“The idea really came from my own life because I am a person who had a lot of very close male friends in college and remained close to a lot of them,” says Francesca Delbanco. “But a moment happened when people started getting mar...

“Initially, I never thought film was a career option. I grew up in Wisconsin,” says Michael Sarnoski. “And I didn’t have a lot of artistic, creative people around me or outlets to share in. I think storytelling, doodling, writing,...

“Honestly, and I know it sounds sentimental, but when I became a writer, I held Pixar out as my beacon,” says Meg LeFauve. “At the time, I thought some of the best storytelling was coming out of Pixar and I had heard about the Bra...