Profiles on Screenwriting MFA

Payne's Passionate Programming
Alum's "Guest Director" sidebar at Telluride exemplifies the TFT spirit
Sep 2009 story in Scholarship
Slamdance 2009
"Punching the Clown," "Spooner," "A Quiet Little Marriage," "Vodka and Women," "Frozen Dreams," "Six and A Half," and "Weather Girl" screened this year.
Jan 2009 story in Industry
Oscar-nominee Eric Roth: Life, Love and Aging Backwards
Screenwriting alumnus adapts F. Scott Fitzgerald fable "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" for Brad Pitt and director David Fincher
Dec 2008 story in Industry
Oscar-winner Dustin Lance Black '96: Writing from the heart, "Milk" to "Kool-Aid"
Script researched and written from scratch jump-starts long-stalled Gus Van Sant-directed biopic project.
Nov 2008 story in Social Responsibility
Gina Prince-Bythewood '91: "The Secret Life of Bees"
A celebrated novel about family life in the Deep South in the 1960s is "Love & Basketball" director's second feature
Oct 2008 story in Social Responsibility