August 31, 2023
AFI Spotlight on BLUE BEETLE Screenwriter Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer
Ushering in a new age of DC superheroes, BLUE BEETLE, arrived in theaters August 18, having miraculously survived the film industry shutdown during COVID, two studio sales and now two strikes. Featuring DC's first-ever live-action Latino superhero, the film was adapted from the original comics by AFI Alum Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer (AFI Class of 2013) and...
May 31, 2023
What is Screenwriting and What Does a Screenwriter Do?
JUMP TO SECTION What is Screenwriting? What does a Screenwriter do? Who becomes a Screenwriter? What are the career paths for Screenwriters? What is the Screenwriting program at the AFI Conservatory film school? 10 Screenwriting Terms to Know Recent Projects by AFI Conservatory Screenwriting Alumni What is Screenwriting? Screenwriting is the specialized craft of writing...
April 3, 2023
Spotlight on Raelle Tucker and Brennan Elizabeth Peters, the Writers and AFI Alumni Behind THE POWER
Emmy®-nominated television writer, producer, and showrunner Raelle Tucker (AFI DWW Class of 2003) first crossed paths with writer Brennan Elizabeth Peters (AFI Class of 2015) when they were paired during AFI’s Writers’ Room Ready program to develop Brennan’s first pilot “The Empress.” Her script not only went on to win the AFI Writers' Room Ready...
February 1, 2023
Spotlight on the AFI Filmmakers Behind WE WERE MEANT TO
This month, we spoke to the AFI Alumni behind the short film WE WERE MEANT TO, the first AFI Thesis film to be named an official selection at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in 12 years. A coming-of-age story set in a world where Black men have wings, the film serves as a searing allegory...
July 1, 2022
Spotlight Interview on Writer Wei-Ning Yu (THE DROPOUT, SEVERANCE)
This month, we spoke to screenwriter and AFI Alum Wei-Ning Yu (AFI Class of 2010) who first broke into writing for television on the neo-noir murder mystery BRIARPATCH. This year, she served as a writer on the critically acclaimed true-crime series THE DROPOUT from Liz Meriwether that charted the course of disgraced Theranos CEO and Founder...
May 2, 2022
AFI Spotlight Interview: PACHINKO Writer Franklin Rho
Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, writer/director Franklin Rho (AFI Class of 2004) grew up with a passion for auteur-driven arthouse cinema which ultimately led him to the Directing Program at the AFI Conservatory. His thesis film THE MONSTER AND THE PEANUT, which played at myriad film festivals, was the recipient of a grant from the Alfred...
May 14, 2021
Catching up with MARE OF EASTTOWN creator, writer and AFI alum Brad Ingelsby
Originally on track to pursue a Business career, Brad Ingelsby (AFI Class of 2005) landed at AFI after taking a screenwriting class and hasn’t looked back since. He broke onto the scene in 2013 with the film OUT OF THE FURNACE, directed by Scott Cooper and starring Christian Bale, which he first started writing at…
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