SCREENWRITER SHOW with Screenwriter Gail Joy Stewart

"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 ABOUT AN AGING TRAILBLAZER OF MIGRANT SEARCH AND RESCUE WHO RISKS ALL TO FIND A MOTHER’S MISSING SON BEFORE THE BORDER WASTELANDS CLAIM THE YOUNG MAN FOREVER.  ALSO ON THE SHOW...

BRITISH 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" NOW GIVES US HIS DEBUT NEW HORROR FILM "UPHOLSTERGEIST." ALSO -- ATTENTION ALL FEMALE SCREENWRITERS -- THE WOMEN'S LIST I...

* 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 ABOUT HOW THE "ONE PAGER" AND HOW TO USE IT TO ADVANCE IN THE INDUSTRY. * AND UCSD STUDENT ROHUN KULSHRESTHA SHARES DETAILS ON THE TRITON FILM CLUB, HIS SHORT FILM AND HIS UNIQUE...

"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 "FREE BIRD" - A HALF-HOUR DRAMA FOR PREMIUM CABLE NARRATOR: CHRISTINE ALTAN SHIRLEY: HEDY MCDONALD JULIE: LACY ROSE EARL: RUDDY JAMESON DAVID: RAUL SANDELIN OFFICER PALTZ: LOK HW...

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 "FORTUNE": COREY COTT ACTOR/WRITER HOW THEY DEVELOPED THE SCRIPT HOW THEY SNAGGED THE ACTORS AND HOW THEY PULLED IT ALL TOGETHER TO GET SELECTED AT THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL!

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 SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO TALKS TO CAITLIN ROTHER WHO REFUSES TO GIVE UP ON HOLLYWOOD AND WHAT SHE'S DOING TO EXPAND HER PORTFOLIO.

"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 STORY PRESENTED. FRANKENSTEIN TELLS US HOW SHE DID IT IN THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ONLY ON THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO. FRANKENSTEIN’S DIRECTING CREDITS INCLUDE TRACING...

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'BRIAN AT THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL WHERE "DICK BUNNY" HAD ITS WORLD PREMIERE LAST YEAR. SINCE THEN, THIS CRAZY "BUNNY" OF A COMEDY WEB-SERIES HAS GON...

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 TALKS ABOUT THE INDUSTRY AND THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE. REINVENTING HOLLYWOOD...WOW! JASON HELLERMAN GRADUATED FROM PENN STATE UNIVERSITY IN FILM PRODUCTION & ENGLISH AND HOL...

VICTORIA 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 THE 2024 COMIC COM SAN DIEGO!!!!! SHE JOINS GAIL STEWART AND RAUL SANDELIN ON THE SCREENWRITERS STUDIO.

"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 ENJOYS MOST IS STORYTELLING–WRITING ABOUT LIFE, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY WITH HER OWN HUMOROUS SLANT. “CRAVING NORMAL,” IS A COLLECTION OF STORIES ABOUT BEING BORN TO SUB...

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 DISORDER INSPIRED BY DILLON'S PERSONAL AND RAW JOURNEY OF LIVING WITH PURE OCD. "PURE O" : WRITER & DIRECTOR: DILLON TUCKER WITH - DANIEL DORR HOPE L...

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-PACKED PERFORMANCE IN THIS SHORT MYSTERIOUS DRAMA FILMED IN GUADALAJARA, MEXICO... THE LAND OF THE DISAPPEARED . ALSO STARRING: ROBERTO SOSAS MONICA HUARTE

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, DELETED SCENES -- ALL PART OF HER FEATURE FILM PROCESS. PLUS -- THE ART OF VISUAL STORYTELLING -- GAIL STEWART AND RAUL SANDELIN EXPLORE HOW THIS FILM'S CINEMAT...

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! AND REMEMBER DON'T JUST KILL YOUR DARLINGS...SLAUGHTER THEM! SYMBOLISM...IT'S THE FINAL PROCESS OF REWRITE -- THE SURGICAL EDITS THAT POLISH THE SCRIPT.

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 AWARD "BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY" FOR "L.A. CONFIDENTIAL" AT THE AGE OF 37! HIS 2003 MOVIE "MYSTIC RIVER" WAS NOMINATED FOR 6 ACADEMY AWARDS...

" DON'T TELL LARRY" - WHICH PREMIERED AT THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - WAS CO-WRITTEN BY GREG PORPER AND JOHN SCHIMKE. IT'S AN OFFICIAL SELECTION FOR THE UPCOMING GARDEN STATE (NEW JERSEY) FILM FESTIVAL. GREG PORPER JOINS US AND SHARES HIS EXPERIENCE ON CO-WRITING A FEATURE FILM. ABOUT GREG: AS THE FILM'S LEAD PRODUCER, GREG FOUNDED THE PRODUCTION COMPANY DON'T TELL LARRY LL...

"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-DEPTH INTERVIEW WITH THIS DYNAMIC DUO PROVIDES A GRITTY LESSON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO TRUST "YOUR VOICE" AND HOW TO LAUNCH YOUR NEXT WILD IDEA, AND...

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 SANDELIN --- TIPS FOR SELLING YOUR T.V. PILOT ! *THE 34TH ANNUAL SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL ABOUT TO KICK OFF !

*PORTUGAL SCREENWRITER/DIRECTOR ANTONIO SEQUEIRA SHARES THE FILMMAKING TECHNIQUES USED IN HIS SWEET "COMING OF AGE" FEATURE FILM. DETAILS ON A SIMPLE YET POWERFUL EXERCISE HE GAVE HIS ACTORS TO BRING MORE EMOTION TO THE FILM, AND HOW HE OUTLINED THE FILM FOR PASSAGE OF TIME. A UNIQUE AND FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON FILMMAKING! *CO-HOST RAUL SANDELIN SHARES HIS TIPS TO ENSURE YOU HIT THE MIDPOIN...

In her latest feature film, Writer/Director Laura Adkin sits down with the San Diego Screenwriters Studio and talks in-depth about her writing experience, working with actors to bring their craft to the scenes, including Broadway actor Jesse Martin, and getting the funding for a feature film Also, she why she created a new type of "character" for her husband, actor David James Lewis! Plu...

MARC SALTARELLI'S "STUDIO ONE FOREVER" is the untold story of one of America's largest iconic gay yet racist disco. This film is a kaleidoscopic excursion into LGBTQ+ history through the lens of this groundbreaking club. With Chita Rivera, Bruce Vilanch, Lance Bass, Thelma Houston and many more. Plus Marc shares stories of how Liza Minnelli burst onto the Studio's BACK LOT an...

AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION WITH NEW YORKER TYLER MARTIN -- ACTOR, SCREENWRITER, PLAYWRIGHT, AND DIRECTOR & HIS NEW, AWARD-WINNING SHORT FILM "CANDICE." ALSO CHECK OUT TYLER'S YOUTUBE SERIES "DON'T SUCK" -- HILARIOUS WEBSERIES! THE 2nd SEASON IS COMING! REMEMBER YOU MET HIM HERE FIRST!

WRITER/DIRECTOR KEVIN DUNCAN WONG'S LATEST NON-FICTION FEATURE FILM "HOME IS A HOTEL" IS A GRITTY, RAW MIRROR THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT OUR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD TODAY. AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW ON HOW KEVIN CHOSE THE FAMILIES, WHY HE CHOSE THEM, AND HOW HE DELIVERED THEIR LIVES IN A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY. PLUS THE PROFESSOR -- RAUL SANDELIN -- IS IN THE HOUSE WITH ANOTHER NOVEL WA...

THE WORLD PREMIERE OF PLAYWRIGHT KATE HAMILL'S "THE LITTLE FELLOW" AS DIRECTED BY SAN DIEGO'S ROBBIE LUTFY FOLLOWS THE ARC OF A FEARSOME CORTISEAN WHO DARED TO SELL MORE BOOKS THAN THE BIBLE.