Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition Grand Prize Winner HF Crum On “Sawbones”
Roger Corman recruited HF out of USC film school to direct low-budget wonders around the world. He learned the hard way that every great film starts with an even better script. As a stay-at-home dad, HF writes everyman Hitchcockian thrillers between flipping pancakes and mending hearts/knees on the gridiron that is grammar school. He is […]
Profile of Sean Baker’s More Important Films: 2004-2024
Earlier this month, Anora nabbed five of the most coveted of the 97th Academy Awards – Best Editing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Director and, of course, the pinnacle – Best Picture – and promptly put the name Sean Baker on everyone’s lips. And while the film has proved it can stand alone in […]
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Dear Hollywood, You Drove Me Crazy. I Love You
By Coli B. Sylla As a screenwriter who toiled away for years honing and perfecting my craft, I often found myself wondering if the next script would be it, or if the next general meeting would put me in the presence of the gatekeeper assigned to me by the Gods of entertainment. Nothing I had […]
AJ Bermudez Career Profile: From “Nightingale” To “My Dead Friend Zoe”
Screenwriter AJ Bermudez is going from strength to strength in her screenwriting career. Featured in Deadline, her new dreamed project My Dead Friend Zoe premiered at SXSW in 2024 and having a theatrical release in February 2025. The film stars Sonequa Martin-Green as Merit, Natalie Morales as Zoe, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman, Utkarsh Ambudkar, and […]
