Sep 29, 2022 | Success Stories
Former student Denise Cruz-Castino has had multiple successes since taking classes with the Writers’ Program. Her first produced movie, 5 Weddings premiered at Cannes in 2018, starred Rajkummar Rao who starred in the Oscar nominated film The White Tiger, with co-stars...
Sep 22, 2022 | Feature Articles, Success Stories
Announcing the 2022-2023 Phyllis Gebauer Scholarship Recipients The Writers’ Program joyfully announces the latest recipients of the Phyllis Gebauer Scholarship in Writing. We had many qualified applicants this year, resulting in more grantees than traditionally...
Sep 15, 2022 | Success Stories
Former student Annie O’Neill Stein recently had her debut novel, started in our courses, published. Regrettably, Annie passed away a few months ago. However, her former classmate was kind enough to reach out and offer this success story and tribute to Annie’s work....
Sep 8, 2022 | Success Stories
John Darbonne went from student to professional script reader after just one class! John says, “After taking Barney Lichtenstein’s script reader course at UCLA Extension, I was able to become a volunteer reader at the Austin Film Festival. From there, the Los...
Sep 1, 2022 | Success Stories
Fiction Writing Certificate alum Tamika Thompson has had a string of successes since graduating. Of her achievements Tamika says, “Since completing the program, I have had several stories published, some of which I workshopped in class with Stephen Cooper and Reyna...
Aug 25, 2022 | Success Stories
Current TV Writing Certificate student Monica Furman recently had another script she’s worked on in our classes receive a competition placement. Monica says, “My workplace comedy, Please Hold, was recently named an Honorable Mention in Barnstorm...
