“Go Off and Find Some Magic” Bill Kennedy, Screenwriter ‘House of Cards’ & ‘The Morning Show’
In high school, Bill Kennedy got a job making copies at a law firm. Back then, he pictured himself taking the bar, buying a collection of three-piece suits, and making a career as a lawyer. But, when he met someone a decade older (also making copies, but who was producing records at the time), this […]
“Permission to Get Weird” Rebecca Flinn-White and Zak White on ‘The Prank’
“I started out in the acting world,” says Rebecca Flinn-White. “Acting, directing, theater. And that’s how Zak and I met actually. We were friends in college, didn’t date back then, but we’re married now,” she adds, about her writing partner, Zak White. Zak adds, “This is the only thing I ever wanted to do. I […]
“Shows That Ask a Profound Question” Melanie Marnich on ‘Apples Never Fall’
“I didn’t grow up in a place where I was hanging out with screenwriters,” says Melanie Marnich. “I grew up in Duluth, Minnesota. I was a voracious reader and I think that sparked something in me, but I didn’t know that that would be a career.” In college, Marnich was a journalism major with an […]
“A Dysfunctional Ninja Family In Modern Japan” Dave Boyle on Netflix’s ‘House of Ninjas’
“I wanted to be a filmmaker for as long as I can remember,” says Dave Boyle. “I wanted to be a writer/ director, but after I made my first couple of independent films, I was making more of my living as an editor. I didn’t really start pursuing screenwriting as a professional until I had […]
“Find the Character” Mark L. Smith, Screenwriter ‘The Revenant’ & ‘The Boys in the Boat’
“My family had a dude ranch in Colorado,” says Mark L. Smith as to why he didn’t really start writing scripts until his thirties. “We were literally in the middle of nowhere. It was a resort and we were open in the summers, but we would shut down early fall. I found I had nothing […]
