You hear a lot of people say “Oh I could do better than that” when watching TV or a movie. In the case of Stephen and his writing partner, an episode of “Baywatch” inspired them to try their luck at screenwriting. That inspiration was followed by writing some bad scripts and then some not-so-bad scripts, [...]
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Today’s profile subject is a current (January 2012) nominee for the Writer’s Guild of America Award for Animation for an episode of ”Futurama” he wrote as an assignment while he was a writer’s assistant on the show. He was not new to “Futurama,” though, nor was he new to the television business, and his path to becoming staffed on a [...]
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In spite of being a writer, Executive Producer, and actor on one of the top half-hour comedies on network television, “The Office,” Mindy Kaling is near the beginning of her entertainment career. Unlike “Stories I Only Tell My Friends,” in which actor Rob Lowe chronicles his 30-plus years in showbiz or “Bossypants,” whose author, [...]
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If you hear that someone has gone from being an award-winning Napa Valley wine maker to an award-winning Hollywood writer, you assume that by the time they are on the podium accepting the trophy in their 2nd career, they have it all figured out, right? Well, what happens when their source of income disappears [...]
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Whether or not you became a fan of Tina Fey when she was a co-host of Weekend Update on “Saturday Night Live” or as the creator/showrunner and star of the Emmy winning NBC series “30 Rock,” you must recognize that she has broken a lot of ground as a woman in comedy, an especially [...]
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Writer I. Marlene King initially broke in as a screenwriter, selling pitches and then writing the script, and spent some time in “development hell” before having a film produced. Her early days of filmmaking involved collaboration with an established actress, a process which, for her, proved to be highly instructive and rewarding. Crossing over to television has also proven [...]
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I know by now (2nd week of 2011) you are probably wondering, “Where’s all that new content she’s been hyping on the Facebook page and on Twitter?” I know, I know… but it’s coming! I’ve interviewed some great entertainment industry professionals – with many more to come. I’ve got some fantastic entertainment career advice in the works. [...]
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Though Robert Walters launched his entertainment career in NY while in grad school and then lived in Los Angeles for a few years, he is a great example of someone who has connected with existing entertainment-related opportunities in his “outside LA” area and formed his own creative community for getting his stories out there. Robert is [...]
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Though Robert Walters launched his entertainment career in NY while in grad school and then lived in Los Angeles for a few years, he is a great example of someone who has connected with existing entertainment-related opportunities in his “outside LA” area and formed his own creative community for getting his stories out there. Robert is [...]
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Today’s Inside Scoop subject, Nina Bargiel, is truly on the cutting edge of entertainment, embodying fictional characters across platforms, creating the social media trappings of a real life for them. It’s a writing assignment she relishes and we here at YII believe that if you want to know what the future of storytelling holds, following Nina [...]
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