screenwriting
My God! My Script!
Tracey Scott Wilson on how writing the new Aretha Franklin biopic Respect reconnected her with her religious faith.
Living Life for the Story
To mark the release of her fourth film, the road movie Pooling to Paradise, writer Caytha Jentis reflects on her own journey.
Buddies, Break-Ups and the Pitfalls of Autobiographical Screenwriting
Writer-director Linas Phillips, who’s currently crowdfunding his next film, Take Two, on drawing for real life for his movies.
Some of Our Stallions: A Story of a Story …
Writer-director-actor Carson Mell tells the charming, circuitous tale of how his picaresque new comedy-drama came into existence.
Who is Take Out Girl? Or, How I Found a Way to Show Vulnerability and Accept Myself Through My First Feature
For Take Out Girl’s writer-star Hedy Wong, her feelings toward her on-screen alter ego Tera are complicated, to say the least.
From One (Great) Man to Another: Darius Marder and the Story of Sound of Metal
Shannon Plumb on how her friend and fellow filmmaker came to make his acclaimed, double Oscar-winning drama.
Fight. Run. Scream: Writing My Way Out of My Silence with Held
Actress-screenwriter Jill Awbrey shares her personal journey with the #MeToo movement and how it led to her writing her new movie, Held.
If It Matters to You, It Will Matter to Them
For Jake Allyn, the star and co-writer of No Man's Land, his main aim as a filmmaker is to create connection with the audience.
Jude Law Talks with Sean Durkin and Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry on the Talkhouse Podcast
The star, writer-director and composer of the new film The Nest, out now through IFC, have a fascinating discussion about their collaboration.
Jealousy: The Best Fuel For My Creativity
Actor turned writer-director Cory Wexler Grant on the emotion that drove him to make his directorial debut, Painter, out now on VOD.
“So, What Did We Learn?”
Writer-director Brian Duffield on making Spontaneous for three years in three countries for multiple owners before a pandemic.
The Multi-Hyphenate Curse
Brea Grant, whose new film 12 Hour Shift is out this week, talks with Kit Williamson about their transition from actors to writer-directors.











