News about Screenwriting MFA

• Armbruster's "Beautiful Boy" transends suffering
  Screenwriting alumnus finds humanity in every parent's worst nightmare
  Tue Jun 21, 2011 in Announcement
• Alum's script will be animated in 3D
  E.L. Katz wrote "Zombie Pet Shop" in a UCLA Professional Program class
  Wed Mar 9, 2011 in Press
• Hal Ackerman wins Lovey Award
  TFT Faculty member Hal Ackerman recently won the award of Best First Novel for his book "Stein, Stoned"...
  Tue Feb 8, 2011 in Press
• Lin's "100 Days" premieres at LOFT ensemble
  Play is screenwriting alum's personal exploration of a Taiwanese Buddhist legend
  Tue Jan 18, 2011 in Announcement
• TOP ALUMNI SCREENWRITING STORIES - 2010
  "Milk" Oscar-winner Dustin Lance Black kept busy with multiple script assignments, directorial debut
  Mon Dec 13, 2010 in Accolade
• "Godfather" alum Francis Coppola receives Academy's coveted Thalberg Award
  Classic cinema and digital innovation are hallmarks of his long career
  Sun Nov 14, 2010 in Press
• Landau grills Koepp at Gotham screenwriting event
  NYU and Columbia turn to TFT alums for expert views on the craft of screenwriting
  Mon Nov 8, 2010 in Event
• TFT's Meg Gifford tops Goldwyn Writing Awards
  Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.: "55-year-old competition encourages aspiring writers"
  Thu Nov 4, 2010 in Announcement
• Kalogridis and Cameron re-team for "Fantastic Voyage"
  "Avatar" co-writer and exec-producer Laeta Kalogridis will write Cameron's re-make of the "inner space" classic
  Fri Oct 22, 2010 in Press
• MFA screenwriting student, alum pen Emmy-nominated PSA
  LA-Area nod for humorous Westside Food Bank promo
  Tue Jul 13, 2010 in Accolade
• Mazeau +1 on "Clash 2"
  Award-winning TFT screenwriter linked to "The Flash," "Jonny Quest"
  Thu Jul 1, 2010 in Press
• Award Ceremony Celebrates Generosity
  Students express gratitude to donors for their invaluable support
  Thu Jun 10, 2010 in Accolade
• Screenwriting alum Nicholas Griffin named to Hunter/Zakin chair
  Writer of "Matchstick Men" named to Hunter/Zakin screenwriting chair
  Thu Jun 10, 2010 in Announcement
• Producer Hawk Koch, screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis honored at Festival 2010
  Next Generation of Emerging Talent at Screenwriters Showcase and Producers Marketplace
  Fri May 28, 2010 in Announcement
• Sanchez-Witzel re-ups at Universal
  TFT screenwriting alum turned "My Name Is Earl" writer-producer Danielle Sanchez-Witzel '01 has, according...
  Tue Apr 6, 2010 in Press
• Warthogs rule for Diaz and Sagalowsky
  TFT students' sit-com script goes to pilot in Toronto
  Thu Mar 25, 2010 in Press
• Lawrence C. Ross, Jr., steps up
  The victory of a predominantly white sorority in a national "stepping" competition sparks debate about race and culture
  Mon Mar 22, 2010 in Press
• Hunter/Zakin Chairholder Scott Kosar MFA '01 is a one-man horror franchise
  Screenwriter will screen and discuss "The Crazies" at a Zakin Chair event April 12
  Thu Mar 11, 2010 in Press
• TFT screenwriting student Joseph Tremba tops Goldwyn Awards
  54-year-old writing competition encourages hundreds of aspiring young writers
  Thu Nov 5, 2009 in Accolade
• Jump into comics with screenwriting alum Felicia Henderson
  From TV's "Gossip Girl" to DC's "Teen Titans"
  Fri Oct 9, 2009 in Press
• Screenwriting alumna takes Slamdance teleplay prize
  Beverly Neufeld wins $10,000 in Norman Lear-sponsored competition
  Fri Aug 28, 2009 in Press
• Crew of alums documents the 2009 Sundance Institute Directors Lab
  Bodie directs webisode series
  Tue Aug 4, 2009 in Announcement
• Matthew J. Reichl - 1975-2009
  Screenwriting alum worked for Princeton Review
  Wed Jul 1, 2009 in Obituary
• Payne is guest director at Telluride 2009
  "Sideways" auteur selects films both classic and obscure for spirited indie fest
  Fri Jun 19, 2009 in Press
• Steven Bochco's tips for aspiring writers
  The Executive Board Member and "Hill Street" creator on talking his way into a career
  Thu Jun 11, 2009 in Press
• Travis Wright is "Reborn"
  "Eagle Eye" writer-producer will update Merlin and King Arthur in live-action Cartoon Network feature
  Tue Apr 28, 2009 in Press
• "American Violet" anatomizes injustice
  Nancy Richardson MFA '96 edited film about prosecutorial racism in smalltown Texas
  Fri Apr 24, 2009 in Press
• MFA screenplay c. 1975 resurrected as a play
  Film project praised by Truffaut debuts on stage with LeVar Burton
  Wed Mar 25, 2009 in Announcement
• Catherine Hardwicke, Don Payne take "Maximum Ride"
  Alums team up on adaptation of popular YA fantasy series
  Wed Mar 25, 2009 in Press
• "Sideways" is turning Japanese
  Alexander Payne's Oscar-winner is being re-made by Fox Japan
  Tue Mar 24, 2009 in Press
• Gervasi's "Anvil" wins rave reviews
  VH1 will release alum's heartfelt heavy metal doc
  Wed Mar 11, 2009 in Announcement
• Payne plans sci-fi comedy "Downsizing"
  Giamatti, Witherspoon and Baron Cohen will get small
  Tue Mar 3, 2009 in Press
• Gore Verbinski has a "Clue"
  Latest from "Pirates" director joins a wave of board game adaptations
  Thu Feb 26, 2009 in Press
• Bruins honored at Berlinale '09
  Alums take prizes; professor observes
  Tue Feb 24, 2009 in Accolade
• Oscar win for screenwriter Dustin Lance Black '96
  Labor-of-love script for "Milk" honors the martyred gay activist whose example "saved my life"
  Mon Feb 23, 2009 in Accolade
• Dustin Lance Black '96 wins two Writers Guild awards for "Milk"
  Emotional acceptance speech calls for a post-Prop 8 return to Milk-style "grassroots activism"
  Mon Feb 9, 2009 in Press
• Screenwriter Katherine Ruppe MFA '04 finds inspiration in a bad boyfriend
  New York Times essay was reprinted from an anthology on romantic disasters
  Fri Jan 23, 2009 in Press
• Schrader/Goldblum: Heaviness for Christmas
  The "Taxi Driver" alum and his "Adam Resurrected" star on art, craft and collabroration
  Fri Dec 19, 2008 in Press
• Peter Guber hopes the story never ends
  Studio Professor helps MIT fight for the future of narrative
  Wed Dec 10, 2008 in Press
• MFA candidate Rapoza sells script to Universal
  Goldwyn Awards Fourth place finish leads to contract with CAA
  Mon Nov 24, 2008 in Press
• Ray drives Wiseman's "Motorcade," squires "Conjure Wife"
  Screenwriter-director Billy Ray '85 can separate the two
  Fri Nov 14, 2008 in Press
• UCLA sweeps 2008 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards
  For the first time in its 53 year history the annual Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards, which recognize excellence in dramatic writing, have been swept by students from a single program.
  Fri Nov 7, 2008 in Accolade
• Recent grad already has her "Assets" covered
  Andrea McCloud sells workplace-comedy pitch to Lionsgate
  Fri Oct 31, 2008 in Press
• Audrey Wells directs Naomi Watts as global activist
  "Tuscan Sun" auteur dramatizes Nobel Prize-winning anti-landmine campaign
  Mon Oct 27, 2008 in Press
• Scribe Wright follows "Eagle Eye" with "Harlem Hellfighters"
  Alumnus celebrates black GIs who brought Jazz to Europe during World War I
  Mon Oct 27, 2008 in Press
• Black chases "Milk" with "Kool-Aid"
  Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters ride again for director Gus Van Sant
  Mon Oct 27, 2008 in Press
• Ray adapts Raymond's "Rig"
  Alum follows "Shattered Glass" with another fact-based exposeè
  Wed Oct 15, 2008 in Press
• UCLA's Goldwyn finalists
  The Hollywood Reporter announced the 2008 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards Competition award finalists,...
  Tue Sep 23, 2008 in Accolade
• Alum's "Plath" will be Madden's next
  "Shakespeare in Love" director films Goldwyn Award script
  Fri Aug 15, 2008 in Announcement
• Don Payne takes "Maximum Ride"
  Alum will adapt James Patterson's mutant adventure bestseller
  Fri Aug 8, 2008 in Press

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