Related Research Articles
A screenwriter is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs, and video games, are based.
A showrunner is the top-level executive producer of a television series production, who outranks other creative and management personnel, including episode directors, in contrast to feature films, in which the director has creative control over the production, and the executive producer's role is limited to investing. In scripted comedy and drama TV shows, the showrunner also usually serves as the head writer. The role of a showrunner is not present on all television series, especially outside the US; this article describes the nature of the role where it is present.
Screenwriting or scriptwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is often a freelance profession.
Joseph McBride is an American film historian, biographer, screenwriter, author and educator. He has written books on a variety of subjects including notable film directors, screenwriting, the JFK assassination, and a memoir of his youth.
Scott Rosenberg is an American screenwriter, film producer, and actor.
Fred Freiberger was an American film and television writer and television producer, whose career spanned four decades and work on films such as The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) and TV series including Ben Casey (1963–64), The Wild Wild West (1965), Star Trek (1968–69) and Space: 1999 (1976–77).
Lewis R. Hunter was an American screenwriter, author, and educator. He was chairman Emeritus and Professor of Screenwriting at the UCLA Department of Film and Television.
Brian Nelson is an American screenwriter.
Randi Mayem Singer is an American screenwriter, producer and showrunner best known for writing the screenplay to the 20th Century Fox blockbuster comedy Mrs. Doubtfire starring Robin Williams and Sally Field.
Worley Thorne is an American screenwriter, television writer, script consultant and adjunct assistant professor of composition, critical thinking and screenwriting. Thorne's work as a writer encompasses hourlong television drama, and feature film scripts, in a wide variety of genres, including science fiction, fantasy, detective and mystery, legal drama, soap opera, medical drama, animal fiction and family drama.
Travis Beacham is an American screenwriter, best known for writing and co-writing the films Dog Days of Summer (2007), Pacific Rim (2013), Clash of the Titans (2010), and proposing the concept for the Amazon Prime fantasy TV series Carnival Row (2019–2023).
Dan Mazeau is an American screenwriter. While attending the MFA screenwriting program at UCLA, he wrote a family fantasy "The Land of Lost Things" and the script was set up at Nickelodeon/Paramount Pictures, with Arnold Kopelson producing. Mazeau was hired by Dan Lin and Warner Bros. to adapt Jonny Quest. He was named one of Variety's "10 Screenwriters to Watch" in 2008 and the script was on the Blacklist that same year.
Felicia D. Henderson is an American television producer, screenwriter, comic books writer and a director of music videos and television episodes. She has worked on Moesha, Sister, Sister, Soul Food, and Fringe, also played in a movie with Whitney Houston.
Paul Chitlik is an American author, television and film writer, producer, and director. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio.
Robin Russin is an American screenwriter, director, playwright, author and educator.
Anjum Rajabali is a veteran Indian screenwriter and teacher. He has written films like Drohkaal (1994), Ghulam (1998), The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002) and Raajneeti (2010). He is also known for his leadership and lobbying for the rights of Indian screenwriters, as a senior activist of the Screenwriters Association, India.
Meg LeFauve is an American screenwriter and film producer. She is best known for writing the screenplays for the Pixar animated films Inside Out (2015) and its upcoming sequel Inside Out 2 (2024), and The Good Dinosaur (2015), the former of which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Matt Wheeler is a British screenwriter and producer who has worked in television and film.
Michael Waldron is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on television series Rick and Morty and Heels, creating the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Loki, and writing Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022).
References
- ↑ The Washington Post [ dead link ]
- ↑ "Santa Monica Mirror: On the Stage: "Johnny" Takes on Peter Pan Syndrome". www.smmirror.com. Archived from the original on 2002-08-28.
- ↑ "Backstory".
- ↑ "Neil Landau". 9 September 2011.
- ↑ "Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing". Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
- ↑ "THE SHOWRUNNER'S MAP". NEIL LANDAU. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
- ↑ "How did We Get So Many Great Television Shows?: An Interview with UCLA's Neil Landau (Part One)". 16 March 2017.
- ↑ "Johnny on the Spot (Closed July 21, 2002) | Los Angeles | reviews, cast and info | TheaterMania". 7 March 2023.
