The Craft
Writing for Film and Television 2014
December 12
Rock, the Writer
Chris Rock opens up about the crisis that inspired him to pen his new, critically lauded, semi-autobiographical comedy Top Five, and why all he ever wanted to be in life was a writer.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
December 05
Nick Hornby’s Wild Ride
Bestselling British author Nick Hornby might not seem the most obvious choice to adapt Cheryl Strayed’s grief-stricken memoir Wild, but the novelist explains why he feels a deep connection to her redemptive story.
Written by Todd Aaron Jensen
November 26
Isolation Drills
Graham Moore turns a lifelong obsession into The Imitation Game, a layered portrait of Alan Turing, the British mathematician who broke the Nazi Enigma machine code, saving millions of lives only to lose his own.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
November 14
Wrestling the Demons
Max Frye and Dan Futterman tag team to tell Foxcatcher, the tragic, true story of industrial heir John du Pont and Olympians Dave and Mark Schultz.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
October 31
Madam Showrunner
Madam Secretary’s Barbara Hall shares her veteran wisdom on creating show bibles, why it’s still important to talk about women in television, and her keys to a long and fruitful career.
Written by Denis Faye
October 24
Saints Among Us
Theodore Melfi recounts the real-life redemption that inspired his new dramedy St. Vincent and explains why he always begins a script by writing backwards.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
October 17
Men of Steel
David Ayer aims to create the first great Hollywood tank movie with Fury, his brutal new thriller about a bloodied band of brothers in the waning days of World War II.
Written by Todd Aaron Jensen
October 10
Cruel Jazz
Newcomer Damien Chazelle stuns at Sundance with Whiplash, the tale of a young jazz drummer’s descent into artistic obsession and sublime transcendence to greatness.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
October 03
Killing Her Darlings
Former critic Gillian Flynn takes a scalpel to her blockbuster novel to hone the taut, twisty, dread-soaked, often corrosively funny screenplay for Gone Girl.
Written by Todd Aaron Jensen
September 19
Married to the Job
Maurissa Tancharoen and Jed Whedon search for the balance between love, marriage, and showrunning one of the most geektastic shows on television, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Written by Denis Faye