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Emmy Winning Writer of “The Office” To Receive 2008 Austin Film Festival Outstanding Television Writer Award

September 05, 2008 By: Chris Weidner Category: Austin, Film Festivals, News No Comments »

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 [...]

University of Texas Film School Alumni Shauna Cross Returns To Austin for Austin Film Festival and Conference

August 14, 2008 By: Chris Weidner Category: TX Film Community No Comments »

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 [...]

Austin Film Festival Confirms That Shane Black is Back as Panelist

August 03, 2008 By: Chris Weidner Category: Austin, Film Festivals, News No Comments »

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 Screenwriter’s Group Spring Workshop Presents “Dave Trottier”

February 20, 2008 By: Chris Weidner Category: Austin, Classes/Workshops, News, Resources, TX Film Community No Comments »

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: [...]

Writer’s Strike Ends Leaving “Friday Night Lights” In Limbo

February 14, 2008 By: admin Category: Austin, News No Comments »

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. [...]

Austin Writer’s Workshop Meeting

February 03, 2008 By: admin Category: Austin, Classes/Workshops, TX Film Community No Comments »

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, Interviews and Short Films of Jett Garner

January 20, 2008 By: admin Category: Austin, Short Films, TX Film Community No Comments »

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 [...]

Dallas Screenwriters Association Scene Readings

January 04, 2008 By: admin Category: Dallas/Fort Worth, Resources, TX Film Community No Comments »

Dallas Screenwriters Association - Scene Readings
When: January 8, 2008
Scene Readings:
The next DSA Scene Readings will be January 8th at
Half Price Books
5803 E. Northwest Hwy.
East of Central Expressway
To learn more visit: DallasScreenwriters.Com

Red Asphalt: Part 2

April 25, 2007 By: Shawn Hunter Category: Filmmaker Interviews 1 Comment »

Blood, Sweat and Tears: Adventures in No Budget Movie Making! (Part 2)
The Making of “Red Asphalt”: Part 2
by Brian Nelligan
Shooting The Film:
The first day of shooting I had all the actors park at my dad’s house and then we carpooled to the location. I didn’t want to have like ten cars on the set and [...]

Red Asphalt: Part 1

April 15, 2007 By: Shawn Hunter Category: Filmmaker Interviews No Comments »

Blood, Sweat and Tears: Adventures in No Budget Movie Making!

The Making of “Red Asphalt”
by Brian Nelligan
The Story:
Red Asphalt is a short action film that I made to submit to the new reality show on Fox called “The Lot.” I also made this movie to experiment with my visual style and develop the story for a [...]