Episodes

“AMERICAN AGITATORS” -- A RAYMOND TELLES DOCUMENTARY Three-time Emmy Award Winning director/writer Raymond Telles brings us the epic film about Fred Ross – the original agitator – who trained the likes of Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta on how to organize an effective protest. "American Agitators" is a documentary being featured at the San Diego Latino Film Festival . Also on the show: Maria Paula Lorgia Garnica -- the ArtisticDirector of the San Diego Latino Film Festival (SDLFF). Maria gives ...

"LAS TRES SISTERS" by MARTA MENDEZ CROSS - L.A. BASED DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/SCREENWRITER/ACTOR SITS DOWN WITH GAIL STEWART AND TALKS ABOUT HER NINE YEAR JOURNEY TO MAKE THIS WONDERFUL FEATURE LENGTH FILM THAT GIVES AUDIENCES HOPE AND INSPIRATION. ALSO - LIVE TABLE READ - "40 ACRES OF LOVE" - a rollicking RomCom comes alive thanks to San Diego Actors! Hedy MacDonald - Mary Shazer Ruddy Jamison - Rodney Hornberg Juli West - Lily Shazer Evan Nejad - Jerry Coates Christine Altan - NARRATOR

"DESERT ANGEL" — IS ONE OF THE MOST RELEVANT FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY OUT THERE! SIX YEARS IN THE MAKING, DIRECTOR VINCENT DE LUCA JOINS THE SAN DIEGO SCREEN WRITERS STUDIO FOR AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW — THE DOCUMENTARY IS ABOUT AN AGING TRAILBLAZER OF MIGRANT SEARCH AND RESCUE WHO RISKS ALL TO FIND A MOTHER’S MISSING SON BEFORE THE BORDER WASTELANDS CLAIM THE YOUNG MAN FOREVER. ALSO ON THE SHOW — CANADIAN WRITER/DIRECTOR PETER PASYK AND HIS QUIRKY FILM “THE UNDERSTUDY” — A SHORT FILM ABOUT AN UN...

WRITER/DIRECTOR MICHAEL CLARKSON SHOWS OFF HIS BRILLIANCE IN AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW WITH THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO. CLARKSON, A WRITER IN THE ROOM FOR "WHEEL OF TIME", "GAME OF THRONES", AND HIS OWN CREATION "RED ROSE" DEBUT HIS NEW HORROR FILM "UPHOLSTERGEIST." ALSO -- ATTENTION ALL FEMALE SCREENWRITERS -- THE WOMEN'S LIST IS HERE!!! JAN KIMBROUGH WITH THE WOMEN'S LIST GIVES ALL THE REASONS WHY WE NEED THIS INCREDIBLE NEW RESOURCE CREATED BY WOMEN -- FOR WOMEN! THEWOMENSLIST.ORG

* SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITER STUDIO'S PRODUCER/HOST GAIL STEWART GOES TO THE STOWE STORY NARRATIVE LAB IN ALABAMA AND COMES BACK WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO GET A SEAT AT THE TABLE! YOU GOT THIS! * RAUL SANDELIN TALKS ABOUT HOW THE "ONE PAGER" AND HOW TO USE IT TO ADVANCE IN THE INDUSTRY. * AND UCSD STUDENT ROHUN KULSHRESTHA SHARES DETAILS ON THE TRITON FILM CLUB, HIS SHORT FILM AND HIS UNIQUE APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR.

"FREE BIRD" LOGLINE: After her overbearing husband of 30 years suddenly dies, a now broken, celebrity attorney embarks on a sexual journey as widow in Hollywood. SAN DIEGO ACTORS COME TOGETHER FOR A TEN PAGE TABLE READ OF "FREE BIRD" - A HALF-HOUR DRAMA FOR PREMIUM CABLE NARRATOR: CHRISTINE ALTAN SHIRLEY: HEDY MCDONALD JULIE: LACY ROSE EARL: RUDDY JAMESON DAVID: RAUL SANDELIN OFFICER PALTZ: LOK HWA BECKY: JULI BECK BOB: LOK HWA

JOIN THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO FOR THREE FANTASTIC INTERVIEWS WITH SCREENWRITERS WHO HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO GET SELECTED -- "THE UNDERSTUDY": PETER PASYK WRITER/DIRECTOR "VIAL": CAROLINE IAFFALDANO WRITER/DIRECTOR "FORTUNE": COREY COTT ACTOR/WRITER HOW THEY DEVELOPED THE SCRIPT HOW THEY SNAGGED THE ACTORS AND HOW THEY PULLED IT ALL TOGETHER TO GET SELECTED AT THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL!

IF YOU WANT TO WRITE A BOOK OR IF YOU HAVE A BOOK AND WANT TO ADAPT IT INTO A SERIES/MOVIE THIS IS THE PODCAST EPISODE THAT TELLS YOU ALL ABOUT IT! THE SCREENWRITERS STUDIO TALKS TO CAITLIN ROTHER WHO REFUSES TO GIVE UP ON HOLLYWOOD AND WHAT SHE'S DOING TO EXPAND HER PORTFOLIO.

"CRUISE BOOM": A SOCIAL JUSTICE DOCUMENTARY. ELLEN FRANKENSTEIN IS AN INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR, PRODUCER AND MEDIA ARTIST. LEARN HOW SHE CREATED THIS INCREDIBLE SOCIAL JUSTICE DOC AND HOW SHE BALANCED THE DIFFICULT DILEMMA THIS STORY PRESENTED. FRANKENSTEIN TELLS US HOW SHE DID IT IN THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ONLY ON THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO. FRANKENSTEIN’S DIRECTING CREDITS INCLUDE TRACING ROOTS, EATING ALASKA, NO LOITERING, AND CARVED FROM THE HEART. SHE'S CREATED A SERIES CALLED 14 MI...

LA BASED SCREENWRITER SUSIE MENDOZA IS A CREATIVE FORCE THATSHARES HER MINDSET, DRIVE, AND HOW HOLLYWOOD'S NETWORKING PAYS OFF ... GETTINGAN IDEA TO THE SCREEN! WE MET SCREENWRITER SUSIE MENDOZA AND DIRECTOR KATIE LOCKEO'BRIAN AT THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL WHERE "DICK BUNNY" HAD ITS WORLDPREMIERE LAST YEAR. SINCE THEN, THIS CRAZY "BUNNY" OF A COMEDYWEB-SERIES HAS GONE ON TO WIN NUMEROUS AWARDS -- WINNER OF THE HOLLYSHORTSWEBSERIES! YOU CAN WATCH IT NOW FOR A LIMITED TIME ON DICKBUNNY.COM ---...

LA BASED SCREENWRITER SUSIE MENDOZA IS A CREATIVE FORCE THAT SHARES HER MINDSET, DRIVE, AND HOW HOLLYWOOD'S NETWORKING PAYS OFF ... GETTING AN IDEA TO THE SCREEN! WE MET SCREENWRITER SUSIE MENDOZA AND DIRECTOR KATIE LOCKE O'BRIAN AT THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL WHERE "DICK BUNNY" HAD ITS WORLD PREMIERE LAST YEAR. SINCE THEN, THIS CRAZY "BUNNY" OF A COMEDY WEB-SERIES HAS GONE ON TO WIN NUMEROUS AWARDS -- WINNER OF THE HOLLYSHORTS WEBSERIES! YOU CAN WATCH IT NOW FOR A LIMITED TIME ON DICKBUNNY.COM ---...

SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO'S GAIL STEWART AND RAUL SANDELIN SIT DOWN WITH JASON HELLERMAN TO BREAK DOWN THE REINVENTION OF HOLLYWOOD. THIS IS A MUST LISTEN FOR EMERGING SCREENWRITERS. IN THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW JASON TALKS ABOUT THE INDUSTRY AND THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE. REINVENTING HOLLYWOOD...WOW! JASON HELLERMAN GRADUATED FROM PENN STATE UNIVERSITY IN FILM PRODUCTION & ENGLISH AND HOLDS AN MFA IN SCREENWRITING & FILM THEORY FROM BOSTON UNIVERSITY. HIS SCREENPLAY, SHOVEL BUDDIES, MADE THE TO...

VERONICA MALE IS A 2023 ACADEMY'S NICHOLL AWARD FINALIST FOR HER SCRIPT "SHOWSTOPPER" ABOUT THE MAKING OF "SINGING IN THE RAIN" DURING THE RED SCARE...THE MCCARTHY ERA. A HELLUVA SCREENWRITER AND HAS COVETED PANEL SLOTS AT THE 2024 COMIC COM SAN DIEGO!!!!! SHE JOINS GAIL STEWART AND RAUL SANDELIN ON THE SCREENWRITERS STUDIO.

"CRAVING NORMAL": L.A. WRITER MICHELE MILES GARDNER CAPITALIZES ON HER CRAZY CHILDHOOD JOURNEY AFTER HER MOM AND DAD TURNED INTO HIPPIES.... MICHELE HAS WRITTEN ESSAYS AND ARTICLES FOR MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS. BUT WHAT SHE ENJOYS MOST IS STORYTELLING–WRITING ABOUT LIFE, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY WITH HER OWN HUMOROUS SLANT. “CRAVING NORMAL,” IS A COLLECTION OF STORIES ABOUT BEING BORN TO SUBURBANITES WHO VEERED WAY OFF AND TRANSFORMED INTO NUDE-BEACH-GOING, WORLD-TRAVELING-HIPPIES, AND OTHER ADVEN...

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO HOSTS GAIL STEWART AND RAUL SANDELIN TALK WITH DILLON TUCKER -- WRITER/DIRECTOR - ABOUT HIS NEW MOVIE "PURE O." AN UNCOMPROMISING DRAMA ABOUT A COMPLEX AND LITTLE UNDERSTOOD MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER INSPIRED BY DILLON'S PERSONAL AND RAW JOURNEY OF LIVING WITH PURE OCD. "PURE O" : WRITER & DIRECTOR: DILLON TUCKER WITH - DANIEL DORR HOPE LAUREN LANDRY BENDER JEFFERY A. BAKER *** AND RAUL SANDELIN CAUTIONS US ABOUT "INTERNAL" THEMES, AND WHY EMERGING SCREENWRITERS M...

WRITER/DIRECTOR DAVID RODRIGUEZ ESTRADA'S NEW FILM "EL TESORO" IS A SHORT, BUT POTENT EXAMPLE OF ART ACTIVISM FOCUSING ON THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS SOUTH OF THE BORDER. ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE ADRIANA BARRAZA DELIVERS A POWER-PACKED PERFORMANCE IN THIS SHORT MYSTERIOUS DRAMA FILMED IN GUADALAJARA, MEXICO... THE LAND OF THE DISAPPEARED . ALSO STARRING: ROBERTO SOSAS MONICA HUARTE --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gail-stewart0/message

CANADIAN WRITER/DIRECTOR MEREDITH HAMA-BROWN TAKES ON THE TURBULENT THEMES OF SHAME AND MULTI-GENERATIONAL SORROW IN HER SPECTACULAR CINEMATIC FEATURE FILM "SEAGRASS." GETTING A FILM CREW TOGETHER, LAST MINUTE SCRIPT CHANGES, DELETED SCENES -- ALL PART OF HER FEATURE FILM PROCESS. PLUS -- THE ART OF VISUAL STORYTELLING -- GAIL STEWART AND RAUL SANDELIN EXPLORE HOW THIS FILM'S CINEMATOGRAPHY SHOWS US THE EMOTIONAL UNDERCURRENT OF THIS FILM. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotif...

SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO'S GAIL STEWART AND RAUL SANDELIN HAVE TIPS THAT TAKES YOUR REWRITE TO A NEW LEVEL. GET YOUR "REWRITE CHECKLIST" FOR FREE FROM THE WRITERSSTORE.COM. PLUS -- WORDS OF WISDOM: TAKE THE DAMN NOTE! AND REMEMBER DON'T JUST KILL YOUR DARLINGS...SLAUGHTER THEM! SYMBOLISM...IT'S THE FINAL PROCESS OF REWRITE -- THE SURGICAL EDITS THAT POLISH THE SCRIPT. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gail-stewart0/message

BRIAN HELGELAND'S LATEST FILM IS A GRIPPING, EMOTIONAL STORY OF TWO BROTHERS REUNITING AFTER BEING RAISED IN TWO VERY DIFFERENT WORLDS. BRIAN'S NAME MAY SOUND FAMILIAR, HE IS WELL-KNOWN IN HOLLYWOOD FOR WINNING THE ACADEMY AWARD "BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY" FOR "L.A. CONFIDENTIAL" AT THE AGE OF 37! HIS 2003 MOVIE "MYSTIC RIVER" WAS NOMINATED FOR 6 ACADEMY AWARDS WITH ACTORS SEAN PENN AND TIM ROBBINS WINNING BEST ACTOR AND BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR RESPECTIVELY. HIS LIST OF WRITING CREDITS IS EXTENSIVE....

" DON'T TELL LARRY" - WHICH PREMIERED AT THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL - WAS CO-WRITTEN BY GREG PORPER AND JOHN SCHIMKE. IT RECENTLY WAS AN OFFICIALLY SELECTION FOR THE UPCOMING GARDEN STATE (NEW JERSEY) FILM FESTIVAL. GREG PORPER JOINS US AND SHARES HIS EXPERIENCE ON CO-WRITING A FEATURE FILM . ABOUT GREG: AS THE FILM'S LEAD PRODUCER, GREG FOUNDED THE PRODUCTION COMPANY DON'T TELL LARRY LLC, STRATEGICALLY CRAFTING, PITCHING, AND EXECUTING THE FILM'S BUSINESS PLAN, SECURING ALL OF THE FINANCING FRO...

"DICK BUNNY" - A COMICAL AND FANTASTICAL LOOK AT MOTHERHOOD! A SHORT FORM, HIGH CONCEPT DIGITAL COMEDY SERIES CREATED BY SCREENWRITER SUSIE MENDOZA AND DIRECTED BY KATIE LOCKE O'BRIAN -- JUST OFF THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT! THE IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW WITH THIS DYNAMIC DUO PROVIDES A GRITTY LESSON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO TRUST "YOUR VOICE" AND HOW TO LAUNCH YOUR NEXT WILD IDEA, AND GET TRACTION! PLUS -- "ALPHA" TIPS FOR THE NEW YEAR! FINAL THOUGHTS: THE AUSTRALIAN SMASH HIT "FISK" -- THE SUPER WITTY COMEDY T...

KIYAN AGADJANI -- WRITER/DIRECTOR OF "ARMAN & ELISA" -- WINNER OF AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL'S BEST SHORT FILM PRIZE. DO YOU TRUST YOUR "VOICE"? AGADJANI SHARES HIS ADVICE AND HOW HE DEVELOPED HIS AWARD-WINNING PLOT DEVICE. *RAUL SANDELIN --- TIPS FOR SELLING YOUR T.V. PILOT ! *THE 34TH ANNUAL SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL ABOUT TO KICK OFF ! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gail-stewart0/message

*PORTUGAL SCREENWRITER ANTONIO SEQUEIRA SHARES THE FILMMAKING TECHNIQUES USED IN HIS SWEET "COMING OF AGE" STORY. DETAILS ON A SIMPLE YET POWERFUL EXERCISE HE GAVE HIS ACTORS TO BRING MORE EMOTION TO THE FILM, AND HOW HE OUTLINED THE FILM FOR PASSAGE OF TIME. A UNIQUE AND FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON FILMMAKING! *CO-HOST RAUL SANDELIN SHARES HIS TIPS TO ENSURE YOU HIT THE MID-POINT OF YOUR NEXT SCREENPLAY WITH ACTION AND PACING. *PLUS BIG SCREEN HOLIDAY MOVIES AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR HOLLYWOOD! JOIN THE S...

In her latest feature film, Writer/Director Laura Adkin sits down with the San Diego Screenwriters Studio and talks in-depth about her writing experience, working with actors to bring their craft to the scenes, including Broadway actor Jesse Martin, and getting the funding for a feature film Also, she why she created a new type of "character" for her husband, actor David James Lewis! Plus, tricks to get a executive/producer/manager to read beyond the first ten pages of your script! Join Hosts Ga...