He has written several works, including the Essentials of Screenwriting, published in June 2010,[2][3] and the novels Escape from Film School and Barry and the Persuasions. Other publications include screenwriting books The Whole Picture: Strategies for Screenwriting Success in the New Hollywood and Screenwriting: The Art, Craft and Business of Film and Television Writing.
Career
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Walter lectures on screenwriting and storytelling throughout North America and the world. He has written numerous feature assignments for the major studios and has sold material to all of the Big Three television networks. He has also written many informational, educational and corporate films, and is a 30-year member of the Writers Guild of America. He has conducted master classes in London, Paris, Jerusalem, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Beijing and Hong Kong.
In December 2024, Walter published his latest work Deadpan, a satire novel released by Hersey Press. The novel was inspired by Kafka's The Metamorphosis in which a man wakes up to turn into an insect. Walter used this inspiration to turn his main character in the book who wakes up one day and transform from a car dealer who has anti-semitic views into an accomplished jewish stand-up comedian.[9]
Walter is married to Patricia Sandgrund, with whom he has two children.[11][12]
Students
Students from Walter’s screenwriting program at UCLA have written projects for Steven Spielberg, and many successful Hollywood productions,[13] including three Academy Awards for best screenplay: Dustin Lance Black for Milk and Alexander Payne for Sideways and The Descendants.[14] Other past students of the UCLA program under Walter's direction include these television and film screenwriters:
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