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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...

Sundance Screenwriters Lab: Eva Vives, Writer-Director of 'All About Nina'

September 18, 2018

“It was an extraordinary year. The year of Sundance, I call it.”

Write On with "The Shape of Water" Screenwriter, Vanessa Taylor

January 5, 2018

Screenwriter, Vanessa Taylor recently chatted with us about her latest project, The Shape of Water, which she co-wrote with Guillermo del Toro. Taylor takes us inside the process of how the two collaborated on the acclaimed film.

Write On with Amy Glazer and Sylvia Brownrigg of “Kepler’s Dream”

December 13, 2017

We recently chatted with director Amy Glazer and screenwriter Sylvia Brownrigg, the filmmakers behind Kepler’s Dream. They discuss working together to adapt Brownrigg’s young adult novel, their personal connections to the story of fractured families ...

Write On with Liz Hannah and Brian Duffield's Writers for Puerto Rico

November 22, 2017

We chatted with screenwriters Liz Hannah (The Post) and Brian Duffield (Insurgent) about Writers for Puerto Rico, a crowd fund the two started to raise money for those affected by the hurricanes that recently destroyed the region.