The Craft
Writing for Film and Television 2015
August 28, 2015
Back Where He Started
Paul Weitz’s films have grossed $1.6-billion but riding the studio rollercoaster made him hungry to return to his roots. He found them in a barbed, heartfelt valentine to comedy legend Lily Tomlin, the self-made, micro-budgeted indie Grandma.
Written by Todd Aaron Jensen
August 06, 2015
Brief Interviews with Ingenious Men
Pulitzer-winning playwright Donald Margulies makes his big screen debut with The End of the Tour, a look at brilliant and tragic writer David Foster Wallace at the height of his rock star-like success.
Written by Todd Aaron Jensen
July 24, 2015
Lose Yourself
Kurt Sutter learns the power of letting go as he teams up with director Antoine Fuqua, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Eminem to make Southpaw, a boxing movie that adds a little 8 Mile to the classic genre.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
July 17, 2015
Cinderella’s Balls
Marti Noxon and Sarah Gertrude Shapiro go for the jugular with their new, critically lauded Lifetime show UnREAL, a scripted drama about the not-so-fairy-tale truth behind the making of a reality dating show.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
July 10, 2015
Taking It to the Street
Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch forgo the old adage about writing what you know to script Tangerine, the iPhone-shot indie comedy about transgender sex workers seeking revenge and love in the heart of Hollywood.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
July 02, 2015
With the End in Mind
Wayward Pines’ Chad Hodge reflects on how the limited run of his Fox mystery series gave him a creative advantage and why a writer should never begin without knowing their ending.
Written by Todd Aaron Jensen
June 19, 2015
Balancing Act
Maya Forbes struggled for years to “Hollywood” her personal story of being raised by a manic-depressive father, but the writer-director of the new indie drama Infinitely Polar Bear explains why it was the complicated truth that ultimately set her script free.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
June 05, 2015
All You Need Is Love
Love & Mercy’s Oren Moverman tackles one of pop music’s most enduringly enigmatic icons, the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson and shares his thoughts on why trying to capture a real person’s life on film is impossible.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
May 22, 2015
Making New Friends
Marta Kauffman, co-creator of Friends, and Howard J. Morris make their case for second act lives with Netflix’s new star-laden comedy Grace and Frankie.
Written by Todd Aaron Jensen
May 15, 2015
Dude, Where’s My Civilization?
Will Forte, star and showrunner of The Last Man on Earth, talks about plans for season two of his post-apocalyptic Fox comedy and how to make the end of the world funny.
Written by Denis Faye