In our modern world of TikTok memes, dumb (though appreciated) dog and cat videos, and influencer media dominance, the ol’ classic comedic form known as “the sketch” is one of our most appreciated and vital forms of artistic expression.

It was a scratch-off lottery ticket and a stolen car, oddly enough, that set Matt Brown on the path to becoming a writer-director.

Hollywood is filled with stereotypes. Here’s one: Writers are introverts who sweat when they’re nervous and hide behind the safety of their laptops and the precious characters they create. Actors, meanwhile, are extroverts who never sweat unless it’s...

Screenwriter/director Ben Ketai was about 12 years old – too young, he admits – when he first saw the Adrian Lyne thriller Fatal Attraction. It left an indelible impression that has lasted well into his career in Hollywood.

It was tough to finish that mammoth of a spec script, but you did it – congrats! And now that you have a completed draft of a screenplay, what do you do next? We sat down with UCLA Extension screenwriting instructor Beverly Gray, who focuses on guidi...

When writer-director Gabe Polsky first read Butcher’s Crossing, the 1960 Western novel by John Edward Williams, in 2007, he knew he wanted to make it into a movie. Set in 1873, the book follows an Ivy League dropout named Will who has come to Butcher...

They say, “Write what you know.” And that’s exactly what scribes Cristina Catanzaro and Carrie Shaw did.

If you’ve ever tried to write a script or short story or article or term paper, you’ve no doubt experienced what’s known as “writer’s block” – that somewhat mysterious, maddening condition comparable to an athletic slump, or just a bad day when you c...