Distinguished Screenwriter Award Goes to  Sam Shepard at 15th annual Austin Film Festival.

Distinguished Screenwriter Awardee, Sam Shepard
Austin Film Festival Award Luncheon
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008
Austin Club
The Austin Film Festival (AFF) is honored to announce that screenwriter, actor, director and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard will accept a Distinguished Screenwriter Award at the 15th annual Austin Film […]

2008 Austin Film Festival and Conference Panelists.

It’s coming up fast! The AFF Conference consists of 4 days of panels (October 16th-19th) located in the Driskill Hotel and Stephen F. Austin Hotel in downtown Austin. Time is running out to purchase your Producers or Conference badge at the lowest offered rate.
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SWAMP Presents: Writing Producing and Pitching the TV Pilot with Laurie Scheer.

Writing Producing and Pitching the TV Pilot
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Rice University Media Center
Houston, Texas
9:00am - 4:30pm
Instructor: Laurie Scheer
In this seminar, you will learn:
- The current overall television marketplace
- How to do the research to support your pilot idea
- The secrets of successful television pilots
- […]

The Austin Film Festival wishes to congratulate to 3 of their 2007 Screenwriters!

Screenwriter Updates:
Jimmy Miller (2007 Adult/Family Winner for Slugger) is managed by Josh McGuire of Washington Square Arts. At the 2007 festival he met Gayla Nethercott of Don Buchwald & Associates and she signed on to be his agent. He also met […]

Learn from Austin, Texas independent filmmaker, Kat Candler (cicadas, Roberta Wells, jumping off bridges) how to make a short film.

Registration is open for summer film classes. Learn everything from writing and creating memorable characters to submitting your film to festivals.
From Script to Screen
Tuesdays, 6:30pm-9pm
May 13 - August 12th (no class July 1st)
FINAL SCREENING: August […]

Join the Austin Screenwriters Group today!

The Austin Screenwriters Group offers quite a lot for free. Meetings are twice a month at Book People to read a member’s screenplay. You can learn how to improve your own writing by seeing and hearing what works and what doesn’t work in other people’s scripts. It’s also […]

Meet Award-Winning Playwright and Screenwriter Catherine Ann Jones

Join award-winning playwright and screenwriter (”Touched by an Angel”) in this unique exploration into the power of story to heal and transform.
Catherine has played major roles in over fifty productions on and off-Broadway, as well as television and film. Disappointed by the lack of good roles for women, […]

Interview with Actor/Director Jett Garner
by Chris Weidner
ShortFilmTexas.Com
Film: Womb
Cast: Matt Dunn, Jessica Robertson
Writer/Director: Jett Garner
Format: MiniDV
Location: Austin, Texas
Like many actors in Austin, Texas, Jett Garner has had his fair share of brief brushes with success. One such opportunity was landing a small speaking role in the Ron Howard produced version of The Alamo. While this job […]