The Craft

Writing for Film and Television 2021-2019

    February 05

    Lessons in Consent

    Hannah Fidell’s FX drama A Teacher goes beyond the sensationalism of an illicit teacher-student affair to examine the toll of sexual abuse after the headlines fade.
    Written by Paul Brownfield
    January 21

    The Way

    Jon Favreau on what it took to bring The Mandalorian’s “Baby Yoda” to life, season 2’s stunning season finale, and why, to him, writing is still the hardest—and most rewarding—discipline.
    Written by Dylan Callaghan
    November 23

    In the Army of the Lord

    Ethan Hawke and Mark Richard team up to create The Good Lord Bird, Showtime’s adaptation of James McBride’s irreverent novel about a young freed slave caught up in the murderous escapades of abolitionist John Brown.
    Written by Paul Brownfield
    October 30

    Sketch Artists

    Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin bust out of development hell to create Sherman’s Showcase and South Side, two comedies that fearlessly, and hilariously, take on issues of Black culture and race.
    Written by Louise Farr
    October 16

    The Buddy System

    PEN15’s co-creators/stars Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle are real-life best friends who bonded through writing and being brutally honest about how heartbreaking and hysterically funny life is for 13-year-old girls.
    Written by Dylan Callaghan
    May 29

    Great Character

    Kerry Ehrin, showrunner for Apple TV+’s flagship series The Morning Show, navigates the uncharted waters of writing a TV show during a pandemic with a combination of empathetic cool and an abiding knack for great characters.
    Written by Dylan Callaghan
    January 24

    Underground

    Korean writer-director Bong Joon Ho reflects on the universal appeal of Parasite, his acclaimed tale of a basement-dwelling family of have-nots who con their way into a wealthy home.
    Written by Dylan Callaghan
    January 17

    Double Edge

    Rian Johnson’s awards-nominated murder mystery Knives Out melds an Agatha Christie-style whodunit with a Hitchcockian thriller while bringing both genres into the modern age.
    Written by Dylan Callaghan
    February 24

    Before the Wall

    Daniel Sawka’s HBO feature about an immigrant child detained at the U.S.-Mexico border might seem ripped from the headlines, but the story of Icebox was born years before Donald Trump took office.
    Written by Dylan Callaghan
    January 18

    Our House

    Mike Flanagan “remixes” the horror genre, bringing it closer to home by infusing it with family drama on the hit Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House.
    Written by Dylan Callaghan
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