Category Archives: Writing

Billy Ray, Not the Singer

Billy Ray

There’s Drive, one of my favorite films and film soundtracks, and then there’s Drive. That thing which compels us to pursue some action or purpose. Screenwriter and director Billy Ray stopped in to teach one of Hal Ackerman’s lectures on … Continue reading

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Somebody Picked Me or The VC Film Fund

Danny Pudi

When I started writing Made in Taiwan as a nubile Theatre major in college at Virginia Tech, I never thought that a decade and a half later, I’d be turning it into a film. I thought it was only going … Continue reading

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Takes A Strong Heart

Part of the lecture series in the Professional Program at UCLA is welcoming seasoned and high profile professionals. I love these. I’m always reminded of two things: artists are incredibly courageous and writing and acting are almost exactly the same … Continue reading

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Believe in Anvil

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I’ve started writing my new screenplay in my final semester of the UCLA pro program and we had a guest speaker visit by the name of Sacha Gervasi. He wrote The Terminal starring Tom Hanks, directed by Steven Spielberg. The … Continue reading

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X Marks the Spot

Visual Beats

It has been a very busy winter quarter indeed. I was recently seen for one of those “big” blockbuster roles that could quite possibly change my life or at least…how long I’d need to wait for takeout, curbside assistance at … Continue reading

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