SCREENWRITER SHOW with Screenwriter Gail Joy Stewart

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO PRESENTS MATT BOSSOM -- A BORREGO SPRINGS FILMMAKER/MUSICIAN WHO SHARES HOW HE BLENDED HIS LATEST SHORT FILM SCRIPT WITH HIS LATEST SONG.  PLUS WE INTERVIEW AWARD WINNING STUDENT FILMMAKER MEGAN BERGERON -- SHE TAKES ON STUDENT SUICIDE IN HER DOCUMENTARY "MESSENGERS."  ANOTHER POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF YOUNG ADULT ACTIVISM. DR STACIE HANKINSON GIVES US HER TA...

JOIN THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO AS WE SIT DOWN WITH SAN DIEGO'S OWN SUPERSTAR FILMMAKER CHRIS SORIANO -- AS HE SHARES HIS SECRETS ON HOW HE GOT TWO FILMS SHOT, PRODUCED AND PICKED UP FOR THE SILVER SCREEN IN TWO YEARS! HIS STORY IS THE PROTAGONIST'S JOURNEY! UNBELIEVABLE.  "ALMIGHTY ZEUS"  & "THE WEDDING HUSTLER." CO-HOSTS GAIL STEWART AND RAUL SANDELIN TALK ABOUT AMY SCHUMER...

JOIN THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO HOST GAIL STEWART AS SHE INTERVIEWS LOCAL SCREENWRITER/DIRECTOR DEVIN SCOTT ABOUT HIS NEW MOVIE "MY HAPPY PLACE" AND HOW HE UTILIZES "FOUND FOOTAGE."  INCREDIBLE TIPS FOR YOU~ DR HANKINSON LOOKS BACK ON "THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT" AND HOW  "FOUND FOOTAGE"  WAS PORTRAYED --- AND USED TO SCARE  THE HECK OUT OF US.  RAUL SANDELIN TALKS GE...

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO IS HONORED TO BRING YOU A CONVERSATION WITH FRED JEE, THE FOUNDER OF THE BORREGO FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATING ITS 10TH YEAR.  HOW DO THEY SELECT THEIR FILMS? WHY IT'S A FILMFREEWAY TOP RATED FESTIVAL?  PLUS PROFESSOR RAUL SANDELIN EXPLAINS THE SIMPLE STRUCTURE OF A BIOPIC AND HOW YOU CAN FLIP IT! DR. STACIE HANKINSON DECONSTRUCTS THE BIOPIC "ELVIS" AS &nbs...

SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO SNAGS AN INTERVIEW WITH OUR VERY OWN RANCHO SAN DIEGO AUTHOR AND SCREENWRITER LAURA PREBLE TO TALK ABOUT HER ADAPTED NOVEL TO  SCRIPT "ANNA INCOGNITO."   GREAT INTERVIEW WITH A  WOMAN WHO HAS TOILED AND FINALLY IS ON THE ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD -- FINGERS CROSSED. AND THE GANG IS BACK -- DR. STACIE HANKINSON EXPLAINS WHY SOME OF THE BEST DIRECTORS LOVE THE 7...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!   THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO DELVES DEEPER INTO THE CRITICAL TOOLS TO HELP ALL SCREENWRITERS PRODUCE THEIR BEST SCRIPT! JOIN GAIL STEWART, AN AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST, AND PROFESSOR RAUL SANDELIN ON A HALF HOUR CRITICAL THINKING JOURNEY -- WITH TOOLS TO HELP YOU CRITIQUE YOUR FAVORITE FILM OR TV SHOW LIKE A PROFESSIONAL!!! ALSO, WHAT IT TAKES TO WRITE AN AWARD...

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO LOOKS TO A CLASSIC SCREENPLAY AND TO A RELATIVELY NEWER CLASSIC SITCOM TO FIND OUT HOW THEY MADE THEM SO SO SO GOOD!!!! PLUS -- WE'RE CLOSING OUT 2022 -- WHAT DID YOU DO THIS YEAR TO ADVANCE YOUR SCREENWRITING CAREER? BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IN 2023 TO REALLY GET THE BALL ROLLING IN HOLLYWOOD? YOUR HOSTS: GAIL STEWART AND RAUL SANDELIN TAKE...

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO PRODUCER/HOST GAIL STEWART HAD THE HONOR TO INTERVIEW PETER EMERSON -- COMPOSER, MUSICIAN, AND THE WRITER OF THE NEW HOLIDAY SHOW "HE RULES THE WORLD"  -- LEARN HOW HE RESEARCHED SOME OF THE OLDEST SONGS TO FIND FRESH IDEAS FOR THIS SCRIPT --- AND FINDING NEW DIALOGUE FOR AGE-OLD CHARACTERS.   PLUS WE HAVE OUR FIRST INTERNATIONAL -- WELL -- CANADIAN --...

"DANCE DADS"  MOCKUMENTARY:  WINNER OF THE AUSTIN STAFF PICK AND THE AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS --- BY DIRECTOR/WRITERS/ACTOR BROCK HARRIS AND JARED BONNER.   THE POWER DUO SITS DOWN WITH THE  SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO PRODUCER/CO HOST GAIL STEWART AND TELLS  HOW IMPROV SKETCHES LED TO THEIR AWARD WINNING FEATURE FILM!  LEARN ABOUT  THEIR TRICKS ON SET. &nb...

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO BRINGS YOU INTERVIEWS WITH SCREENWRITER SAMUEL D. HUNTER, THE WRITER OF DIRECTOR DARREN ARONOFSKY'S NEW FILM "THE WHALE."  ALSO WE TALK AT LENGTH WITH SCREENWRITER THOMAS MICHAEL WHO CO-WROTE RON PERLMAN AND HARVEY KEITEL'S NEW MOVIE "THE BAKER."   INCREDIBLE SEGMENTS WITH SOME OF THE BEST SCREENWRITERS --- WHAT INSPIRED THEIR SCRIPTS  AND HOW...

JOIN THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO AND THE WRITING TEAM OF ABIGAIL HORTON AND RYAN DICKIE AS THEY SHARE THEIR CINEMATIC JOURNEY FROM CONCEPT TO WORLD PREMIERE AT THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL.  WHAT IT TAKES TO PRODUCE AND FILM A BIG FEATURE DURING A PANDEMIC AND ON BUDGET.  PLUS AN INSIDERS REVIEW OF THEIR MOVIE "BLOW UP MY LIFE" -- PLUS SAN DIEGO'S GOT  A NEW FILM FESTIVAL --- ALL...

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO TAKES A DEEP DIVE INTO TRAUMA NARRATIVES--- INCLUDING AN INTERVIEW WITH PRODUCER/WRITER/ACTOR KELSEY ANN WACKER ABOUT SURVIVING  THE CHICAGO PROFILES THEATER  -- PLUS WE HAVE A  REVIEW OF HER  SHORT FILM INSPIRED BY THAT EXPERIENCE.  JOIN  PRODUCER AND CO-HOST GAIL STEWART, RAUL SANDELIN AND DR. STACIE HANKINSON FOR A MIND BENDING SE...

SAN DIEGO  SCREENWRITERS STUDIO BRINGS YOU THE TOP FILMS FROM THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL:  DIRECTOR/WRITER NATHAN SCOGGINS AND HIS LATEST DRAMA "WHAT REMAINS" -- ANNE HECHE'S LAST FEATURE FILM --- AND WHILE THE MOVIE IS A SLOW BURN MURDER MYSTERY -- IT'S THE ENDING THAT'S  CREATING THE BUZZ!   ALSO PRODUCER/WRITER/ACTOR DANI BARKER GIVES US A CRASH COURSE ON HOW TO GET A FEATURE...

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO IS ON A ROLL WITH NEW ORLEANS DIRECTOR/WRITER DANIEL LAFRENTZ WHO EXPLAINS HIS TAKE ON SEX WORKERS -- A KEY ELEMENT IN THIS NEW SHORT FILM "SAINT CITY"  -- A WORLD PREMIERE AT THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL.  CO-HOST DR. STACIE HANKINSON GIVES US SHORT STORIES/SHORT FILMS AND RAUL SANDELIN PLAYS A GAME THAT COULD HELP YOU WRITE YOUR NEXT SHORT FILM --- PLUS T...

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO BRINGS YOU AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR/ACTOR KATHRYN PRESCOTT ABOUT HER LATEST SHORT FILM THAT IS IN THE RUNNING AT THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL.  CO-HOSTS RAUL SANDELIN LAYS OUT THE PROS/CONS OF "SCRIPT CONSULTANTS" AND DR. STACIE HANKINSON REVIEWS NETFLIX'S LATEST MOVIE -- "THE LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE."  JOIN YOUR SCREENWRITING TEAM!

SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS DISCUSS THE NARRATIVE ARC OF A SHORT FILM, YOUR INSPIRATION PART 2, AND WHAT IT TAKES TO ADVANCE IN A SCREENWRITING COMPETITION.    ATTENTION: IF YOU ARE A SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITER AND WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ONE OF YOUR SCENES READ BY US -- ON THE AIR -- SEND 1 T0 2 PAGES OF YOUR SHORT SCENE TO FEEDBACK@KNSJ.ORG.  WE WILL READ IT ON THE AIR AND GIVE YOU A SPECIAL M...

SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO'S PRODUCER/CO-HOST GOES TO HOLLYWOOD WITH  NETFLIX AND WRITERS GUILD FOUNDATION  --- INTERVIEW WITH WGF ENID PORTUGUEZ.  RAUL SANDELIN BRINGS YOU COMMEDIA DELL' ARTE AND DR. STACIE HANKINSON TAKES YOU TO HER FAVORITE SAN DIEGO WRITING SPOTS. JOIN US AS WE BREAK INTO HOLLYWOOD!

SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO IS GOING TO THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL (AFF). PODCAST PRODUCER/CO HOST WILL TAKE YOU ALONG . CO-HOST DR STACIE HANKINSON EXAMINES ON THE PRO/CONS OF GETTING A SCREENWRITING DEGREE AND CO-HOST RAUL SANDELIN  DRESSES UP OUR SCRIPTS WITH A COSMOPOLITAN FLARE (THINK SUBTITLES)!

JOIN THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO  ---  BREAKING INTO HOLLYWOOD IS HARD, BUT WE HAVE A NOVEL APPROACH TO NETWORKING.  AND  -- JUST HOW DO YOU INCORPORATE CULTURES, FOREIGN LANGUAGES, AND FAR OFF PLACES INTO A SCRIPT WITHOUT "APPROPRIATING."  PLUS, GET NEED-TO-KNOW TIPS FOR "NEWBIES" ... AVOID  THE MOST COMMON MISTAKES NEW SCREENWRITERS MAKE!

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO EXPLORES THE CLASSICS & STORYTELLING. JOIN PRODUCER/CO-HOST GAIL STEWART AND DR STACIE HANKINSON AS THEY DISCUSS WHY HOLLYWOOD KEEPS GOING BACK TO THE WELL.   PLUS AN AMAZING NEW TWIST ON AN OLD STORY: SAN DIEGO ATTORNEY AND SCREENWRITER STEPHEN BRODSKY DISCUSSES HIS SCRIPT --- WITH AN  UNLIKELY AMERICAN REVOLUTION PROTAGONIST. 

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO IS PROUD TO PRESENT AN INTERVIEW WITH A.B. LEFCOURT, CO-SCREENWRITER OF "THE MISSED FLIGHT" SAN DIEGO MOVIE AWARDS WINNER!   PRODUCER/CO-HOST GAIL STEWART ALSO HAS THE DETAILS ON WHERE THIS INCREDIBLE SHORT HAS LANDED THE FIRST TIME SCREENWRITERS --- A HINT -- THE BIG TIME!  ALSO --- TERRY ROSS --  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SAN DIEGO MOVIE AWA...

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITER'S STUDIO PRESENTS VETERAN HOLLYWOOD SCREENWRITER SCOTT MYERS DISHING ON HIS BEST SELLER "THE PROTAGONIST'S JOURNEY: AN INTRODUCTION TO CHARACTER-DRIVEN SCREENWRITING AND STORYTELLING."  CO-HOST RAUL SANDELIN HAS BROADWAY NEWS ABOUT CAMERON CROWE. 

SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO HOSTS, GAIL STEWART, RAUL SANDELIN AND DR. STACIE HANKINSON, DISH ON THE MOST BINGE WORTHY SHOWS --  AND WHY THEY KEEP HITTING "NEXT EPISODE."

SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO BRINGS THE PITCH TO LIFE --- JOIN PRODUCER/CO HOST GAIL STEWART AS SHE PRACTICES HER "SAVING JIMMY" ONE-PAGE PITCH, WHILE RAUL SANDELIN AND DR. HANKISON SHOW OFF THEIR  "ELEVATOR" VERSIONS. 

SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO: PRODUCER/CO HOST GAIL STEWART BRINGS YOU VETERAN SCREENWRITER ROZ MIHALKO -- HER LATEST TV COMEDY SCRIPT "NEW AT THIS" -- A PERSONAL, TENDER, AND FUNNY LOOK AT HER OWN TRANSITION. AND --- MORE TABLE READS FEATURING THE GREAT VOICE OF FORMER SAN DIEGO RADIO VETERAN MARILYN HYDER ALONG WITH CO-HOST RAUL SANDELIN. THE SCREENWRITERS STUDIO GIVING STRIVING SCREENWRITERS...