05/10/2012 Screenwriting, Workshops
Here is a rare opportunity for UCLA and non-UCLA students to enroll in an on-campus screenwriting seminar with Professor Richard Walter. It’s easier to win admission to the Harvard Medical School than a seat in Professor Walter’s legendary screenwriting seminars at UCLA. He takes you all the way, from idea to draft to studio deal. UCLA-trained screenwriters have won three Oscars and [...]
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04/02/2012 Newsletter, Screenwriting
A writer, director and ‘89 UCLA MFA screenwriting alum, Audrey Wells shares how she got her start in the film industry and gives new writers guidance on why they should consider “making it small” in the big biz of Hollywood an accomplishment. Read the Q&A in the latest newsletter issue here.
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03/04/2012 Newsletter, Screenwriting
Screenwriter Jason Latshaw is a recent graduate of the UCLA MFA Screenwriting Program. Among his many awards, Jason placed within the top 3 percent for the Nicholl Fellowship and also placed first in the Golden Brad Screenwriting Competition. In addition, he wrote and directed the short, “The Electric Chainsaw Massacre,” which served as an official [...]
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03/04/2012 Newsletter, Screenwriting
New digital toys for writers seem to debut approximately every twenty minutes. Let me to tell you, however, about one piece of equipment I keep in my office that remains unchanged for over a hundred and fifty years. – Richard Walter – Read the feature article “User Powered Laptop” here
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11/15/2011 Newsletter, Screenwriting
Ryan Gilmore is an award-winning screenwriter who specializes in horror and thrillers. He won the UCLA Professional Program Screenwriting Competition as well as numerous horror film festivals. Most recently, Ryan won “Best Short Screenplay” at the 2011 Shriekfest Horror Film Festival for his script titled HEAR NO EVIL. The short film HEAR NO EVIL completed [...]
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11/15/2011 Newsletter, Screenwriting
That’s no typo. Not ‘better.’ ‘Bitter.’ Here are eight precepts guaranteed to turn you into a writer who is unhappy and unfulfilled. 1: Never doubt that your writing is worthy. Eventually there arrives the second stage: an appreciation–however frail, however grudging–that we do indeed deserve a position among the pros. Sure, we’re not creating timeless [...]
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07/28/2011 Screenwriting
Michael Colleary is a graduate of the UCLA masters screenwriting program, and now one of its most popular professors. He has been a professional screenwriter and film producer for more than 20 years. A frequent collaborator with fellow UCLA alumni Mike Werb, his feature film credits include Face/Off which The New York Times named one [...]
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07/28/2011 Newsletter, Screenwriting
If you were a casting agent and met a frail, petite waif of a wispy, longhaired blond, who weighed maybe ninety pounds, and on tiptoes stood four-ten, how would you cast her? As a live-action Tinkerbell or a bouncer in a biker bar? Read on to see why the latter is precisely the way to [...]
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07/23/2011 Screenwriting
What Happens When You Turn in a Script 1 Day Late to Richard Walter’s Class? You may just write a runaway hit, if you follow his advice like Akshat Verma did… and decipher how to not be your O.W.E. In a humorous recounting of how this writer’s story almost didn’t come to be, Akshat recounts [...]
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06/22/2011 Screenwriting
Behind the Screen: Getting to Know Paul Chitlik Screenwriter/producer/director Paul Chitlik has written for all the major networks and studios. He was story editor for “The New Twilight Zone,” and staff writer for Showtime’s “Brothers.” He has written features for Rysher Entertainment, NuImage, Promark, and others. He received a WGA award nomination for his work [...]
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