Lauri Donahue

  • Screenwriting

“Being In Charge Of Your Own Story”: Tony Gilroy on the Joys and Embarrassments of Being a Writer-Director

Tony Gilroy is one of the busiest and most successful screenwriters and directors working today. His first produced screenplay was…

5 years ago
  • Screenwriting

Hearing What’s In Your Head: Kenneth Lonergan On His Process of Writing As a Director

Kenneth Lonergan is a playwright, screenwriter, and director best-known for his searing Oscar-winning original screenplay for Manchester by the Sea.…

5 years ago
  • Movie News

Advice From Austin: The 27 Best Things Screenwriters Said at the Austin Film Festival Writers Conference

To hear smart, funny, and interesting things about screenwriting—from people who know what they're talking about—the place to be is…

6 years ago
  • Screenwriting

Finding the Human: Dan Gilroy Talks Script Formatting and Writing Roman J. Israel, Esq. on Spec for Denzel Washington

Dan Gilroy's newest movie, Roman J. Israel, Esq. stars Denzel Washington as a legal savant—a civil rights attorney who's been…

6 years ago
  • Screenwriting

A Screenwriter’s Guide to Getting (and Keeping) an Agent: An Interview with David Boxerbaum of Paradigm

Many new screenwriters think about getting an agent as soon as—or even before—they've finished their first scripts. For most people,…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Bryan Cranston Goes Feral: Writer-Director Robin Swicord on Her Strange New Feature, Wakefield

What if you could disappear from your own life, but still, somehow, watch it go on without you? That's the…

7 years ago
  • MM Guide 2017

Secrets of Successful Screenwriting Teams: How to Avoid Bloodshed When Writing a Script With a Partner

Throughout history, most writers have worked alone, whether scratching away with quills in garrets or tapping on laptops at Starbucks.…

7 years ago