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Robert McKee, A Fulbright Scholar, is the most sought after screenwriting lecturer around the globe. He has dedicated the last 30 years to educating and mentoring screenwriters, novelists, playwrights, poets, documentary makers, producers, and directors internationally. Those who have learned from McKee have called him "the Aristotle of our time" because of his insight into the substance, structure, style, and principles of the grand art of story.Peter Jackson (writer/director of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit) has lauded him as "The Guru of Gurus." For the writers of Pixar (creators of Toy Story 1, 2, & 3, Finding Nemo), McKee's Story Seminar is a rite of passage. Emmy Award-Winner Brian Cox also portrayed McKee in the Oscar-nominated film Adaptation.McKee's former students include over 60 Academy Award Winners, 200 Academy Award Nominees, 200 Emmy Award Winners, 1000 Emmy Award Nominees, 100 WGA (Writers Guild of America) Award Winners, 250 WGA Award Nominees, and 50 DGA (Directors Guild of America) Award Winners, 100 DGA Award Nominees.A winner and nominee of BAFTA for his popular Channel Four series Reel Secrets, McKee also wrote and hosted 12 episodes of BBC's Filmworks series. He was profiled by Bob Simon of 60 Minutes for CBS news.McKee's articles on Story have also appeared in hundreds of newspapers and magazines around the world including Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker Magazine, Swiss Business Magazine, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, CBS Morning News, BBC, Channel 4 in UK, RAI (Italy), CBN Weekly News & Morning Glory (China), MBC TV, KBS & Arirang TV, Korea Times (South Korea), Kiev Weekly, Kultura Moscow, all major TV, Radio and/or newspapers of Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Germany, France, India, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, Turkey, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, and Switzerland and given seminars in all of the above countries.Since 1984, more than 100,000 students have taken McKee's courses at various cities around the world: Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Sydney, Toronto, Boston, San Francisco, Helsinki, Oslo, Munich, Tel Aviv, Auckland, Singapore, Madrid, Beijing, Shanghai, Barcelona, Lisbon, Malaga, Hamburg, Berlin, Johannesburg, Rome, Stockholm, São Paulo, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Beijing, Brussels, Rio de Janeiro, Moscow, Seoul, Istanbul, Hyderabad, Mexico City and many cities regularly.McKee continues to be a project consultant to major film and television production companies such as 20th Century Fox, Disney, Paramount, & MTV. In addition, Pixar, ABC, BBC, Disney, Miramax, PBS, Nickelodeon, Paramount, GLOBOSAT, MNET and other international TV and Film companies regularly send their entire creative and writing staffs to his lectures.His new book is Action: The Art of Excitement for Screen, Page, and Game.ACTION explores the ways that a modern-day writer can successfully tell an action story that not only stands apart, but wins the war on clichés. Teaming up with the former co-host of The Story Toolkit, Bassim El-Wakil, legendary story lecturer Robert McKee guides writers to award-winning originality by deconstructing the action genre, illuminating the challenges, and, more importantly, demonstrating how to master the demands of plot with surprising beats of innovation and ingenuity.Topics include:Understanding the Four Core Elements of ActionCreating the Action CastHook, Hold, Pay Off: Design in ActionThe Action McGuffinAction Set PiecesThe Sixteen Action SubgenresA must-add to the McKee storytelling library, ACTION illustrates the principles of narrative drive with precision and clarity by referencing the most popular action movies of our time including: Die Hard, The Star Wars Saga, Dark Knight, The Matrix, and Avengers: Endgame.Enjoy my conversation with Robert McKee.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast--2664729/support.

In our season 2 premiere episode, Suzanna and Jess recap their summers and things they are currently working on. We also get into the elephant in the room...the WGA (Writers Guild of America) and SAG (Screen Actors Guild) strikes. We discuss what the strikes are about, the realities of how it affects us, what we can do and what to expect. Suzanna's Online On-Camera Acting Class: https://www.udemy.com/course/on-camera-acting-with-suzanna-lenir/?couponCode=BACKTOACTING FOLLOW US: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@booktheroompodcast/videos  Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/booktheroompodcast/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089225750910

Join us this week as we look at the end of the WGA (Writers Guild of America) strike, the trouble brewing in Detroit with the United Automotive Workers (UAW) and its far-reaching impact, and last but not least: what happens when the one not reporting for work indefinitely....is the federal government? Let's Check-In! **Note: we recorded this ahead of the Saturday night vote that is allowing Congress another 45 days to pass appropriations, but decided to leave the episode as recorded as shutdowns are a unique political phenomenon and becoming more and more frequent. Let us know what you think - will the clock run out again close to Thanksgiving, or will we avoid a shutdown this year? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/biascheckin/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/biascheckin/support

Pour cette pastille actu de septembre 2023, j'ai reçu à mon micro Cyrille Frank, Learning/Digital Transformation Director chez CosaVostra et rédacteur en chef de la newsletter Mediarama De Getty Images qui lance son modèle d'IA générative en passant par la fin de la grève des scénaristes à Hollywood au festival The Audiencers auquel nous avons participé la semaine dernière, on passe en revue l'actualité médiatique des derniers jours. Voici notre sélection : # Getty Images lance - en partenariat avec NVidia - son modèle d'IA générative entraîné sur sa banque d'images. # Daniel Krestinsky revend ses parts du Monde à Xavier Niel. Ces parts seront versées à la Fondation pour la l'Indépendance de la Presse à laquelle est rattaché le Journal Le Monde. Le quotidien - qui compte un nombre record d'abonnés numériques salue dans un communiqué cette étape “pour la gouvernance du groupe et pour la sanctuarisation de l'indépendance de ses rédactions” # Amazon Prime Video va intégrer des publicités dans son offre de streaming, quelques mois après d'autres services de streaming américains Netflix, Peacock ou encore HBO MAX. # Pour la petite anecdote : c'est le dernier mois pour le service de location (historique) de DVD par abonnement de Netflix aux États-Unis # La grève des scénaristes américains commencée il y a 6 mois est arrivée à son terme : Un accord a été conclu entre la WGA (Writers Guild of America) et l'AMTP (The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers). L'accord préfigure un autre accord attendu de longue date à Hollywood celle avec des acteur•ices, la fameuse SAG-AFTRA # Enfin, nous vous livrons nos coups de coeur du festival The Audiencers qui s'est déroulé le 22 septembre dernier à Paris

Kayla is joined by talented writers and dear friends, Danny Tolli and Melisa D. Monts, to explain the why and how of the WGA (Writers Guild of America) strike.Who are the writers striking against exactly? What has it been like firsthand on the picket lines? Is AI taking over and what are the implications for the future of Hollywood? They go on to discuss how this strike has impacted not just their financial well-being but their emotional and mental health also. The very creatives behind your favorite shows and films are having their livelihoods threatened by greed and are looking for your support. Follow Danny & MelisaDanny's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dctolli/Melisa's Instagram:: https://www.instagram.com/sheisnotmelissa/Support the Strike:https://entertainmentcommunity.org/https://www.writeinclusion.org/Follow Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/directionallychallenged__/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's episode your host recaps her past 2 weeks, from rude waitresses to finally “getting some”!Make sure to listen to the end of the podcast as you will get a short breakdown as to why the WGA (Writers Guild of America) and SAG-AFTRA (all union actors) are on strike. This strike effects everyone, make sure to stay up to date! Podcast MERCH Officially Available at https://that-bitch-podcast-merch.creato/r-spring.com/ www.sandcloud.com - use promo code SERENA874 for 15% off your entire order! FOLLOW ME! That BITCH Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/that_bitch_podcast/?hl=en That BITCH Podcast Twitter https://twitter.com/thatbishpodcast?s=21 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpRQQv_55jloCaOSGkbYwWw That BITCH Podcast TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM85Rqds7/ Serena's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/serenalaturnas/ Serena's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/serenalaturnas Serena's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@serenashuba?lang=en Serena's Twitter: https://twitter.com/SerenaShuba Linktree: https://linktr.ee/serenalaturnas Podcast also available on the following platforms: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ltoDY0YWtO57t3JcWy2Dl https://anchor.fm/thatbitchpodcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/that-bitch-podcast/id1535073080 https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zNzM3M2E1Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Sponsorship and business inquiries for the podcast please Email: thatbishpodcast@gmail.com Business inquires for the host please email serenashuba@gmail.com #dating #relationships #sexpositive #funnystories #spotify #spotifypodcast #applepodcast #youtube #youtubepodcast #dating --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thatbitchpodcast/message

The entertainment industry in both Canada and the United States is in treacherous waters. In America, both the WGA (Writers Guild of America) and SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) are on strike. While in Canada, commercial actors have been locked out of work due to ongoing disputes between ACTRA (Alliance of Cinema, Television and Radio Artists) and the ICA (Institue of Canadian Agencies). Host Dani Stover, breaks down both issues and how they both are increasingly important for the rights and careers of thousands of actors.

Robert McKee is a modern Aristotle of story and master of the form who wrote the definitive book on the subject, called, of course, STORY. Robert is a Fulbright scholar and the author of five books on storytelling, including Dialogue, Character, Action, and Storynomics, but he is best known as the most sought-after screenwriting teacher in the world. His students have collectively won 70 Academy Awards, 250 Emmy Awards, and 100 WGA (Writers Guild of America) Awards. My conversation with Robert centered on his philosophy of story, what stories are, why they're important for humanity and so much more. Show notes + MORE Watch on YouTube Newsletter Sign-Up Today's Sponsors: Squarespace: Squarespace.com/RichRoll  Peace + Plants, Rich

There comes a time that you should refresh your podcast; change something up. And it's time for Blubrry to do the same. Next week we'll be back with a whole new format and some stylistic changes but still the same team. We're pairing back on the number of topics we discuss each week so we can really give our expertise on the topics at hand. We think you'll really enjoy the change. In the meantime, Mike and MacKenzie discuss big tech in podcasting, some listener data and more. Thanks for joining us on this episode of Podcast Insider. Looking to be a guest on the show? Let us know. Emails are listed at the bottom of show notes. News “Big Tech is Bad for Podcasting” Leo Laporte on the Podnews Weekly Review What do chart-topping podcasts have in common? US people between 13-34, one third of them listen to podcasts every day  Confirmed: Google will remove Podcasts Search carousel on February 13th - https://podnews.net/uploads/google-podcasts-feb13.png           To be replaced by a “new feature”  Crooked Media podcasters move forward to unionize with WGA (Writers Guild of America East) Best Practice Keeping your podcast fresh Every once in a while you need to change things up to improve your podcast and keep it interesting for podcasters and the listener. Blubrry News This podcast will be changing up the format a bit next week. If there is a subject you want us to dig into, let us know! Email mike@blubrry.com Blubrry Pro Tip The Power of Audio vs. Video Question of the Week Question:  I've got to know how can I use the Blueberry listeners statistics dashboard to see downloads for a single episode on a specific day? Answer:  Ah yes, good question!  Go to the Blubrry dashboard and click on See all Statistics under the stats chart. Then, in the blue bar at the top, click on Episodes. From there find the episode you want to check out. Click on it.  (the file name). Once you do that, you can scroll down to “trending” and hover over the graph and the daily numbers will show up for each day. Got a subject you would like us to cover in detail, drop an email to mike@blubrry.com (audio, text, video), and we may use it. You can also post a question on the Blubrry Podcasting Facebook group. Produced and edited by the Blubrry Pro Production team at BlubrryPro.com. Thanks for listening to Podcast Insider. Join us next week or better yet, Subscribe or Follow in the podcast app of your choice. The best place for support with any Blubrry product or service is our ticket system (https://blubrry.com/support/). Tickets give the whole team access rather than direct emails or calls. Coming to you this week from Columbus, Ohio & Traverse City, Michigan. Produced by the Blubrry Pro-Production team. Fill out our listener survey at surveys.blubrry.com/podcastinsider Schedule a one-on-one with Todd (hosting customers only). Email todd@blubrry.com Schedule a tech checkup with Mike (hosting customers only). Email mike@blubrry.com Send us your podcast sticker and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and we will send you a Blubrry care package. Our mailing address: Blubrry – MacKenzie 150 E. Campus View Blvd. #180 Columbus, Ohio 43235

Much has changed from the 1990s to now in the film industry for the AANHPI community. Chris Chan Lee is a key proponent that has inspired many Asian Americans to pursue filmmaking since his groundbreaking feature, "Yellow." On this episode, Chris and Rasha talk about his journey, how the film landscape has changed, and how it can still be improved.   Chris is a Korean-American filmmaker based in Los Angeles, C He graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts and has spent his career of over 25 years developing and producing Asian-American content. His debut feature film as writer/director was "Yellow" (1997), a coming of age movie about a group of teens in Los Angeles. The film features the first performances of John Cho and Jason Tobin, and re-envisioned the American teen comedy with an ensemble of Asian-Americans in the lead roles. "Yellow" world premiered at the 1997 CAAMFest Film Festival (then called NAATA) with three sold-out screenings, and was selected for more than a dozen film festivals including Raindance U.K., Slamdance, Singapore International, Hawaii International, and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. The film won the Gold Carp 1st Place Audience Award for Best Feature Film and the Golden Reel Award for Best Independent Feature Film. "Yellow" had a successful limited national theatrical release including a 5-week run in Southern California across 9 screens. He served twice as a judge for the Filmmakers Media Fund Initiative at CAAMFest, and was an independent filmmaker panelist at events hosted by KASCON (Korean American Students Conference), WGA (Writers Guild of America), LA Asian Pacific Film Festival, and a number of other professional and community organizations. The film is considered a milestone in Asian American filmmaking.

Robert McKee, A Fulbright Scholar, is the most sought after screenwriting lecturer around the globe. He has dedicated the last 30 years to educating and mentoring screenwriters, novelists, playwrights, poets, documentary makers, producers, and directors internationally. Those who have learned from McKee have called him "the Aristotle of our time" because of his insight into the substance, structure, style, and principles of the grand art of story.Peter Jackson (writer/director of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit) has lauded him as "The Guru of Gurus." For the writers of Pixar (creators of Toy Story 1, 2, & 3, Finding Nemo), McKee's Story Seminar is a rite of passage. Emmy Award-Winner Brian Cox also portrayed McKee in the Oscar-nominated film Adaptation.McKee's former students include over 60 Academy Award Winners, 200 Academy Award Nominees, 200 Emmy Award Winners, 1000 Emmy Award Nominees, 100 WGA (Writers Guild of America) Award Winners, 250 WGA Award Nominees, and 50 DGA (Directors Guild of America) Award Winners, 100 DGA Award Nominees.A winner and nominee of BAFTA for his popular Channel Four series Reel Secrets, McKee also wrote and hosted 12 episodes of BBC's Filmworks series. He was profiled by Bob Simon of 60 Minutes for CBS news.McKee's articles on Story have also appeared in hundreds of newspapers and magazines around the world including Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker Magazine, Swiss Business Magazine, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, CBS Morning News, BBC, Channel 4 in UK, RAI (Italy), CBN Weekly News & Morning Glory (China), MBC TV, KBS & Arirang TV, Korea Times (South Korea), Kiev Weekly, Kultura Moscow, all major TV, Radio and/or newspapers of Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Germany, France, India, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, Turkey, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, and Switzerland and given seminars in all of the above countries.Since 1984, more than 100,000 students have taken McKee's courses at various cities around the world: Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Sydney, Toronto, Boston, San Francisco, Helsinki, Oslo, Munich, Tel Aviv, Auckland, Singapore, Madrid, Beijing, Shanghai, Barcelona, Lisbon, Malaga, Hamburg, Berlin, Johannesburg, Rome, Stockholm, São Paulo, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Beijing, Brussels, Rio de Janeiro, Moscow, Seoul, Istanbul, Hyderabad, Mexico City and many cities regularly.McKee continues to be a project consultant to major film and television production companies such as 20th Century Fox, Disney, Paramount, & MTV. In addition, Pixar, ABC, BBC, Disney, Miramax, PBS, Nickelodeon, Paramount, GLOBOSAT, MNET and other international TV and Film companies regularly send their entire creative and writing staffs to his lectures.His new book is Action: The Art of Excitement for Screen, Page, and Game.ACTION explores the ways that a modern-day writer can successfully tell an action story that not only stands apart, but wins the war on clichés. Teaming up with the former co-host of The Story Toolkit, Bassim El-Wakil, legendary story lecturer Robert McKee guides writers to award-winning originality by deconstructing the action genre, illuminating the challenges, and, more importantly, demonstrating how to master the demands of plot with surprising beats of innovation and ingenuity.Topics include:Understanding the Four Core Elements of ActionCreating the Action CastHook, Hold, Pay Off: Design in ActionThe Action MacguffinAction Set PiecesThe Sixteen Action SubgenresA must-add to the McKee storytelling library, ACTION illustrates the principles of narrative drive with precision and clarity by referencing the most popular action movies of our time including: Die Hard, The Star Wars Saga, Dark Knight, The Matrix, and Avengers: Endgame.Also join Robert McKee's Legendary STORY Seminar LIVE in Los Angeles, New York & LondonIn an intense 3 days, Robert McKee teaches the substance, structure, style and principles of Story. Learn how to apply classical story design – the kind that has resulted in masterpieces of all kinds – to your own cinematic, theatrical or literary premise.

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Robert McKee, the author of "Character: The Art of Role and Cast Design for Page, Stage, and Screen", to discuss the creation of compelling characters and the design of their casts. Robert McKee began his show business career at age nine playing the title role in a community theatre production of MARTIN THE SHOEMAKER. He continued acting as a teenager in theatre productions in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan. Upon receiving the Evans Scholarship, he attended the University of Michigan and earned a Bachelor's Degree in English Literature. While an undergraduate, he acted in and directed over thirty productions. McKee's creative writing professor was the noted Kenneth Rowe whose former students include Arthur Miller and Lawrence Kasdan. After completing his B.A., McKee toured with the APA (Association of Producing Artists) Repertory Company, appearing on Broadway with such luminaries as Helen Hayes, Rosemary Harris and Will Geer. He then received the Professional Theatre Fellowship and returned to Ann Arbor, Michigan to earn his Master's Degree in Theatre Arts. Upon graduating, McKee directed the Toledo Repertory Company, acted with the American Drama Festival, and became Artistic Director of the Aaron Deroy Theatre. From there he traveled to London to accept the position of Artist-In-Residence at the National Theatre where he studied Shakespearean production at the Old Vic. He then returned to New York and spent the next seven years as an actor/director in various Off-Broadway, repertory and stock companies. After deciding to move his career to film, McKee attended Cinema School at the University of Michigan. While there, he directed two short films - A DAY OFF, which he also wrote, and TALK TO ME LIKE THE RAIN, adapted from a one-act play by Tennessee Williams. These two films won the Cine Eagle Award, awards at the Brussels and Grenoble Film Festivals, and various prizes at the Delta, Rochester, Chicago and Baltimore Film Festivals. In 1979, McKee moved to Los Angeles, California where he began to write screenplays and work as a story analyst for United Artists and NBC. He sold his first screenplay, DEAD FILES, to AVCO/Embassy Films, after which he joined the WGA (Writers Guild of America). His next screenplay, HARD KNOCKS, won the National Screenwriting Contest, and since then McKee has had over eight feature film screenplays purchased or optioned, including the feature film script TROPHY for Warner Bros. In addition to his screenplays, McKee has had a number of scripts produced for such critically acclaimed dramatic television series as QUINCY, M.D. (starring Jack Klugman), COLUMBO (starring Peter Falk), SPENSER: FOR HIRE and KOJAK (starring Telly Savalas). In 1983, McKee, a Fulbright Scholar, joined the faculty of the School of Cinema and Television at the University of Southern California (USC), where he began offering his now famous STORY SEMINAR class. A year later, McKee opened the course to the public and he now teaches the 3-day, 30-hour STORY SEMINAR to sold-out audiences around the world. From Los Angeles (where his course is only taught two times a year) to New York (two times a year) to Paris, Sydney, Toronto, Boston, San Francisco, Helsinki, Oslo, Munich, Singapore, Barcelona and 12 other film capitals around the world, more than 50,000 students have taken the course over the last 15+ years. In 2000, McKee won the prestigious 1999 International Moving Image Book Award for his best-selling book STORY (Regan Books/HarperCollins). The book, currently in its 32nd printing in the U.S. and its 19th printing in the U.K., has become required reading for film and cinema schools at such top Universities as Harvard, Yale, UCLA, and USC, and was on the LOS ANGELES TIMES best-seller list for 20 weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The past few months in Hollywood have been CRAZY! In today's session, we discuss what's going on between the WGA (Writers Guild of America) and the ATA (Association of Talents Agents), the college admissions scandal and the stars caught up in the sting, the dumping on Netflix by the Academy, actors and directors, and Disney's takeover of 20th Century Fox.SHOW NOTES:Hollywood Reporter: As Academy Confronts Netflix Question...Hollywood Reporter: Over 7,000 Writers Fire Their Agents...Hollywood Reporter: As Layoffs Arrive, Disney and Fox Staff Voice FrustrationsHollywood Reporter: College Admissions Scandal Sparks Hollywood Panic...

In this episode I'm joined by Robert McKee (@McKeeStory), the most sought after screenwriting lecturer around the globe. He has dedicated the last 30 years to educating and mentoring screenwriters, novelists, playwrights, poets, documentary makers, producers, and directors internationally. Those who have learned from McKee have called him “the Aristotle of our time” because of his insight into the substance, structure, style, and principles of the grand art of story. McKee’s former students include over 60 Academy Award Winners, 200 Academy Award Nominees, 200 Emmy Award Winners, 1000 Emmy Award Nominees, 100 WGA (Writers Guild of America) Award Winners, 250 WGA Award Nominees, and 50 DGA (Directors Guild of America) Award Winners, 100 DGA Award Nominees. For more information, you can visit www.weareopusmedia.com or follow us on Twitter @WeAreOpusMedia, and if you have any thoughts that you would like to share with us, you can tweet using #RuleTheWorld. This episode is brought to you by The Writer Coach. You’re listening to this podcast because you know the power of storytelling. Now I want you to bring that power to your own writing, with Roger Schulman at TheWriterCoach.com.  Roger’s unique coaching method connects your personal story to whatever you’re writing, giving it heart and depth. The result: your presentation, website copy, keynote address, or screenplay becomes compelling, entertaining and persuasive.  Roger is the the winner of a British Academy Award, and nominee for the Oscar and the Emmy. So go to TheWriterCoach.com and schedule a free Discovery session. Let Roger “bring the Hollywood” to your writing.

MISAN SAGAY SCREENWRITER OF BELLE; THEIR EYES WAS WATCHING GOD. Misan Sagay’s screenwriting credits include Secret Laughter of Women, a full-length screenplay written and produced by O.O. Sagay (Elba Films) with Handmade Films, which premiered at the London Film Festival in 1999, and Their Eyes Were Watching God, an adaptation for Harpo Films/HBO for ABC starring Halle Berry. She also has a number of films in development including Fela (Focus Features) and In the Shadow of a Saint.   Select Links Below: Huffington Post Article By Misan Sagay Films: "Belle – Bringing Slavery Into the Heart of Jane Austen" – Misan Sagay – Screenwriter Belle – Gugu Mbatha-Raw Their Eyes Were Watching God – Halle Berry The Secret Laughter of Woman – Nia Long Film Facts: Film: Belle Belle – Written by Misan Sagay, BELLE is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), the illegitimate mixed race daughter of Admiral Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode). Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) and his wife (Emily Watson), Belle's lineage affords her certain privileges, yet her status prevents her from the traditions of noble social standing. While her cousin Elizabeth (Sarah Gadon) chases suitors for marriage, Belle is left on the sidelines wondering if she will ever find love. After meeting an idealistic young vicar's son bent on changing society, he and Belle help shape Lord Mansfield's role as Lord Chief Justice to end slavery in England. (c) Fox Searchlight Belle The Movie *(Rotten Tomatoes – rottentomatoes.com/m/belle_2014/ ) Notes: *Misan Sagay received sole writing credit on the film, Belle, following arbitration by the Writers Guild of America, (WGA). *Additional article  (WGA) – Writers Guild of America Article – Written By – Magazine Film: Their Eyes Were Watching God –A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her through several different marriages, challenging the morals of her small town. Based on the novel by Zora Neale Hurston.Film: The Secret Laughter of Woman – A beautiful young single mother feels the pressure from the ex-pat Nigerian community to get married. Her precocious son has met his hero, a cynical English comic book writer and decides he is a match for his mum. The fall for each other but their love is tested by resistance from the community.#SupportScreenwriters #SupportWomenInFilm   Select Links Below:   Thank You for checking out Hollywood Breakthrough Show! This podcast main purpose is to serve up positive information without shade. There are thousands of great Films & TV shows with, Staff Writers, Editors, Cinematographer, Actors, Set Designers, and Make-up Artist just to name a few. Join us at Hollywood Breakthrough Show, as we interview some of the most talented people in the business, which names you may, or may not know! But you have seen their work! Whether they're well- established veterans of the business, or current up and comers, these are the people who are making a living in Hollywood. Screenwriters, directors, producers and entertainment industry professionals share inside perspective on writing, filmmaking, breaking into Hollywood and navigating SHOW BUSINESS, along with stories of their journey to success! HELP SPREAD THE WORD PLEASE! SCREENWRITERS, DIRECTORS, AUTHORS, we would love to help spread the word about your Film, Book, Crowdfunding, etc., Contact us! (EMAIL: Info@hollywoodbreakthrough.com ) See Videos of all interviews at Hollywood Breakthrough Please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! Follow us on  Social Media Sites |  Twitter @TheBreakThur|  Facebook: facebook.com/HollywoodBreakthroughPodcast Please, Subscribe! Also, Please contact us for Interviews or Sponsorship of an episode!  Hollywood Breakthrough Show Website (EMAIL: Info@hollywoodbreakthrough.com ) View Apps Sponsor: Hollywood Hero Agent Fenix Hill Pro Scottie The Baby Dino    

Comedy writers ELISA ZURISTKY and JULIE ROTTENBERG got a big break when they landed a job on the already successful HBO series SEX-And-The-CITY. In our interview, which was recorded at the WGA (Writers Guild), the duo discuss what made working for their boss and SATC's show's head writer Michael Patrick King so fulfilling and, unfortunately, rare in TV writing. They didn't find another boss like him, and when it was time to become head writers on Bravo's Odd Mom Out, they tried to emulate what they had learned. We spoke about there own failed pilots and what it's like to go from childhood friends to go into business with one another. www.employeeofthemonthshow.com

Michaelbrent Collings is a bestselling novelist, produced screenwriter and WGA member, martial artist, and has a killer backhand on the badminton court. He published his first "paying" work - a short story for a local paper - at the age of 15. He won numerous awards and scholarships for creative writing while at college, and subsequently became the person who had more screenplays advance to quarterfinals and semifinals in the prestigious Nicholls Screenwriting competition in a single year than anyone else in the history of the competition. He has written numerous bestselling novels, including Billy: Messenger of Powers, RUN, The Loon, and Rising Fears. In addition, he has also written dozens of non-fiction articles which have appeared in periodicals on several continents. Michaelbrent is also a member of the WGA (Writers Guild of America) and the HWA (Horror Writers of America), and he has sold, optioned, and done rewrites for screenplays for major Hollywood production companies. Additionally, he is currently developing several movies and television shows. Dr. Michael Nuccitelli is a NYS Licensed Psychologist and certified Forensic Consultant