The Craft
Writing for Film and Television 2022-2019
June 13, 2022
The “American” Way
The Boys’ Eric Kripke brings new levels of wanton sex and comic violence to the third season of Prime Video’s most successful series ever while keeping the show’s focus squarely on its characters.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
May 11, 2022
History Regained
Soo Hugh brings Pachinko, Min Jin Lee’s bestselling novel about a Korean family living in colonialist Japan, to life on Apple TV+ and unearths largely forgotten tragic chapters of history.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
April 11, 2022
Survive and Conquer
Pamela Adlon reflects on how her real-life experience as a working actor and single mom prepared her to take the reins of her acclaimed comedy Better Things.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
March 31, 2022
Imagining America
Gina Yashere grew up in a London council flat dreaming of America. Now the co-creator and executive producer of Bob Hearts Abishola is using humor and humanity to teach America about her roots.
Written by Louise Farr
March 04, 2022
Powering Forward
Rodney Barnes replays the drive that took him from sleeping in his car to co-writing on HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.
Written by Louise Farr
November 17, 2021
She’s the Boss
Amanda Peet steps behind the camera to co-create the Netflix hit, The Chair, and reveals how a cartoon helped her overcome her insecurities as a writer.
Written by Louise Farr
September 24, 2021
The American Revocation
Justin Chon’s Blue Bayou dramatically elucidates the tragic reality of immigrant children adopted by U.S. families and raised thinking themselves as Americans, only to be deported as adults.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
August 09, 2021
Sex and the Single Black Female
Leigh Davenport recounts how a conversation about Steve Harvey inspired her to create the STARZ hit Run the World and dishes on the racial and sexual politics that simmer beneath the show’s glittery surface.
Written by Louise Farr
July 12, 2021
Kevin and Hell
Kevin Can F**K Himself creator Valerie Armstrong talks about the challenge of writing two shows in one and how she was able to overcome feeling guilty about not writing.
Written by Louise Farr
June 24, 2021
Closed Cases
Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby delves into the origins of his acclaimed HBO series about a damaged, small-town Pennsylvania police detective trying to solve the mystery of a missing local girl while reckoning with a personal tragedy she’s fought hard to ignore.
Written by Dylan Callaghan