On Story (2011)
A look inside the creative process of writers, creators and filmmakers.
An inside look at the creative process behind some of our most popular and beloved movies and television shows. All episodes feature recorded conversations between acclaimed and award-winning screenwriters, TV creators, and filmmakers from the Austin Film Festival's annual conference and year round events.
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Episodes
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- 1 1. John Singleton's Classic Influences2016-04-16John Singleton, the youngest and first African American filmmaker to win an Academy Award® for his work on Boyz N the Hood, discusses his process, influences, and inspirations, fro
- 2 2. Norman Lear - A Retrospective2016-04-23Perhaps one of the most influential contributors to the landscape of situational comedies and progressive writing in Hollywood, Norman Lear transformed a genre known for play-it-sa
- 3 3. Zombie and Groot - Bringing Comics to Life2016-04-30Nicole Perlman (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Angela Kang (The Walking Dead) explore navigating a male-dominated industry as female genre writers. The women discuss tackling comic b
- 4 4. Rodrigo Garcia on Writing Relationships2016-05-07Rodrigo Garcia, whose credits include Albert Nobbs, Nine Lives, Mother and Child, and most recently, Last Days in the Desert, contemplates the importance of writing honest relation
- 5 5. The Path of an Action Writer: A Conversation with Robert Kamen2016-05-14Robert Mark Kamen looks back on his long-time working relationship with Luc Besson and his approach to writing description, violence, and well-developed characters in films such as
- 6 6. Daredevil: Behind the Screen2016-05-21Christos and Ruth Fletcher Gage discuss the process of adapting the Marvel comic Daredevil for television. The duo break down the juxtaposition of brute realism and the moral compl
- 7 7. Carl Reiner: A Conversation with a TV Legend2016-05-28Comedy titan Carl Reiner looks back on creating The Dick Van Dyke Show, how the show evolved over the course of its five seasons, and the collaborative efforts of the writers and a
- 8 8. Awkward Black Girl: A Conversation with Issa Rae2016-06-04Creator/director/producer/star Issa Rae discusses the unique challenges that surround creating independent webseries, the freedoms that come with doing it your own way, and how to
- 9 9. Chris Cooper: A Conversation on Acting2016-06-11Chris Cooper, the Academy Award® winning Best Supporting Actor for his role in the comedy-drama Adaptation, discusses this acting career in both film and television. Cooper looks b
- 10 10. Se7en: Script to Screen w/Andrew Kevin Walker2016-06-18Screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker dissects his bleak thriller masterpiece, Se7en and working with director David Fincher to create the cult classic film.
- 11 11. Gary Ross on Drive and Inspiration2016-06-25Writer/Director Gary Ross discusses his film trajectory from co-writing the iconic film Big to approaching and adapting Seabiscuit on screen as well as working on historically depi
- 12 12. America Ferrera on the Storyteller's Responsibility2016-07-02Producer/Emmy®-award winning actress, America Ferrera talks about her early roles in film and television including the hit show Ugly Betty, Real Women Have Curves, The Sisterhood o
- 13 13. Charles Burnett: Film as a Means for Social Change2016-07-09Writer/Director/Producer Charles Burnett shares his career development process in narrative and documentary filmmaking with Killer of Sheep (1978), his seminal film, which was defi
- 14 14. Saving Mr. Banks: Script to Screen2016-07-16Director John Lee Hancock and writer Kelly Marcel discuss how the script for Saving Mr. Banks was successfully transformed onto the screen using heavily stylized elements, and musi
- 15 15. A Conversation with Jason Reitman2016-07-23Writer/director Jason Reitman, whose credits include Thank You for Smoking, Up in the Air, Juno, and most recently the TV series Casual, discusses his journey from novice filmmaker
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