This Week’s Good Reads (Week of August 3)
Here in cynical, liberal Hollywood, everyone is apoplectic that our Patron Saint of Media Jon Stewart has departed The Daily Show and we are […]
PRODUCED BY Conference L.A. 2015 Highlights
SAGindie was a sponsor of this past weekend’s Produced By Conference, taking place at Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood. The annual event, put on
This Week’s Good Reads (Week of May 25)
Hope everyone had a restful Memorial Day weekend. In order to ease the pain of reverting back to a two-day break from the work
This Week’s Good Reads (Week of April 13)
Taxes have been paid, Dennis Quaid’s on-set rant has been contextualized, Forces have been Awakened, and writers all over the internet have created insightful
Filmmaker Interview: RILEY STEARNS, writer/director of FAULTS
In the twisted new thriller FAULTS, down-on-his-luck mind control expert Ansel Roth (Leland Orser) receives a job offer he can’t refuse: Rescue and “deprogram”
2015 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS Recap
The 30th Anniversary FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS were held on February 21 in Santa Monica, hosted by Fred Armisen and Kristen Bell. The event
Filmmaker Interview: SUSANNA FOGEL, director/co-writer of LIFE PARTNERS
LIFE PARTNERS is about two female friends: one gay, one straight. Not coincidentally, it was written by two female friends: one gay, one straight.
Filmmaker Interview: SHAWN CHRISTENSEN, writer/director/star of BEFORE I DISAPPEAR
SHAWN CHRISTENSEN knows how to multitask. He started writing screenplays while simultaneously fronting the successful indie rock band stellarstarr*. That move into screenwriting landed
Industry Interview: FRANKLIN LEONARD, founder of THE BLACK LIST
FRANKLIN LEONARD spent the majority of his early years as a development executive reading some pretty awful screenplays. Such awful screenplays, in fact, that
Filmmaker Interview: K. LORREL MANNING and MICHAEL CUOMO of HAPPY NEW YEAR
For a writer the genesis of a story can come from a number of different places, inspirations or experiences—some real, some manufactured, but most,