Screenwriters on Screenwriters (dir. Ally Acker, 2009)
"This documentary premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Explore the challenging world of the screenwriter with renowned industry writers."
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Building Your Story World (dir. Angus Fletcher, 2017).
"Every script has a setting, both a time and a place where the story occurs. Your "story world" is more than the physical or temporal - what makes the world are the rules you create for it. Understand the value of the rules that underlie your story and see how genres allow you to use pre-existing structures while enabling you to embrace a multitude of possibilities."
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Art of Screenwriting Adaptation (TMW Media, 2010)
"With Phil Alden Robinson (Sneakers, Field Of Dreams) & Robert Nelson Jacobs (The Shipping News, Chocolat) & Eric Roth (Ali, The Horse Whisperer, Forrest Gump, The Postman). This program teaches highlighting the good parts and trouble spots, research, visualizing and dramatization, non-fiction vs. fiction, the echo effect, online reasearch vs. physical, changing directions, genre material, staying fresh and externalizing characters' thoughts."
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Writing a Television Pilot: Game of Thrones (dir. Angus Fletcher, 2017)
"Follow Professor Fletcher as he shows you how a television pilot works. Or, in the case of the original Game of Thrones pilot, how it doesn't. Compare the initial failed script with the later successful one and see how a story can be reshaped to better achieve its desired effect and discover why writing a TV pilot is like building an engine."
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"Shane Black (Lethal Weapon), John Carpenter (Halloween), Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption), William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid), Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver), and dozens of other Hollywood screenwriters share penetrating insights and hilarious anecdotes in Peter Hanson’s Tales from the Script, the most comprehensive documentary ever made about screenwriting. By analyzing their triumphs and recalling their failures, the participants explain how successful writers develop the skills necessary for toughing out careers in one of the world's most competitive industries. They also reveal the untold stories behind some of the greatest screenplays ever written, describing their adventures with luminaries including Harrison Ford, Morgan Freeman, Stanley Kubrick, Joel Silver, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg."
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American Theatre Wing - Working in the Theatre: Playwriting (2017)
From The American Theatre Wing's "Working in the Theatre" Documentary Series: "As we follow Obie winner, Tony winner and American Theatre Wing Chair David Henry Hwang, we discover the importance of collaboration, playing with words and ideas, and assessing it’s impact on an audience. Through this process of discovery, the world of theatre is better off by receiving writing that reflects the world of possibility and brave new work." Published on ATW Youtube Page on August 2nd, 2017.
A Conversation with DGF Traveling Master Paula Vogel (2016)
Paula Vogel, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of "How I Learned to Drive," "The Baltimore Waltz," and "The Mineola Twins" among others, leads a public workshop at the Minneapolis Playwrights' Center as part of The Dramatists Guild Foundation's Traveling Masters Program. Published on the DGF Youtube Channel on Jul 21, 2016.
I AM THEATRE: Nilo Cruz (2011)
"Born in Cuba and raised in Miami, Florida, Nilo Cruz is best known for his play ANNA IN THE TROPICS, which won the Steinberg award, the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and received a Tony nomination. His other plays include DANCING ON HER KNEES, NIGHT TRAIN TO BOLINA, A PARK IN OUR HOUSE, TWO SISTERS AND A PIANO, BEAUTY OF THE FATHER, LORCA IN A GREEN DRESS among others." Published on the IAmTheatre Youtube Channel on Nov. 17, 2011.
"This documentary sheds valuable light on all aspects of Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, including the daunting challenge of securing investment and a venue for this production about a working class Black family, the casting process, artistic debates and finally its public reception. Official Selection at the Toronto International Film Festival. Winner of the John O’Connor Award from the American Historical Association."
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Greeks in the Barrio - A Conversation with Luis Alfaro (2020)
"How are the ancient texts relevant for contemporary audiences experiencing these stories again, or possibly for the first time? What continues to make these stories resonate beyond their original context? Join award-winning playwright, poet, performer, and activist Luis Alfaro in conversation with Dr. Rosa Andújar, editor of The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro, as they explore the making of contemporary theater based on ancient Greek classics." Published on the Getty Museum Youtube Channel on Nov. 16, 2020.