Nov 19, 2020 | Success Stories
Writers’ Program instructor Koji Steven Sakai has made good use of the restart of the film industry, recently wrapping production on a feature. He says, “I wrote and co-produced the feature film, The Commando, starring Michael Jai White (Spawn) and Mickey Rourke (The...
Nov 12, 2020 | Success Stories
Former student & screenwriting competition winner Jelena Woehr had a rollercoaster October. “In early October I accidentally went viral with a West Wing spec about Trump catching COVID, which I typed directly into Twitter, thinking it might reach three or four of...
Nov 5, 2020 | Success Stories
Former student Kate Bolton Bonnici’s poetry collection, Night Burial, has been selected by Kiki Petrosino as the winner of the 2020 Colorado Prize for Poetry. Night Burial will be published in November by The Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State...
Oct 29, 2020 | Success Stories
Former student Trisha DiFazio recently won big at the LA LGBT Film Festival, taking home awards for Best Feature and Best TV Pilot. Of the experience, she says, “I started screenwriting at age 35 and part of my self-study was to take a course at UCLA extension. Four...
Oct 22, 2020 | Success Stories
Former student Alexandra Alessandri recently had her first picture book published, with another on the way. She says of the experience, “My debut picture book Feliz New Year, Ava Gabriela!, illustrated by Addy Rivera Sonda, is about a shy little girl meeting her large...
Oct 15, 2020 | Success Stories
Writers’ Program instructor and student, Charles Jensen, recently published an essay collection honed in our classes. Charles says, “Cross Cutting is a two-essay collection of hybrid work. Each essay explores one of my lived experiences, and I ‘splice’ in critical...
