Episodes

THE 2026 L.A. VERTICAL DRAMA MARKET IS OVER BUT NOT FORGOTTEN --- HOW COULD IT BE? FOUNDER AND HOST DANA PROTSYSHAK PUT TOGETHER ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING GATHERING OF VERTICAL INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS EVER! IN THIS EPISODE WE DEBRIEF THE FOUNDER AND VERT-I-GO MEDIA APP CREATOR DANA PROTSYSHAK ON HOW SHE PULLED THIS ONE OFF. THE CONFERENCE WAS THE EPICENTER FOR ALL THINGS VERTICAL; LABS WITH THE WRITERS FROM THE BEST VERTICAL APPS, INDUSTRY EXES WHO ARE SHIFTING THE MOVIE-MAKING LANDSCAPE, CREATORS ...

THE 2026 L.A. VERTICAL DRAMA MARKET IS OVER BUT NOT FORGOTTEN --- HOW COULD IT BE? FOUNDER AND HOST DANA PROTSYSHAK PUT TOGETHER ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING GATHERING OF VERTICAL INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS EVER! IN THIS EPISODE WE DEBRIEF THE FOUNDER AND VERTIGO DRAMA APP CREATOR DANA PROTSYSHAK ON HOW SHE PULLED THIS ONE OFF. THE CONFERENCE WAS THE EPICENTER FOR ALL THINGS VERTICAL; LABS WITH THE WRITERS FROM THE BEST VERTICAL APPS, INDUSTRY EXES WHO ARE SHIFTING THE MOVIE-MAKING LANDSCAPE, CREATORS...

On The Screenwriter Show, host Gail Stewart sits down with Matthew Lutz and Josh Lannan — the brains behind Hollywood’s Allegory Conference — the best screenwriters’ conference ever. If there’s one screenwriting conference you should already have circled for 2027, it’s the Allegory Conference from Hollywood Speakeasy — a community built by screenwriters, for screenwriters. Last month’s event at Solar Studios wasn’t just another panel-and-network industry gathering — it delivered. Smart, relevant...

MARTA MENDEZ CROSS - LA based writer, actor, director, producer, discusses her latest inspirational film “iChild” — a short sci-fi drama that follows Nova, a woman on the brink, navigating a world where technology is her only companion as she struggles with memories she can't escape. iCHILD is featured at the 33rd San Diego Latino Film Festival and has already won several awards including the Best Narrative Short at the Newport Beach Film Festival. She was selected as a grant recipient of the ...

"IN-HOUSE" IS A NEW VERTICAL WORKPLACE COMEDY CREATED BY ELI SHELL -- VERTICAL SERIES DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER AT SIDEWISE STUDIOS IN L.A. WE TALK ALL THINGS VERTICAL ON TODAY'S SHOW AS THE MICRO DRAMA/ VERTICAL MARKET CONTINUES TO COMMAND ATTENTION. "IN-HOUSE" CAN BE VIEWED ON YOU TUBE. CHECK IT OUT!

MICRO-DRAMAS — VERTICAL SERIES — CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT! SANDRA TURKIEWICZ CO-FOUNDER OF "BEHIND THE VERTICALS" TAKES A DEEP DIVE INTO WHAT'S DRIVING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO WATCH "MOVIES" ON THEIR PHONES! PLUS - SAN DIEGO'S OWN MARTHA RODRIGUEZ TALKS ABOUT HER LATEST FILM "HEART ON THE DIAMOND" SHOWING AT THE SAN DIEGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL.

HEIDI HORNBACHER BRINGS US A FRESH LOOK ON HOW TO STRUCTURE A SCRIPT! SHE'S AN L.A. FILMMAKER, PRODUCER, SCREENWRITER AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SCRIPT CLINIC AND PAGECRAFT , WHICH OFFERS SCRIPT COACHING, WORKSHOPS AND WRITERS RETREATS. HEIDI SHARES ALL IN THE EPISODE OF THE SCREENWRITERSHOW.COM ALSO SAN DIEGO'S FILMMAKERS NETWORK - IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS MONTHLY EVENT AT SPARK STUDIO SOUNDSTAGE -- YOU NEED TO! ORGANIZER KARL WEISS IS ON THE SHOW TO TELLS ALL ABOUT FR...

CHLOE RAY (actor/producer/director) AND RENEE STORY (LA -based Literary Manager also helped produce the hilarious new office comedy series "NOBLE HOMES." The series was an official selection at the Austin Film Festival and is headed to the NY Comedy Festival. They explain the entire process of the idea, the script and the festival circuit. ALSO — MARCELLAS CLAY Texas-based actor/writer/producer/director talks about his coming of age series “MZ. PARKER” and life with a camera in his hand. The Scr...

CANADA FILMMAKER FITCH JEAN AND FLORIDA SCREENWRITER MAYLEN DOMINGUEZ LIVE FROM THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL! "ETHAN BLOOM" WRITTEN BY MAYLEN DOMINGUEZ IS A TENDER, COMING OF AGE STORY ABOUT AN AWKWARD TEENAGER NAVIGATING THE LOSS OF HIS MOTHER WHILE SECRETLY CONVERTING TO CATHOLICISM BUT.... HIS FAMILY IS JEWISH. DIRECTOR FITCH JEAN : "IT COMES IN WAVES" THIS IS A GRIPPING TALE OF A YOUNG RWANDAN-CANADIAN MAN WHO STRUGGLES TO RAISE HIS YOUNGER SISTER WHILE THEIR MOTHER BATTLES ADDICTION FORCING...

San Diego screenwriters Gail Stewart and Ted Holmes sit down with the phenomenal Rasheed Newson — Co-Creator and Executive Producer of the hit series Bel-Air . Rasheed’s powerhouse credits include serving as Co-Executive Producer and/or Showrunner on Narcos , The Chi , and Animal Kingdom , as well as producing The 100 — to name just a few. He’s also the author of the New York Times bestselling novel My Government Means to Kill Me . In this exclusive conversation, Rasheed shares what it’s really ...