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Director Lenny Abrahamson on 'Little Stranger'

October 11, 2018

From the outside, The Little Stranger is a British gothic film born of themes of death, memory and the supernatural. From the inside, it’s an exercise in team work.

Write On with Writer/Director/Producer Aya Tanimura

October 10, 2018

Aya Tanimura shares how she got her start as a storyteller, her first break directing music videos for Katy Perry, and how writing for the music business differs from writing for films.

Write On with Jenni Gold, Creator of ‘CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion’

October 2, 2018

We recently chatted with writer/producer/director Jenni Gold about her love of storytelling, when she first realized people with disabilities were not fairly represented and how she hopes her latest film CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion will inspir...

Sublime Primetime 2018: Writing Advice from Emmy-Nominated Writers

September 28, 2018

Photo credit: Michael Lynn Jones Several of this year’s Emmy®-nominated writers gathered on September 12 for Sublime Primetime; an annual panel hosted by the Writers Guild of America, West, the Writers Guild Foundation and Variety. Moderator Lisa Joy...

Writer-Director Timothee Hochet on Selling Horror Series 'Calls' to Apple

September 26, 2018

For French filmmaker Timothée Hochet, what people do not see — and the versions of hell we store in our heads — is more scary than anything we will ever watch on television.

Write On with Raamla Mohamed

September 25, 2018

Raamla Mohamed shares details about her early career as a USC film student, becoming a Disney/ABC TV Writing program fellow, and how that opened the doors for her at Shondaland. Raamla recently secured an overall deal with ABC and is working on a new...

Nosotros Youth Program

September 20, 2018

What is the future of filmmaking? If the Nosotros Youth Program has any say in it, it will look more like inclusion.

Write On: Women in Comics

September 11, 2018

Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith (‘Misfit City’ for BOOM! Studios), Shannon Watters (Senior Editor at BOOM! Studios and Co-writer of ‘Lumberjanes’) and Christina Weir (‘Bad Medicine’) discuss their respective writing careers, how they started writing graphic nov...