balloon pilot Amelia Wren and scientist James Glaisher and their extraordinary and harrowing journey to discover the secrets of the skies. Mandeville also produced THE MUPPETS, starring Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter, the newest Muppet. Directed by James Bobin, written by Segel and Nick Stoller, THE MUPPETS was one of the best-reviewed films of 2011 and earned the Academy Award© for Best Song. Mandeville also produced the next MUPPET installment, MUPPETS MOST WANTED. Lieberman also produced WARM BODIES, the genre-bending “zombie romance” based on Isaac Marion’s novel, starring Nicholas Hoult, John Malkovich and Teresa Palmer, written and directed by Jonathan Levine, for Summit/Lionsgate. Mandeville executive produced INSURGENT and ALLEGIANT, part of the DIVERGENT movie series. Mandeville has a first look deal with Disney, which has been the company’s home for over 20 years. Under the Disney banner, Mandeville produced a string of hits, including the romantic comedy THE PROPOSAL, starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. THE PROPOSAL became the highest grossing romantic comedy of 2009, earning over $317 million worldwide. It was the People’s Choice award winner for Best Comedy of the year and Mandeville crossed the billion dollar mark in terms of box office revenue with THE PROPOSAL.   *The views, opinions, statements, advice (legal or otherwise) and/or other information expressed or otherwise shared by the podcast participants are attributable solely to the podcast participants and do not reflect the opinions, viewpoints or policies of, or any endorsement by, the Producers Guild of America.  

Full episode info and Show Notes: www.wearelookingsideways.com We dig into the details of a great American snowboarding life for episode 025 of the Looking Sideways Podcast, as I speak to Hollywood screenwriter and OG snowboard legend Jon Boyer. Canuck legend Boyer came up with the first wave of North American snowboard pros, mentored by Ken Achenbach and counting shredders like Keith Duckboy Wallace, Shaun Palmer and Damien Sanders as peers. Along the way he scored a pro model on Barfoot, the cover of TWS and a part in a Greg Stump film. Like I said. Legit. Later, he moved to Hollywood, where he has carved out a career for himself as a respected screenwriter, working on open writing assignments and his own spec scripts such as Freebyrd, which earned him recognition from the Nicholl Fellowship and a place on the 2013 Black List. Yep this is a proper wide-ranger this one, with a charismatic legend who is disproving in style the old F Scott Fitzgerald line about there being no second acts in American lives. Love your work Boyer! Thanks for coming on the Looking Sideways podcast. Thanks to Scott Nixon (www.scottnixon.co.uk) for post-production help and Matt Ward (www.linguistine.com) for the theme tune.

Kristin Overn began her film career as an assistant and script reader at Davis Entertainment, and since that time, she has consulted, collaborated, and developed screenplays with dozens of writers, producers, and production companies. Kristin also has extensive experience in production, and she has served as a Producer, Line Producer, and UPM on a wide range of independent features, original sitcom pilots, award-winning short films, TV commercials, and videos. She currently has several feature projects in development, including several PAGE Award-winning scripts. Kristin is a graduate of Northwestern University. She is a member of the Producers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America.A record high of 6,364 scripts were submitted to the PAGE Awards contest this year, and over the course of five rounds of competition, the scripts were judged by a total of 94 industry professionals. From its past winners, 142 scripts have been optioned, 97 projects produced, and 104 writers have been hired for staff positions and open writing assignments so far. Past winners have gone to write films and TV shows such as "The Accountant," "Maggie," "The Judge," "Mayhem," "The Walking Dead" (AMC), "Bates Motel" (A&E), "The Flash" (CW), and "Ozark" (Netflix).  Submissions for the 2018 competition open December 1, 2017In this episode we talk all about entering screenwriting competitions, answer some long held myths I've heard, and tons more. As always please share if you find anything interesting in this episode. Pre Show Notes— FREE GIVEAWAY! (AGAIN!) Our last giveaway was so popular we're giving away another one year pass of Masterclass. Master class is now offering classes from artists like Samuel L Jackson (acting), David Mamet (writing), Ron Howard (directing), and now Martin Scorsese (Filmmaking).How do you enter? Simple, leave a review of iTunes (hopefully a 5 star review), and send me a link and/or screenshot of the review. Contest ends Dec 8th, 2017 -- Game Over is the TV pilot I shot several years ago about 5 employees working at a video game store struggling to get to the next level in their lives.Tagline: In life there is no reset buttonThe goal is to get a lot of eyeballs on this so if you know anyone that'd be interested please share this with them.— Game Over – Making a TV Pilot – The blog post with all of the behind the scenes details about making, Game Over.— How NOT to make a TV Pilot – My interview with Alex Ferrari at Indie Film Hustle— Backstage –  Use code dbcast at checkout when posting a casting call for a FREE basic listing— Dave Bullis Podcast Filmmakers Group on Facebook – a FREE filmmaking group I made on Facebook.Show Notes-- Page International Screenwriting Awards - was founded in the fall of 2003.-- Nicholl Fellowship - The Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting is an international screenwriting competition established to identify and encourage talented new screenwriters.-- Austin Fellowship - Austin Film Festival furthers the art and craft of storytelling by inspiring and championing the work of writers, filmmakers, and all artists who use written and visual language to tell a story.ContactKristin Overn-- Official Site -- IMDBDave Bullis— Official Site— Youtube— Twitter— Instagram— Facebook — Stage 32 — LetterboxdSupport the Podcast1. Sign Up for Dave's email list2. Rate the Podcast on iTunesSubscribe to the Podcast— Podbean — iTunes — Stitcher— Google Play Podcast

Allan Durand took home the Nicholl Fellowship in 2012. Listen to get an inside view on the beginnings of his career, and what unfolded afterward.

Popcorn Talk Network proudly presents The Unproduced Table Read, a weekly vodcast series featuring Hollywood's best unproduced pilot and movie scripts read by professional actors, accompanied exclusive writer interviews and insight! The script for THE UNITED STATES OF FUCKIN' AWESOME, is just that: fuckin' awesome. So awesome, in fact, that it won the coveted Nicholl Fellowship award in 2014. Alisha Brophy and Scott Miles' over-the-top, feature-length historical comedy features sex, drugs, and unabashed American patriotism. Heartwarming and hilarious, this is a brilliant script, and we're honored to read it here on UTR.

Pilar Alessandra started her career as Senior Story Analyst at DreamWorks SKG. In 2001, she opened the Los Angeles-based On the Page Writers’ Studio dedicated to teaching and consulting with screenwriters and TV writers at all levels. She’s the author of the top-selling scriptwriting book, “The Coffee Break Screenwriter,” and host of the popular “On the Page Podcast.” An in-demand speaker, she’s taught seminars at Disney Animation, ABC, CBS and MTV, and traveled the world teaching in the UK, China, Poland, Vietnam, Columbia, Portugal and South Africa. Pilar’s greatest accomplishment is the success of her students, many of whom have won top competitions like the Nicholl Fellowship, are working on TV shows such as “The 100,” “The Walking Dead” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” and have sold scripts and pitches to studios including DreamWorks, Warner Bros. and Disney. We discussed screenwriting versus web series and tv writing. For more information about Pilar, her classes, consultations, book and podcast, go to www.onthepage.tv. For more information on Pilar, please visit her web page at: www.onthepage.tv. To connect with Laura Powers, please do so at: www.laurapowers.net. You can, also, connect with Laura on facebook and follow her on twitter @thatlaurapowers.

Todd Ludy's film career began at age 10, after he successfully begged his parents to let him see Alien, then discovered his dad's Super-8 gear in the attic.  Later, he studied film at Emerson College. Todd's screenplay Resurrection was a top-10 Finalist in the Nicholl Fellowship.  His four other original screenplays have placed highly in the Nicholl, Austin Film Festival, BlueCat, and more.  Enginerds, co-written with his wife, won the StoryPros Grand Prize in 2011.  Messiah was a Sci-fi Finalist in the 2011 Shriekfest, and Scarecrows a 2013 Shriekfest Horror Finalist.  These honors led to Todd being hired to adapt Ramsey Campbell's horror novel, Nazareth Hill.  He is currently adapting Eddie Would Go, the biography of surfing legend Eddie Aikau, for Your Half Pictures. Over the years, Todd has written and produced hundreds of hours of documentary TV.  Recently, he entered the realm of animation as a writer on such series as Wacky Races, Voltron, and Micronauts. Todd lives in L.A. with his wife, Leila, and their two boys, Cale and Vaughn.

Episode6 Pilar Alessandra – On The Page Pilar Alessandra is the director of the writing program On the Page®, host of the popular On the Page Podcast and author of “The Coffee Break Screenwriter.” Pilar started her career as Senior Story Analyst at Dream Works SKG and, in 2001, opened the On the Page Writers’ Studio in Los Angeles.  Her students and clients have written for The Walking Dead, Lost, House of Lies, Nip Tuck and FamilyGuy. They’ve sold features and pitches to Warner Bros, Dream Works, Disney and Sony and have won the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship, Austin Screenwriting Competition and Warner Bros. TV Writing Workshop.  Pilar has trained writers at ABC/Disney and CBS and traveled the world teaching in London,Beijing, Warsaw and Ho-Chi-Minh City.  In October she’ll be teaching in Lisbon, Portugal and Capetown, South Africa. You can find out about her classes and consultations by going to the website:  onthepage.tv Web: www.onthepage.tv Podcast: http://tinyurl.com/2azkhvg Book: http://tinyurl.com/2c9kvxg -- International Women in Film Podcast http://InternationalWomenInFilm.com/ To join the International Women in Film Podcast Community https://michelethetrainer.leadpages.co/podcast-iwif-1/

Paul Peditto is an award-winning screenwriter and director. His low-budget film Jane Doe starring Calista Flockhart won Best Feature at the New York Independent Film & Video Festival. Six of his screenplays have been optioned including Crossroaders to Haft Entertainment (Emma, Dead Poets Society). He recently wrote and produced the micro-budget feature Chat, currently being distributed by Showcase Entertainment.Peditto is an adjunct professor of screenwriting at Columbia College. Under his guidance hisstudents have written and produced films that have appeared in major film festivals, have semifinal placings at Nicholl Fellowship, and have won awards and screened at film festivals around the country.  His new book, The D.I.Y. Filmmaker (Self-Counsel Press) is available on Amazon and elsewhere.Show Notes--Rodriguez List - List of everything you have access to make a film as cheap as possible-- Jason Brubaker - How to Sell Your Film - Link to a ton of article by Jason-- Scott McMahon - Marketing - Link to a ton of articles by ScottContactPaul Peditto- Official Site- TwitterDave Bullis-- Official Site-- Twitter-- Instagram-- Facebook-- Youtube-- BlabGary Knudson (Sound Engineer)-- SoundCloud      -- Hire GarySupport the Podcast1. Sign Up for Dave's email list2. Rate the Podcast on iTunes3. Buy on Amazon.com using my affiliate link4. Buy Final Draft screenwriting software using my affiliate link5. Buy Jason Brubaker's, 'How to Sell Your Movie' course via my affiliate link6. Buy Jason's Brubaker, '101 Short Film Ideas' book for only $7!7. My Podcast Amazon wish list 8. Buy a shirt in the Zazzle store9. The Dave Bullis Podcast on PatreonSubscribe to the Podcast-- Podbean -- iTunes -- Stitcher-- Google Play Podcasts

Mark Stasenko is the co-founder of WeScreenplay and Coverfly, a script coverage and competition submission service that uses cutting edge proprietary software. As a writer last year he won the ScreenCraft fellowship and Francis Ford Coppola's ZoeTrope Competition, and has been a quarter finalist for the Nicholl Fellowship.

Robert Gregory Browne is a novelist who heads his own publishing firm, Braun Haus Media.  Rob has been writing fiction for 30 years and has 19 novels under his belt, many of which were published by some of the biggest names in the business: St. Martin’s Press, Penguin/Dutton, and Harlequin.   Before he started writing novels, Rob worked in the movie industry as a screenwriter. His thriller, Kiss Her Goodbye was produced for television by Sony/CBS. Several years ago he won the Nicholl Fellowship for screenwriting from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.  The Nicholl Fellowship is a prestigious international screenwriting competition to identify and encourage talented new screenwriters. In our conversation, Rob explains why he decided to make the leap from traditional publishing to indie publishing several years ago, and the blow-out success he had with his first indie title, Trial Junkies.  We then dive deep into one of the chapters in his new book, his first nonfiction title: Casting the Bones: An Indie Author’s Guide to the Craft of Fiction.  The chapter we pick apart: Creating Characters that Jump Off the Page. For Rob, creating great characters is of paramount importance to the success of any novel, and in our conversation he shares the techniques he uses to write characters that feel real and keep the story moving quickly.  He also discusses how he balances showing with telling, his sparse use of dialogue tags, his general aversion to creating detailed outlines, and other approaches he has developed over the course of his career. You can find the show notes to this episode with links to Rob’s website and a link to the Amazon page for Casting the Bones over at writewithimpact.com/episode28.  Like Write With Impact on Facebook Follow Write With Impact on Twitter  

Purified, a new novel by Elizabeth S. Sullivan, features a complex but brilliant female protagonist traversing a dark world to find the missing daughter of a ruthless power player. This suspenseful novel evokes the atmosphere of SEVEN and THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. Purified is a thrilling story that explores many dark subjects, including what it does to those who have to live in the world of killers in order to stop them.  When a mutilated body of an African American girl is found in a park sandbox, the media shows no interest. Instead, their attention is riveted on the disappearance of Olivia Safra, a college student and only child of the powerful and dangerous Richard Safra. Suspended ADA, Beck Oldman, demoted to a rookie PI is assigned her first cases to find a missing teenager and Olivia Safra.  Leads connect the murders to the Safra case. The investigation into her client's private life reveals a dark side in the relationship between a father and daughter and exacts his wrath against Beck. More girls are found murdered, putting Beck in a race to stop a serial killer and stop her own client from destroying her  Elizabeth S. Sullivan has been a semifinalist 3 times in the Nicholl Fellowship screenwriting competition and has won several other competitions. The playwright of 5 screenplays, Elizabeth  is managed by Alexia Melocchi of Little Studio Films. Visit Elizabeth at: http://venturegalleries.com/blog/a-woman-who-invades-crime-fiction-unafraid/

Brian Godawa is a Christian screenwriter and author of the Amazon bestselling Biblical fantasy novel “Noah Primeval.” He joins the show to discuss why there is so much controversy surrounding the new film, "Noah," and how the controversy compares to "Passion of the Christ" in 2004.   "Noah" has been edited many times to appease Christian critics like Godawa, but he's still not happy with the final version. Godawa explains how the film turns into environmentalist propaganda.   Brian Godawa is the screenwriter for the award-winning feature film, To End All Wars, starring Kiefer Sutherland. It was awarded the Commander in Chief Medal of Service, Honor and Pride by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, won the first Heartland Film Festival by storm, and showcased the 2003 Cannes Film Festival Cinema for Peace. He wrote and directed the documentary Wall of Separation for PBS, Lines That Divide: The Great Stem Cell Debate for CBC Network, and School's Out: Political Correctness Vs. Academic Freedom for Boulevard Pictures. He also adapted The Visitation by best-selling author Frank Peretti for Ralph Winter (X-Men, Wolverine).     Mr. Godawa's scripts have won multiple awards in such screenplay competitions as Carl Sautter, The Nicholl Fellowship, Austin Heart of Film, Fade-In, Worldfest, Writer's Network, Chesterfield Writer's Film Project, Columbus Discovery Awards and Reader's Digest Screenplay Competition.     He gives lectures at high schools and colleges on screenwriting, as well as the art of watching and writing movies. He has had his articles on movies and philosophy published in magazines around the world, most recently winning First Place from the EPA for his article on the philosophy of The Matrix.     His book, Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment (InterVarsity Press) is in its ninth printing, and his new book Word Pictures: Knowing God Through Story and Imagination (IVP) addresses the power of image and story in the pages of the Bible to transform the Christian life.    Find out more about Brian Godawa at www.godawa.com.  

Susannah Grant wrote Erin Brockovich and received Academy Award, BAFTA and WGA nominations for Best Original Screenplay. A recipient of a 1992 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting, her other credits include Ever After, In Her Shoe and Catch and Release, which she also directed. Grant was interviewed by Sean Wolfson for the "Conversations With..." speaker series, hosted by the Writing Division at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. An episode in the USC School of Cinematic Arts podcast series.