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November 20: |
Taking on Tonight
MIKE SWEENEY switches coasts while staying above the late night fray as head writer of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.
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November 13: |
Precious Salvation
GEOFFREY FLETCHER makes use of his own experience as a struggling writer to adapt the heartrending indie drama Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire.
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November 2: |
Broncos, Hipsters and Latter Day Saints
Gentlemen Broncos’ JARED and JERUSHA HESS describe life as a married writing couple and how their Mormon faith affects their work as every hipster’s favorite comedy writers.
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October 16: |
Lost and Found
DAVID S. GOYER and MARC GUGGENHEIM take on the challenge of filling the shoes of Lost by building their own unique mystery in the new ABC thriller FlashForward.
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October 9: |
On a Roll
SHAUNA CROSS skates to success by writing about her experience as “Maggie Mayhem” of the L.A. Derby Dolls” in Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut Whip It.
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October 2: |
The Prettiest Lie
MATTHEW ROBINSON teams up with his comedic hero Ricky Gervais to script The Invention of Lying and explains why a world without lies is not a good place to be.
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September 25: |
A Kinder, Gentler Family Guy
The Cleveland Show’s MIKE HENRY opens up about why his new animated spin-off is a less angry version of Family Guy and how the politics of race affects the show’s comedy.
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September 18: |
Insider Joking
Screenwriter SCOTT Z. BURNS finds the humor behind one of history’s most famous corporate mole cases in The Informant!
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September 11: |
The Long and Winding Road
CHARLIE PETERS recounts how a night of drinks with George Hamilton and 10 years of hard work brought the Renée Zellweger road picture My One and Only to the big screen.
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August 28: |
The Cost of Freedom
Screenwriter-producer-film historian JAMES SCHAMUS expounds on Taking Woodstock, his latest film about the man that made music’s most famous festival happen, and why the term “independent film” is a misnomer.
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August 21: |
How to Make a Paper Heart
Paper Heart’s NICK JASENOVEC follows writing partner Charlyne Yi on her quest to understand the meaning of love and co-scripts an affair to remember.
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August 14: |
The Transcendental Highway
The Time Traveler’s Wife screenwriter BRUCE JOEL RUBIN meditates on the nature of love, life and death and reveals his ultimate tool for writer’s block.
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August 7: |
A Sober Savior
Co-creator JONATHAN PRINCE tranforms the real-life story of a junkie-turned-addict interventionist into the gritty, morally ambiguous A&E series The Cleaner.
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July 27: |
Two Cute
MARIANNE and CORMAC WIBBERLEY, the married writing team behind the guinea pig summer pic G-Force, get their cute and kick-ass on.
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July 17: |
Jackie, Blue
Nurse Jackie co-creator LIZ BRIXIUS re-imagines the TV hospital genre and opines on how addiction can be a part of writing.
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July 2: |
Bombs Under Baghdad
Navigating the emotional minefield of an Army bomb disposal unit in Iraq, The Hurt Locker’s MARK BOAL creates one of the year’s most memorable characters.
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June 26: |
It’s Hard to Write Goode
King of the Hill vets JOHN ALTSCHULER & DAVE KRINSKY team with Mike Judge to poke fun at the obsessively PC left on the new animated series The Goode Family.
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June 19: |
The Genesis of Comedy
Year One’s HAROLD RAMIS takes a historical look at the changing face of comedy and gives a status update on Ghostbusters III.
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June 11: |
King Lear
His Royal TV Highness NORMAN LEAR delivers his state of the modern sitcom address and ruminates on his lasting legacy.
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May 21: |
Reprise of the Machines
JOHN D. BRANCATO and MICHAEL FERRIS reboot Skynet to launch a new franchise trilogy with Terminator Salvation.
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May 13: |
The Function of Dysfunction
STEPHEN BELBER goes beyond dysfunction to create dimensional characters in his off-kilter comedy Management.
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April 24: |
Biderman’s Beat
Southland's ANN BIDERMAN steps into void left by the departure of NBC’s ER by telling the messy, heartbreaking truth about crime.
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April 10: |
Scripts like Sugar
ANNA BODEN & RYAN FLECK explain why, after their success on Half Nelson, their new baseball follow-up Sugar doesn’t come from out of left field.
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April 2: |
Mr. Mottola’s Wild Ride
GREG MOTTOLA recounts one misspent ‘80s-era summer in the coming-of-age comedy Adventureland.
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March 20: |
The Mentalist
SEAN MCGINLY transforms his real-life experience with The Amazing Kreskin into the personal, poignant comedy The Great Buck Howard.
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March 6: |
Pitch Men
HUNT BALDWIN and JOHN COVENY, two former Chicago ad men, bring their pitching expertise to the new TNT drama Trust Me.
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February 27: |
That ‘70s Show
ANDRÉ NEMEC chases great stories while navigating tricky present-day perils in ABC’s acclaimed retro-cop show Life on Mars.
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February 20: |
Cody in Chaos
DIABLO CODY freestyles about everything from “snarkage” to her new Showtime series, United States of Tara.
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February 13: |
Killer Friday
DAMIAN SHANNON & MARK SWIFT flashback to the ‘80s with the franchise reboot of Friday the 13th.
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February 9: |
Moving Between Worlds
HENRY SELICK, the director/visual artist behind films like Nightmare Before Christmas, shifts to screenwriting with the 3-D animated fantasy Coraline.
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January 30: |
The Script Assassin
How Taken’s ROBERT MARK KAMEN went from writing films like The Karate Kid to working with Luc Besson and living happily outside the Hollywood system.
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January 23: |
Liar, Liar
Playwright-turned-showrunner SAMUEL BAUM explores the science of fabrication on the new Fox series Lie to Me.
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December 30: |
From the Grave to the Cradle
Oscar-winner ERIC ROTH opens up about his feelings on mortality and how his parents’ deaths informed the writing of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
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December 19: |
Capturing The Spirit
FRANK MILLER’s relationship with Hollywood has often been rocky, but the legendary graphic novelist’s love for movies has returned with The Spirit.
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December 12: |
Running to Stand Still
The Day the Earth Stood Still’s DAVID SCARPA takes on a classic and argues that structure is the last thing screenwriters should worry about.
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November 17: |
Philadelphia Freedom
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s ROB MCELHENNEY describes how he went from waiting tables to showrunner/TV star virtually overnight.
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November 10: |
Just Like Starting Over
After early success in features, SARA PARRIOTT and JOSANN MCGIBBON struggled until they found new life with TV's The Starter Wife.
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October 30: |
The Phenom
Changeling’s J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI has written 10 hours a day, virtually every day since he was 17. Some say it's discipline; he calls it compulsion.
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October 17: |
The Bee Keeper
GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD reveals how she became the guardian of The Secret Life of Bees.
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October 3: |
When Truth Comes a-Callin’
First-time screenwriter JENNY LUMET sorts art from science in the comi-tragic Rachel Getting Married. |
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September 17: |
A Voice for the Voiceless
Nothing Like the Holidays’ RICK NAJERA speaks at the L.A. Latino Film Festival about his passion for innovation, the arts, and breaking down walls. |
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September 3: |
Faith & Grace
Showrunner NANCY MILLER explores the worst and best of humanity on Saving Grace. |
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August 29: |
The Power of the Underdog
The House Bunny 's KAREN LUTZ and KIRSTEN SMITH have made a career out of being underestimated. |
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August 29: |
Married to Their Work
The Rocker's MAYA FORBES and WALLY WOLODARSKY's partnership goes beyond writing. The comedy team speaks about how they stay committed to being funny. |
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August 21: |
Choosing Sides in a World of Gray
Traitor's JEFFREY NACHMANOFF provides full disclosure on how the spy genre has changed and why screenwriting is Hollywood's last meritocracy. |
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August 15: |
From the Deep End
Henry Poole Is Here's ALBERT TORRES almost forsook screenwriting until he learned one of the craft's most vaunted and hard-to-learn laws. |
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August 8: |
The Doctor is In
Dr. D.P. Lyle, an author and consultant for House, CSI: Miami, and other shows lists some of the medical facts that writers always seem to get wrong - and right. |
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July 25: |
Something to Believe In
CHRIS CARTER and FRANK SPOTNITZ's search for “the Truth” continues with The X-Files: I Want to Believe. |
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July 11: |
I Love the '90s
First-time writer-director JONATHAN LEVINE sets a coming-of-age tale on the summer streets of mid-'90s Manhattan. |
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June 27: |
The Guru’s Apprentice
Newcomer GRAHAM GORDY describes what he learned about comedy from Mike Meyers while co-writing The Love Guru. |
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June 19: |
Better Lucky than Smart
Get Smart's TOM J. ASTLE & MATT EMBER expound on adapting the classic '60s comedy and what they feel is a screenwriter's most important attribute. |
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May 30: |
Bringing Sexy Back
Sex and the City: The Movie's MICHAEL PATRICK KING brings his fabulous foursome to the big screen. |
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May 23: |
There's No Place Like Home
ANDREW ADAMSON returns to C.S. Lewis' timeless fantasy landscape in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. |
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May 16: |
Out of the Comfort Zone
Showrunner DONALD TODD throws the 30-minute comedy rulebook out the window on Samantha Who? |
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May 5: |
It's Good to Be King
MICHAEL HIRST, who made his mark on the big screen with Elizabeth, extends his reign over historical dramas on Showtime's The Tudors. |
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April 28: |
Groovy Baby
How MICHAEL MCCULLERS went from watching Woody Allen movies with Mike Myers to writing and directing the odd couple comedy Baby Mama. |
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April 12: |
The Culture of Teasing
MARK POIRIER details how growing up in a family of 11 helped the author-screenwriter script the cutting dialogue in Smart People. |
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April 4: |
War, Lies, and Video Tape
Almost a decade after Boys Don't Cry, KIMBERLY PEIRCE returns to the big screen with her emotional and poignant follow-up, Stop-Loss. |
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March 24: |
The New Adventures of Kari Lizer
During the recent writers strike, The New Adventures of Old Christine creator KARI LIZER and her staff were unflinching in the face of stark uncertainty. |
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March 7: |
A Journey Through History
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' showrunner JOHN WIRTH ruminates on mythology, the human condition, and what makes a script stand out in a pile. |
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March 7: |
To Boldly Go…
Can writers prosper by taking content directly to the Internet? Ask MARC SCOTT ZICREE, whose Star Trek: Phase II is the first Web-based show to receive a sci-fi writers' Nebula Award nomination. |
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February 27: |
Nothing but the Truth
Writer BARRY LEVY examines truth and perspective in his first theatrical release, Vantage Point. |
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