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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