2017 Calendar
NOTE: Events listed are current at time of publication. Dates and details are subject to change
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November
Wednesday
01
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American Film Market & Conferences (AFM)
11/1-11/8 – Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel.
Category: Other agencies
Badge registration required (no discounts): AFM. Filmmakers, producers, and writers from around the world come to AFM to gain exposure, pitch new projects and make deals. New to AFM? Click on How to Work the AFM. Badged attendees are invited to the "Working with the U.S. Guilds" (scroll to Roundtables section) featuring Darrien Michele Gipson (SAGindie), Cynthia Tollett (DGA), and Kay S. Wolf (WGAW), Tues., Nov. 7, 3-4:30 p.m., AFM Studio, Loews Hotel.
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Wednesday
01
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WGF: The Insider: Finding the Right Script with Christopher Lockhart
7:30-9 p.m. – WGAW 2nd Floor.
Category: Writers Guild Foundation
Tickets/Info: WGFoundation. With almost 30 years in the industry and over 50,000 screenplays read, WME Story Editor Christopher Lockhart discusses in-depth what makes a script the "right" script that everyone in the industry will want to read, star in, and produce.
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Friday
03
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Q&A: The Guild Screenings – Lady Bird with Greta Gerwig
after 7:30 p.m. screening – Writers Guild Theater, 135 S. Doheny Dr., Beverly Hills.
Category: Guild Screenings
WGA members only with guests. Q&A with Lady Bird writer/director Greta Gerwig begins immediately after the screening (TRT: 93 minutes). Guild membership card required for entry.
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Saturday
04
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Q&A: The Guild Screenings – Roman J. Israel, Esq. with Dan Gilroy
after 5:00 p.m. screening – Writers Guild Theater, 135 S. Doheny Dr., Beverly Hills.
Category: Guild Screenings
WGA members only with guests. Q&A with Roman J. Israel, Esq. writer/director Dan Gilroy begins immediately after the screening (TRT: 129 minutes). Guild membership card required for entry.
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Monday
06
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Meeting: Writers with Disabilities Committee
7-9 p.m. – WGAW Room 2B.
Category: Diversity Committee Meetings
Info: (323) 782-4589. The WGAW Writers with Disabilities Committee is looking for ways to aid writers with disabilities in pursuing their careers in Hollywood and to encourage accurate portrayals of persons with disabilities in film and television. Please come, shake hands and talk about expanding opportunities for all of us. Open to WGAW Associate, Current, Post Current, Emeritus, and Associate Caucus members in Active status.
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Monday
06
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Q&A: The Guild Screenings – The Disaster Artist with Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
after 7:30 p.m. screening – Writers Guild Theater, 135 S. Doheny Dr., Beverly Hills.
Category: Guild Screenings
WGA members only with guests. Q&A with The Disaster Artist writers Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber begins immediately after the screening (TRT: 103 minutes). Based on the book by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell. Guild membership card required for entry.
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Tuesday
07
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Bodies of Work: Writing Characters with Disabilities in Accessible Ways
7:30-9:30 p.m. – WGAW 2nd Floor.
Category: Diversity
Info: (323) 782-4589. Members in active status +1, RSVP: BOW. WGAW Writers with Disabilities Committee (WDC) hosts a panel and Q&A with writers who have helped broaden film and television landscape to include a frequently overlooked component of diversity. As 50 million Americans currently live with disabilities and the demographic grows, the responsibility of content creators to incorporate them, both in front of and behind the camera, increases in urgency. If the best characters in storytelling are those who face great challenges, disability is a formidable asset for every writer's toolbox. Panelists include Danny Chun (EP, Speechless), writer/director Ben Lewin (The Sessions), and show creators Margaret Nagle (Red Band Society; Warm Springs), Robia Rashid (Atypical) and David Shore (The Good Doctor). Moderator: WDC member David Radcliff. Reception follows.
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Wednesday
08
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Meeting: Career Longevity Committee
7-9 p.m. – WGAW Room 2B.
Category: Diversity Committee Meetings
Info: (323) 782-4589. The mission of the WGAW's Career Longevity Committee is to assist writers of all ages in planning for long and successful careers by giving them the tools and knowledge to adapt to changes in the marketplace. WGAW members of all ages are encouraged to attend. Open to WGAW Associate, Current, Post Current, Emeritus, and Associate Caucus members in Active status.
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Wednesday
08
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WGF: The Visionary: Writing, Directing and Changing the Game with Ava DuVernay
7:30-9 p.m. – WGAW 2nd Floor.
Category: Writers Guild Foundation
Sold Out: WGFoundation. Award-winning writer, director, and producer Ava DuVernay discusses her process for her film and TV projects, how she approaches each season of OWN hit series Queen Sugar, and what she has planned for ARRAY, her film collective that distributes the work of people of color and women directors.
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Thursday
09
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Break On Through – Taking Your Career To The Next Level
7:30-9:30 p.m. – WGAW 2nd Floor.
Category: Diversity
Info: (323) 782-4589. Members in active status, no guests, RSVP: BreakThrough. Limited to 55 members, first-come, first-served, who will receive email confirmation. Join certified life/career coach Jim Arnoff in a highly interactive workshop to bring your writing career to the next level by embracing your strengths, skills, and passions. Maximize options, clarify career direction, and break through walls that hold you back. Hear powerful ways to embrace change, claim your authentic voice, and take charge of your career through one-on-one and group coaching.
Note: WGAW does not endorse or promote any "approach", "method", "theory", or "system" of screenwriting, nor does the WGAW endorse or promote any individual teacher or school of screenwriting.
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Friday
10
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Subverting Genre: An Evening With Darren Aronofsky
7:30-9:30 p.m. – WGAW 2nd Floor.
Category: Other agencies
Info: (323) 782-4589. Members in active status, no guests, RSVP: Aronofsky. Science-fiction, horror, sports, thrillers, and even the Bible have been genres that writer/director/producer Darren Aronofsky has explored in groundbreaking, critically acclaimed films such as his latest release Mother!, along with Noah, Black Swan, The Wrestler, The Fountain, Requiem For a Dream, and Pi. In every instance, Aronofsky, a lover and student of classic films, has both used and modified the tropes of these genres to his own purposes. Discussion covers this visionary filmmaker's career and approaches he's taken to create unforgettable personal cinema. Moderator: John Alan Simon (writer/director, Radio Free Albemuth [2014], based on the novel by Philip K. Dick; producer, The Getaway). Presented by WGAW Genre Committee.
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Saturday
11
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Meeting: Activities Committee – Open House!
11 a.m.-1 p.m. – Offsite venue TBA after RSVP.
Category: Activities
Join us for a Saturday brunch to plan upcoming guild events! Guild/Caucus members in active status, no guests, RSVP required by Wed., 11/8: Activities. WGAW Activities Committee brings members together in social settings for networking, educational and fun events. If you have an idea for a cool event, come make it happen! New members welcome. Past events include Port of LA Tour, Pub Trivia, Storytelling Night, hikes, plus the biennial Writers Craft Conference. This will be the last meeting of 2017. Hosting and location details provided with RSVP.
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Sunday
12
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Q&A: The Guild Screenings – Mudbound with Virgil Williams and Dee Rees
after 5:00 p.m. screening – Writers Guild Theater, 135 S. Doheny Dr., Beverly Hills.
Category: Guild Screenings
WGA members only with guests. Q&A with Mudbound co-writer Virgil Williams and co-writer/director Dee Rees begins immediately after the screening (TRT: 134 minutes). Based on the Novel by Hillary Jordan. Guild membership card required for entry.
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Monday
13
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WGF: The Art of War: Crafting Stories about Combat and Military Life
7:30-9 p.m. – WGAW 2nd Floor.
Category: Writers Guild Foundation
Tickets/Info: WGFoundation. Honoring Veteran's Day, writers Brian Anthony (The Night Shift), Megan Ferrell Burke (Manhattan), Sean Mullin (Amira & Sam), Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down), Darryl Ponicsan (Last Flag Flying), Chris Roessner (Sand Castles), and moderator Ken LaZebnik (Army Wives) share their approaches for chronicling tales of combat and military life after war. All ticket sale proceeds benefit WGF's Veterans Writing Project.
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Monday
13
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Dish With Assistants
7:30-9:30 p.m. – WGAW 1st Floor, Foundation Library.
Category: Diversity
Info: (323) 782-4589. WGA members in active status only, no guests, RSVP: Assts. WGAW Asian American Writers Committee invites you to a panel and Q&A featuring assistants from various entertainment outlets who will discuss what writers can do to make a good impression (and get past) gate keepers like them. Topics include general etiquette, how to approach a meeting, things writers do that turn off their bosses, and conversely what they've witnessed writers do that gets them on the recommend list, etc. Panelists include writers' assistant Charley Casler (24: Legacy), Audrey Knox (The Cartel), Tori Metcalf (ABC Studios), Samantha Militante (FX Networks/FX Prods.). Moderator: AAWC member Teresa Huang (writers' assistant, Wisdom of the Crowd). Reception follows.
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Tuesday
14
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Meeting: Latino Writers Committee
7:30–9:30 p.m. – WGAW Room 2B.
Category: Diversity Committee Meetings
Info: (323) 782-4589. This WGAW committee actively represents the professional, creative, social and economic interests of Latino Guild members. Its mandate is to encourage Latino writers to become more active within the Guild; and to raise the profile and perception of Latino writers in the industry at large by creating forums that foster networking, collaboration, education, information exchange, employment opportunities and creative expression. Open to WGAW Associate, Current, Post Current, Emeritus, and Associate Caucus members in Active status.
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Tuesday
14
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Meeting: Writers Education Committee
7:30-9 p.m. – WGAW 4th Floor Boardroom
Category: Writers Ed
Eligible members* only, RSVP: WritersEd. This WGAW committee brainstorms and develops events and programs which provide WGA members with practical, inside knowledge about how the industry works and how it is changing, emphasizing tips and tools to help writers succeed. We strive to provide "working knowledge for writers" and invite you to contribute your ideas. *Open to WGAW Associate, Current, Post Current, Emeritus, and Associate Caucus members in Active status.
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Wednesday
15
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Your Career - The Sequel: What To Do When The Phone Stops Ringing
7:30-9:30 p.m. – WGAW 2nd Floor.
Category: Diversity
Info: (323) 782-4589. WGA members in active status only, no guests, RSVP: Career. WGAW's Women Writers and Career Longevity committees invite you to a panel+Q&A with peers about returning from a career hiatus to thrive again as a writer. Writers will share about career ups-and-downs, and a career coach will give tips on finding a job that doesn't crush your soul while working to return to your agent's must-call sheet. Speakers include Donald Joh (The Romanoffs, Covert Affairs), William Lucas Walker (The Chris Isaak Show, Will & Grace), Susan McMartin (Mr. Church, Mom), Hayley Schore (The Resident, Code Black), and career coach Liz Mohler. Moderator: Karen Struck (The Good Doctor, The Night Shift). Reception follows.
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Thursday
16
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2017 IDA Documentary Screening Series
through Nov 2017
Category: Other agencies
The International Documentary Association's (IDA) continues its free annual Documentary Screening Series through Tuesday, November 16 with Nobody Speak: Trials from the Free Press. The series presents some of the year's best documentary films to guild members, IDA members, and the general public. A Q&A with filmmakers follows each screening. Priority seating given to guild members. To register for direct invitations, WGA members simply click here and go to gold "Sign Up Now!" box under "Join our Email List" in right column.
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Saturday
18
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Q&A: The Guild Screenings – Wonder with Stephen Chbosky
after 5:00 p.m. screening – Writers Guild Theater, 135 S. Doheny Dr., Beverly Hills.
Category: Guild Screenings
WGA members only with guests. Q&A with Wonder co-writer/director Stephen Chbosky begins immediately after the screening (TRT: 118 minutes). Screenplay by Stephen Chbosky and Steve Conrad and Jack Thorne. Based on the Novel by R.J. Palacio. Guild membership card required for entry.
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Sunday
19
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Q&A: The Guild Screenings – I, Tonya with Steven Rogers
after 5:00 p.m. screening – Writers Guild Theater, 135 S. Doheny Dr., Beverly Hills.
Category: Guild Screenings
WGA members only with guests. Q&A with I, Tonya writer Steven Rogers begins immediately after the screening (TRT: 119 minutes). Guild membership card required for entry.
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Tuesday
21
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Meeting: LGBT Writers Committee
7:30-9:30 p.m. – WGAW Room 2B.
Category: Diversity Committee Meetings
Info: (323) 782-4589. WGAW's LGBT Writers Committee represents interests of its constituency as a resource to all writers seeking to portray lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders in their work; provide cultural and educational opportunities for WGAW members to nurture an understanding of how sexual orientation affects writers' lives; host networking and social activities which enable membership to build relationships and create a greater demand for writing services of LGBT writers; promote greater awareness of sexual orientation as a minority and, where appropriate, articulate instances of industry homophobia and/or discrimination. Open to WGAW Associate, Current, Post Current, Emeritus, and Associate Caucus members in Active status.
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Sunday
26
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Q&A: The Guild Screenings – The Post with Liz Hannah and Josh Singer
after 5:00 p.m. screening – Writers Guild Theater, 135 S. Doheny Dr., Beverly Hills.
Category: Guild Screenings
WGA members only with guests. Q&A with The Post writers Liz Hannah and Josh Singer begins immediately after the screening (TRT: TBD). Guild membership card required for entry.
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December
Sunday
03
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WGAW Member Holiday Party
6-9 p.m. – OHM Nightclub+Patio (Hollywood & Highland complex, 4th Floor)
Category: Communications
WGAW guild and Caucus members in active status +1 guest, RSVP by 5 p.m., Wed. 11/29 or till space is full: Holiday. It's time to reconnect on the dance floor, writers! Come share a drink with your fellow storytellers during the festive season and encourage each other towards a brighter 2018! H&H parking not hosted; discounts with validation ($15 max./car).
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Monday
04
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WGF: Rewriting the Story: Understanding and Crafting Authentic Muslim Narratives
7:30-9 p.m. – WGAW 2nd Floor.
Category: Writers Guild Foundation
Tickets/Info: WGFoundation. Writers Guild Foundation (WGF) partners with the Hollywood Bureau of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) for a panel discussion with writers, producers, and entertainment industry executives on creating more accurate representations of Islam, Muslims, and Muslim Americans in film and TV. Check WGF's site for panelist announcements.
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