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Writer-director-producer Russell Brown discusses his new film, The Blue Tooth Virgin, a comedy about two writer friends and what happens when one a...
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Writer-director-producer Russell Brown discusses his new film, The Blue Tooth Virgin, a comedy about two writer friends and what happens when one asks the other to read his new screenplay. The Blue Tooth Virgin was covered by the Writers Guild under its Low Budget Agreement, a contract for films budgeted at $1.2 million and below. The LBA offers deferred minimums, residuals, credit protections, creative rights, pension & health benefits, and enables writers to become Guild members. To learn more about the WGAW's LBA, go to WGA.org.
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Francis Veber (The Man with One Red Shoe, La cage aux folles) describes his encounter with his idol, Billy Wilder, and the most important thing he'...
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Francis Veber (The Man with One Red Shoe, La cage aux folles) describes his encounter with his idol, Billy Wilder, and the most important thing he's learned about screenwriting. Veber's comments were recorded at the Writers Guild Foundation's event "Writers on Writing." To purchase a DVD of this or other Writers Guild Foundation events, go to WGFoundation.org/dvd.aspx.
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Nancy Miller, executive producer of TNT's Saving Grace, describes what she looks for in a writer, what she sees as a lack of diversity in Hollywood...
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Nancy Miller, executive producer of TNT's Saving Grace, describes what she looks for in a writer, what she sees as a lack of diversity in Hollywood and the three things writers need to be successful. Miller, who began writing at the University of Oklahoma before moving to Los Angeles in 1978, sold her first script while working as a bartender. Along with Saving Grace, she has created NBC's The Round Table, Leaving L.A. for CBS and Lifetime's Any Day Now. For more on Nancy Miller and the writing staff of Saving Grace, read the August/September 2009 issue of Written By magazine at Writtenby.com.
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How does the Hollywood PR machine really work? Should you hire a publicist or not? How can writers make sure they are part of the story? These ques...
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How does the Hollywood PR machine really work? Should you hire a publicist or not? How can writers make sure they are part of the story? These questions and more were discussed at the latest edition of Publicity 101, a panel presented by the Writers Guild Foundation and the WGAW Publicity and Marketing Committee.
Moderated by former journalist/screenwriter Andrea King, the panel included screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg (Twilight, Dexter), entertainment publicist Howard Bragman and journalists Claude Brodesser-Akner (Ad Age, NPR) and Jay Fernandez (Hollywood Reporter), all sharing their insights, advice, and experience to help writers raise their industry profile to boost their careers. These are some excerpts from the panel. For read more about screenwriters and publicity go here. http://www.wga.org/content/default.as...
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In 2005 LA Times writer Steve Lopez met Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless musician living on skid row. The Soloist, adapted from Lopez's book by Academy ...
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In 2005 LA Times writer Steve Lopez met Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless musician living on skid row. The Soloist, adapted from Lopez's book by Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich, In Her Shoes) is the story of that encounter, their lives and their friendship. In this episode of Angle On, Lopez, Grant and director Joe Wright speak about the challenge of bringing true-life stories to the screen and the difference between finding the truth and sticking to the facts.
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