SCREENWRITER SHOW with Screenwriter Gail Joy Stewart

THE SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IS HAPPENING!!!! IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST FILM FESTIVALS IN SAN DIEGO. OUR SPECIAL GUEST TONYA MANTOOTH WITH DETAILS ON THE BRITISH SMASH HIT "A KIND OF KIDNAPPING" ALONG WITH "THE ACCIDENTAL GETAWAY DRIVER" BASED ON A TRUE STORY, THE DOCUMENTARY "SILVER DOLLAR ROAD," AND SO MANY MORE! PLUS -- PICK UP SOME TIPS FOR SUCCESS:...

AS A GAY FILMMAKER, SOFIA SIMANOVICH, FLED RUSSIA AND IMMIGRATED TO CANADA BUT SHE LEFT BEHIND HER TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS. HER TAKE ON LIFE, BREAKING INTO HOLLYWOOD, AND WHAT SHE THINKS ABOUT HER HOMELAND INVADING THE UKRAINE. CUBA IS FASCINATED WITH BARBIE --- WHY NOT? WGA STRIKE IS OVER --- 148- DAYS. WE HAVE THE BIG TAKEAWAYS FROM THE NEW DEAL! BIG WIN FOR WRITERS!!!!

*KELSEY ANN WACKER JOINS THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO FOR AN UPDATE ON HER CAREER CLIMB -- THIS TIME SWITCHING FROM SCREENWRITING TO PROSE -- AND LEVERAGING HERSELF TO TAKE ALL OF IT IN THE LAUNCH PAD PROSE COMPETITION! *EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WRITING PROSE TO WIN, CONNECTING AT AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL, AND COLD CALLING ON A PRAYER! KELSEY ANN WACKER -- *RAUL SANDELIN EXPLORES THE EN...

SAN SCREENWRITERS PRODUCER/HOST GAIL STEWART SITS DOWN WITH DAVID ROCCHIO WHO TELLS YOU HOW TO GET A SEAT AT THE EXCLUSIVE LABS AND RETREATS.

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 HI...

JIM HART IS THE SCREENWRITERS BEHIND THE SPIELBERG CLASSIC "HOOK" WITH DUSTIN HOFFMAN AS CAPTAIN HOOK, ROBIN WILLIAMS AS PETER PAN, AND JULIA ROBERTS AS TINKERBELL! HE ALSO SAW HIS SCREENPLAY "DRACULA" COME TO LIFE THANKS TO ANOTHER ICONIC DIRECTOR, FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA. HOST GAIL STEWART SAT DOWN WITH MR HART AT THE GHOST RANCH WRITERS RETREAT -- SPONSORED BY THE AUSTIN FILM F...

JOIN SPECIAL GUEST -- PEABODY AWARD WINNING CREATOR AND WRITER WENDY CALHOUN -- THE CREATIVE POWERHOUSE THAT YOU MUST HEAR TO BELIEVE. PART I: WHAT IT TOOK FOR HER TO FINALLY LAND THE SCRIPTED WRITING JOB! PART II: THE PASSION TAX & SWEAT EQUITY PART III: AGENT, MANAGER, LAWYER? WHICH IS MOST IMPORTANT? PART IV: THE BEST ADVICE WENDY CALHOUN HAS FOR SCREENWRITERS -- OLD AND NEW! GAIL AND RAUL...

ALL WRITERS DO SOMETHING ELSE -- FIND IT -- AND USE IT! THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO'S RAUL SANDELIN, WRITER & MUSICIAN, TALKS ABOUT PULLING FROM BOTH SOURCES! ALSO GAIL STEWART PASSES ALONG A GREAT WRITING EXERCISE FROM SCREENWRITING 101 -- IT'LL LEAVE YOU WITH A SHORT FILM! PLUS COMIC CON IS ALIVE AND WELL! THE HOLLYWOOD BUZZ --- LATEST ON THE WGA STRIKE AND HOW SUPPORT FOR THE...

SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIOS STANDS WITH THE WGA, SAG-AFTRA UNIONS! HAVE YOU TRIED BRAINSTORMING WITH ChatGPT? WHOA! PLUS MOVIE TRAILERS -- IT'S YOUR NEW PITCH INTRO! LEARN WHAT THE ELEMENTS ARE NEEDED TO MAKE IT POP! JOIN US AS WELL DIVE DEEP IN THE STRIKE ROCKING THE NATION AND SOON YOUR TELEVISION SET!

JOIN PRODUCER/HOST GAIL STEWART AND RAUL SANDELIN FOR A WILD RIDE OF SCREENWRITING TIPS ON PARALLEL PLOTS, ACT 2'S BIG DECISION AS SEEN "IN THE HEAT OF NIGHT" --- ALSO A.I. CHATGPT...GOOD OR BAD? THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO HELPING YOU WRITE YOUR SCRIPT!!!

WILD PLAYWRIGHT, ACTOR, SCREENWRITER KEIKO GREEN JOINS THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO AND IMPARTS GREAT INDUSTRY NEED TO KNOW INFORMATION! RAUL SANDELIN TAKES APART ACT II -- WHAT ARE THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS? GAIL STEWART TALKS ABOUT SCREENWRITING SCHOOL WITH STORY SUMMIT'S REX MC GEE.

JOIN THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO PRODUCER & HOST GAIL STEWART ALONG WITH RAUL SANDELIN AS THEY HEAD BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM TO LEARN THE BASICS! RAUL SANDELIN DEVELOPS A NEW OUTLINE FOR SCREENWRITING! GAIL STEWART SHARES TIPS FROM SCREENWRITING 101 -- AND THE WONDERFUL LIFE OF REX MCGEE! PLUS THE LA JOLLA FASHION FILM FESTIVAL AND "NO HARD FEELINGS"

IT'S THE SAN DIEGO 48 HOUR FILM FESITIVAL WEEKEND!!! GRAB YOUR SCRIPT, ACTOR AND CAMERA AND GET BUSY!!!! EVENT PRODUCER DUANE TRAMMELL IS ON THE SHOW TALKING ABOUT THE DO'S AND DON'TS OF EVENT. SUPER FUN STUFF! JOIN GAIL STEWART AND RAUL SANDELIN TALKING ABOUT THE SECRET SAUCE TO SCREENWRITING.... AND FINAL THOUGHTS ON "WHO THE F**K IS SHARON?" A WORLD PREMIERE PLAY BY KEIKO...

MANAGER OR AGENT? JOIN THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO'S GAIL STEWART AND RAUL SANDELIN FOR A IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION WITH NEW YORK LITERARY MANAGER KEGAN SCHELL @ NAVIGATION MEDIA GROUP AS HE TALKS ABOUT HIS ROLE AS A SCREENWRITERS' MANAGER. INFORMATION WE ALL NEED! ALSO PROPS: LEARN TO QUICKLY IDENTIFY WHAT THEY ARE FORESHADOWING, SYMBOLIZING, AND WHY THEY COME IN HANDY AS A GO-TO TOOL FO...

WRITING A SCI-FI SCRIPT IS HARD! WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN TO WRITE! JOIN SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO PRODUCER HOST GAIL STEWART AS SHE NAILS DOWN A FEW OF THE BEST SPACE SCI-FI MOVIES -- THE YEAR, THE LOCATION AND THE CONTROLLING IDEA. CO-HOST RAUL SANDELIN GOES TO SPACE-DOCK FOR A LOOK AT WHAT SCI-FI EXPERT DANIEL ORLETT CONSIDERS A GOOD SPACE BATTLE. AND FINAL...

THE FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL COMES TO LA JOLLA. SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO PRODUCER AND CO-HOST GAIL STEWART DEBRIEFS ON THE ROADMAP WRITERS SCOTLAND RETREAT, THE EXECUTIVES, THE TABLE READS, THE "WRITERS ROOM" AND THE McARTHUR MANOR! WE'LL TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN GO TO A WRITERS RETREAT FOR FREE! RAUL SANDELIN DIVES INTO THE DICTIONARY OF IMAGINARY PLACES -- GREAT IDEAS FOR YOUR NEXT S...

JOIN GAIL STEWART AND PROFESSOR RAUL SANDELIN IN THE SCREENWRITERS STUDIO FOR A GREAT SESSION ON THE WGA STRIKE -- WHAT'S AT STAKE AND WHY IT MATTERS. ALSO THE NEW MOVIE "LITTLE RICHARD - I AM EVERYTHING" -- YOU HAVE TO HEAR ABOUT THIS NEW HISTORICAL LOOK AT THE BIRTH OF ROCK AND ROLL....AND RAUL TAKES A BITE OUT OF "RENFIELD" IN HIS REVIEW OF THE NEW GENRE BENDING FILM...Y...

JOIN THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO PRODUCER AND CO-HOST GAIL STEWART AS SHE TALKS WITH UP-AND-COMING NEW YORK SCREENWRITER SARA TERES ABOUT HER FEATURE FILM "WE COULD BE HEROES." ALSO, HOW SHE PULLED TOGETHER OVER 15 PEOPLE FOR A RECENT TABLE READ AND WHAT SHE'S LEARNED ABOUT HERSELF ON HER SCREENWRITING JOURNEY. TIPS ON GETTING STARTED AS A SCREENWRITER FROM PROFESSOR RAUL SAND...

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIOS CHATS WITH LOCAL FILMMAKERS CHRISTINE WHITTEN AND DREW GRANSTON ABOUT THEIR AWARD-WINNING PROTEST VIDEO ABOUT THE INVASION OF UKRAINE. RAUL SANDELIN LOOKS BACK AT THE MOST POTENT PROTEST FILM --- "I AIN'T GONNA PLAY SUN CITY" BY STEVEN VAN ZANT! WATCH IT! DR. STACIE HANKINSON REVIEWS THE MOVIE "PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN" -- A DISTURBING TAKE...

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO TAKES A DEEP DIVE INTO STRUCTURING YOUR NEW SCRIPT OUTLINE -- WHY IT MATTERS, WHAT ARE THE STEPS, WHICH STRUCTURE DO YOU USE, HOW MUCH INFORMATION GOES INTO THE SCRIPT OUTLINE...WE GO OVER IT ALL! "THE SUPER MARIO BROS" AND "SWEETWATER" -- NEW MOVIES THAT HITTING THE BIG SCREEN! THOUGHTS ON THE WGA NEGOTIATIONS --- AND -- DETAILS ON THE SAN DI...

SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO'S GAIL STEWART INTRODUCES SCREENWRITER AND TWITTER FORCE MULTIPLIER, THOMAS SCHRACK - THE GUY'S UNSTOPPABLE! HE'S DOING WHAT ALL SCREENWRITERS SHOULD BE DOING...YAH... WE'RE TALKING TO YOU! GET REPPED, ENTER COMPETITIONS AND WRITE --- HIS PORTFOLIO IS DEEP! DR. STACIE HANKINSON TALKS ABOUT THE NEW MOVIE "SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW" AND WHY DIYS...

JOIN THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO AS THEY BREAKDOWN THE WINNERS AND LOSERS OF THE OSCARS. WHY DID "EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE" WIN SO BIG? STEVEN SPIELBERG SNUBBED? TOM CRUISE & JAMES CAMERON M.I.A.? DR. STACIE HANKINSON REVIEWS "WARSHA" THE SHORT FILM WHICH CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES AT THE SAN DIEGO ARAB FILM FESTIVAL AND THE WINNER OF THE SHORT FILM GRAND JURY AWA...

S2/E19 SUSY BOTELLO -- FOUNDER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MOBILE FILM FESTIVAL --- A SAN DIEGO INVENTION! ONE OF THE COOLEST FILM FESTIVALS EVER COMING IN APRIL 2023. ALSO, RAUL SANDELIN BRINGS US SAN DIEGO'S 48 HOUR FILM FESTIVAL -- SUBMISSIONS ARE STILL OPEN! AND DR. STACIE HANKINSON TALKS FILM AS THERAPY -- BUT PSSSST -- DON'T SKIP YOUR SESSION FOR A MATINEE!!

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO CHATS WITH LARRY CHRISTIAN, CHAIR OF THE ARAB FILM FESTIVAL  -- WE'RE TALKING CINEMA AND ACTIVISM. THE FESTIVAL RUNS FROM MARCH 3-12 AT THE SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS IN BALBOA PARK.   RAUL SANDELIN TAKES US IN ANOTHER DIRECTION WITH OUR LOCAL CHALDEAN FILM COMMUNITY AND DR STACIE HANKINSON TAKES ON THE SERIOUS BUSINESS OF COMICS! JOIN US FOR...

THE SAN DIEGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL FEATURES MORE THAN 150 FILMS, 9 DAYS AND AT LEAST TWO LOCATIONS!  AND OF COURSE MOVIE/TV STARS, PARTIES AND PANELS.  SUPER FUN! FOR MORE INFORMATION:   SDLATINOFILM.COM RAUL SANDELIN HAS THE SCOOP ON THE LOCAL FILMMAKERS FEATURED IN THE SAN DIEGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL, AND A TRIBUTE TO LONG TIME  EDUCATOR  AND FILMMAKER WILLIAM SNEED....