1997 June Screenwriters Lab

The Screenwriters Lab is a five-day writer’s workshop that gives independent screenwriters the opportunity to work intensively on their feature film scripts with the support of established writers in an environment that encourages innovation and creative risk-taking. One-on-one story sessions with Creative Advisors support, challenge, and inspire the screenwriters during this intensive process of script development.
Filmmakers typically begin their participation in the Feature Film Program with the January Screenwriters Lab, the only Lab for which there is an open application.

  • Credits
  • Projects

Gyula Gazdag

Creative Advisor

Allison Anders

Creative Advisor

Jon Amiel

Creative Advisor

Michael Apted

Creative Advisor

Alice Arlen

Creative Advisor

Kathy Bates

Creative Advisor

Walter Bernstein

Creative Advisor

Aida Bortnik

Creative Advisor

Robert Caswell

Creative Advisor

Martha Coolidge

Creative Advisor

Joan Darling

Creative Advisor

Allen Daviau

Creative Advisor

Charles Fuller

Creative Advisor

Nelson George

Creative Advisor

Carlin Glynn

Creative Advisor

Stephen Goldblatt

Creative Advisor

Robbie Greenberg

Creative Advisor

Peter Hedges

Creative Advisor

Agnieszka Holland

Creative Advisor

Millard Kaufman

Creative Advisor

Callie Khouri

Creative Advisor

Peter Masterson

Creative Advisor

Christopher McQuarrie

Creative Advisor

Victor Nunez

Creative Advisor

Frank Pierson

Creative Advisor

Steven Rosenblum

Creative Advisor

Mark Rydell

Creative Advisor

Michael Schiffer

Creative Advisor

Michael Schultz

Creative Advisor

Susan Shilliday

Creative Advisor

Lynn Seifert

Creative Advisor

Howard Smith

Creative Advisor

Stewart Stern

Creative Advisor

Denzel Washington

Creative Advisor

Robert M. Young

Creative Advisor
 

Antigone

Asada Garbage Company

Bicycles and Bridges

Boys Don't Cry

Lift

Mysterious Skin

Rosie

Rupture Runnin' Through Risk, Runnin' to Bliss

Starry Night

The Promise of Rest

The Wood

 
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