Episodes

"LOVE, CAMERA, ACTION" NOEL STARK - AN L.A. BASED SCREENWRITER/ACTOR/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER TURNS TO NOVELS AND TAKES HER CAREER TO THE NEXT LEVEL. HER DEBUT NOVEL TAKES US TO A HOLLYWOOD STUDIO AND FOLLOWS A SCRAPPY YOUNG DIRECTO...

THE SAN DIEGO ARAB FILM FESTIVAL GIVES US A CLOSE UP OF THE ISRAEL AND PALESTINE CONFLICT -- LARRY CHRISTIAN TALKS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE. AND THE SAN DIEGO FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL IS COMING IN MAY -- WE HAVE JULIE RIPOL...

“AMERICAN AGITATORS” -- A RAYMOND TELLES DOCUMENTARY Three-time Emmy Award Winning director/writer Raymond Telles brings us the epic film about Fred Ross – the original agitator – who trained the likes of Cesar Chavez and Dol...

"LAS TRES SISTERS" by MARTA MENDEZ CROSS - L.A. BASED DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/SCREENWRITER/ACTOR SITS DOWN WITH GAIL STEWART AND TALKS ABOUT HER NINE YEAR JOURNEY TO MAKE THIS WONDERFUL FEATURE LENGTH FILM THAT GIVES AUDIENCES HOPE...

"DESERT ANGEL" — IS ONE OF THE MOST RELEVANT FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY OUT THERE! SIX YEARS IN THE MAKING, DIRECTOR VINCENT DE LUCA JOINS THE SAN DIEGO SCREEN WRITERS STUDIO FOR AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW — THE DOCUMENTARY IS ABO...

WRITER/DIRECTOR MICHAEL CLARKSON SHOWS OFF HIS BRILLIANCE IN AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW WITH THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO. CLARKSON, A WRITER IN THE ROOM FOR "WHEEL OF TIME", "GAME OF THRONES", AND HIS OWN CREATION "RED ROSE...

* SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITER STUDIO'S PRODUCER/HOST GAIL STEWART GOES TO THE STOWE STORY NARRATIVE LAB IN ALABAMA AND COMES BACK WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO GET A SEAT AT THE TABLE! YOU GOT THIS! * RAUL SANDELIN TALKS ABO...

"FREE BIRD" LOGLINE: After her overbearing husband of 30 years suddenly dies, a now broken, celebrity attorney embarks on a sexual journey as widow in Hollywood. SAN DIEGO ACTORS COME TOGETHER FOR A TEN PAGE TABLE READ OF "FR...

JOIN THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO FOR THREE FANTASTIC INTERVIEWS WITH SCREENWRITERS WHO HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO GET SELECTED -- "THE UNDERSTUDY": PETER PASYK WRITER/DIRECTOR "VIAL": CAROLINE IAFFALDANO WRITER/DIRECTOR "FO...

IF YOU WANT TO WRITE A BOOK OR IF YOU HAVE A BOOK AND WANT TO ADAPT IT INTO A SERIES/MOVIE THIS IS THE PODCAST EPISODE THAT TELLS YOU ALL ABOUT IT! THE SCREENWRITERS STUDIO TALKS TO CAITLIN ROTHER WHO REFUSES TO GIVE UP ON HO...

"CRUISE BOOM": A SOCIAL JUSTICE DOCUMENTARY. ELLEN FRANKENSTEIN IS AN INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR, PRODUCER AND MEDIA ARTIST. LEARN HOW SHE CREATED THIS INCREDIBLE SOCIAL JUSTICE DOC AND HOW SHE BALANCED THE DIFFICULT DILEMMA THIS ...

LA BASED SCREENWRITER SUSIE MENDOZA IS A CREATIVE FORCE THAT SHARES HER MINDSET, DRIVE, AND HOW HOLLYWOOD'S NETWORKING PAYS OFF ... GETTING AN IDEA TO THE SCREEN! WE MET SCREENWRITER SUSIE MENDOZA AND DIRECTOR KATIE LOCKE O'B...

LA BASED SCREENWRITER SUSIE MENDOZA IS A CREATIVE FORCE THAT SHARES HER MINDSET, DRIVE, AND HOW HOLLYWOOD'S NETWORKING PAYS OFF ... GETTING AN IDEA TO THE SCREEN! WE MET SCREENWRITER SUSIE MENDOZA AND DIRECTOR KATIE LOCKE O'B...

SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO'S GAIL STEWART AND RAUL SANDELIN SIT DOWN WITH JASON HELLERMAN TO BREAK DOWN THE REINVENTION OF HOLLYWOOD. THIS IS A MUST LISTEN FOR EMERGING SCREENWRITERS. IN THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW JASON TAL...

VERONICA MALE IS A 2023 ACADEMY'S NICHOLL AWARD FINALIST FOR HER SCRIPT "SHOWSTOPPER" ABOUT THE MAKING OF "SINGING IN THE RAIN" DURING THE RED SCARE...THE MCCARTHY ERA. A HELLUVA SCREENWRITER AND HAS COVETED PANEL SLOTS AT TH...

"CRAVING NORMAL": L.A. WRITER MICHELE MILES GARDNER CAPITALIZES ON HER CRAZY CHILDHOOD JOURNEY AFTER HER MOM AND DAD TURNED INTO HIPPIES.... MICHELE HAS WRITTEN ESSAYS AND ARTICLES FOR MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS. BUT WHAT SHE E...

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO HOSTS GAIL STEWART AND RAUL SANDELIN TALK WITH DILLON TUCKER -- WRITER/DIRECTOR - ABOUT HIS NEW MOVIE "PURE O." AN UNCOMPROMISING DRAMA ABOUT A COMPLEX AND LITTLE UNDERSTOOD MENTAL HEALTH DI...

WRITER/DIRECTOR DAVID RODRIGUEZ ESTRADA'S NEW FILM "EL TESORO" IS A SHORT, BUT POTENT EXAMPLE OF ART ACTIVISM FOCUSING ON THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS SOUTH OF THE BORDER. ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE ADRIANA BARRAZA DELIVERS A POWER-PAC...

CANADIAN WRITER/DIRECTOR MEREDITH HAMA-BROWN TAKES ON THE TURBULENT THEMES OF SHAME AND MULTI-GENERATIONAL SORROW IN HER SPECTACULAR CINEMATIC FEATURE FILM "SEAGRASS." GETTING A FILM CREW TOGETHER, LAST MINUTE SCRIPT CHANGES,...

SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO'S GAIL STEWART AND RAUL SANDELIN HAVE TIPS THAT TAKES YOUR REWRITE TO A NEW LEVEL. GET YOUR "REWRITE CHECKLIST" FOR FREE FROM THE WRITERSSTORE.COM. PLUS -- WORDS OF WISDOM: TAKE THE DAMN NOTE! A...

BRIAN HELGELAND'S LATEST FILM IS A GRIPPING, EMOTIONAL STORY OF TWO BROTHERS REUNITING AFTER BEING RAISED IN TWO VERY DIFFERENT WORLDS. BRIAN'S NAME MAY SOUND FAMILIAR, HE IS WELL-KNOWN IN HOLLYWOOD FOR WINNING THE ACADEMY AW...

" DON'T TELL LARRY" - WHICH PREMIERED AT THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - WAS CO-WRITTEN BY GREG PORPER AND JOHN SCHIMKE. IT RECENTLY WAS AN OFFICIALLY SELECTION FOR THE UPCOMING GARDEN STATE (NEW JERSEY) FILM FESTIVAL. GREG PORPER...

"DICK BUNNY" - A COMICAL AND FANTASTICAL LOOK AT MOTHERHOOD! A SHORT FORM, HIGH CONCEPT DIGITAL COMEDY SERIES CREATED BY SCREENWRITER SUSIE MENDOZA AND DIRECTED BY KATIE LOCKE O'BRIAN -- JUST OFF THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT! THE IN-...

KIYAN AGADJANI -- WRITER/DIRECTOR OF "ARMAN & ELISA" -- WINNER OF AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL'S BEST SHORT FILM PRIZE. DO YOU TRUST YOUR "VOICE"? AGADJANI SHARES HIS ADVICE AND HOW HE DEVELOPED HIS AWARD-WINNING PLOT DEVICE. *RAUL S...