The Writer's Life

The Writer’s Life

Posted on March 21, 2011 in General Screenwriting | No Comments

This three part video series was produced by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) for their awards ceremony. In these video interviews screenwriters comment on their writing process, producer notes and what they’d be doing if they were not a writer.

Part 1

Screenwriters Robert Nelson Jacobs (Chocolat), Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry), Tom Schulman (Dead Poets’ Society) and Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby) talk about the writing process and the secrets to their success.

Part 2

Andrew Nicholls (The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson), Aaron Mendelsohn (Air Bud: Golden Retreiver), Michael Tabb (Ring Around the Rosie), Marilyn Anderson (Attack of the Killer Tomatoes), Teresa Huang (Knight Rider) and Stan Berkowitz (Batman Beyond) talk about the frustrations of being a screenwriter.

Part 3

John Aboud (The Comebacks, Best Week Ever), David Wyatt (Sister, Sister), Maria Elena Fernandez (Pepe y Pepe) and Craig Miller (Stargate: Infinity) talk about life as a screenwriter.