The Craft
Writing for Film and Television 2022-2019
May 06, 2021
Fighting Back
Co-showrunners Christina M. Kim and Robert Berens take on issues of inclusion, representation, and racism in their reboot of the ’70s hit series Kung Fu.
Written by Louise Farr
February 05, 2021
Lessons in Consent
Hannah Fidell’s FX drama A Teacher goes beyond the sensationalism of an illicit teacher-student affair to examine the toll of sexual abuse after the headlines fade.
Written by Paul Brownfield
January 21, 2021
The Way
Jon Favreau on what it took to bring The Mandalorian’s “Baby Yoda” to life, season 2’s stunning season finale, and why, to him, writing is still the hardest—and most rewarding—discipline.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
November 23, 2020
In the Army of the Lord
Ethan Hawke and Mark Richard team up to create The Good Lord Bird, Showtime’s adaptation of James McBride’s irreverent novel about a young freed slave caught up in the murderous escapades of abolitionist John Brown.
Written by Paul Brownfield
October 30, 2020
Sketch Artists
Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin bust out of development hell to create Sherman’s Showcase and South Side, two comedies that fearlessly, and hilariously, take on issues of Black culture and race.
Written by Louise Farr
October 16, 2020
The Buddy System
PEN15’s co-creators/stars Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle are real-life best friends who bonded through writing and being brutally honest about how heartbreaking and hysterically funny life is for 13-year-old girls.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
May 29, 2020
Great Character
Kerry Ehrin, showrunner for Apple TV+’s flagship series The Morning Show, navigates the uncharted waters of writing a TV show during a pandemic with a combination of empathetic cool and an abiding knack for great characters.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
January 17, 2020
Double Edge
Rian Johnson’s awards-nominated murder mystery Knives Out melds an Agatha Christie-style whodunit with a Hitchcockian thriller while bringing both genres into the modern age.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
February 24, 2019
Before the Wall
Daniel Sawka’s HBO feature about an immigrant child detained at the U.S.-Mexico border might seem ripped from the headlines, but the story of Icebox was born years before Donald Trump took office.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
January 18, 2019
Our House
Mike Flanagan “remixes” the horror genre, bringing it closer to home by infusing it with family drama on the hit Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House.
Written by Dylan Callaghan