“Arrested Development” Creator Mitchell Hurwitz to Receive Outstanding Television Writer Award at 2009 Austin Film Festival.

The Austin Film Festival (AFF) proudly announces that “Arrested Development” creator Mitchell Hurwitz will accept the 2009 Outstanding Television Writer Award during the Festival’s annual Awards Luncheon on Saturday, October 24th, 2009. In addition to claiming the honor, Hurwitz will [...]

Five-time Emmy Winner and Adapter of “The Office,” Greg Daniels, Will Accept AFF 2008 Outstanding Television Writer Award.

Writer, producer and director Greg Daniels will be honored with the 2008 Outstanding Television Writer Award at the 15th Annual Austin Film Festival (Oct. 16-23, 2008). Daniels will receive the award at the Austin Film Festival [...]

AFF Welcomes Screenwriter Shauna Cross Back To Austin.

Austinite and former University of Texas Film school graduate Shauna Cross has made plans to attend the Austin Film Festival Conference. Recently named 1 of Variety’s “10 Screenwriters to Watch”, Shauna’s latest screenplay, “Whip It!” was picked up by Drew Barrymore’s Flower Films and is set to [...]

Shane Black Confirmed Panelist at 2008 Austin Film Festival.

About Shane Black:
Writer, Director and Producer Shane Black made his mark as a screenwriter after his action/buddy script Lethal Weapon became a runaway hit at the box-office with stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as a pair of mismatched cops. Not only did Black’s storytelling redefine the [...]

AUSTIN SCREENWRITERS GROUP SPRING WORKSHOP
The Austin Screenwriters Group Spring Workshop is scheduled for May 31 and June 1, 2008. Our guest will be Dave Trottier.

CLICK HERE to learn more about Mr. Trottier.
There will be a number of ways offered that you can get yourself and your work in front of Dave.
These include:
Event: Craft Sessions
Open To: [...]

From the streets of Hollywood to the sidewalks of Austin, the Writers Guild of America workers head back to work Wednesday.
In Texas the strike didn’t effect many film projects but it 
stopped weekly TV shows Prison Break and Friday Night Lights in their tracks, costing the local economies of Dallas and Austin a pretty penny. [...]

The Austin Writers Workshop meets Monday, February 4th, at 6:30 pm at the at the Barnes & Noble located at ‘The Village at Westlake’ at the corner of Bee Caves Rd. & Loop 360.
Anton Diether, also known as the `king of all media,’ is bringing the next 50 pages of `Star Inventor.’ It’s the [...]

Resume for Austin Actor/Writer/Director Jett Garner.

Name: Jett Garner
Occupation: Actor/Writer/Director
Website: IMDB.COM
Contact: jgarner32@hotmail.com
RESUME:
Actor:
Baghead (2008) …. Jett Garner
73 (2007) …Husband
An Oscar Moment: Episode #5 (2007)… Oscar
An Oscar Moment: Episode #17 (2007) … Oscar
The Cassidy Kids (2006) …. Deputy to McKenzie
My Comfortable Stranger (2005) …. Luke
Re-elect Joe (2004) …. Frank
The Alamo (2004) …. Grey #2
The [...]