Variety Announces 10 Screenwriters to Watch for 2018

Read Go Into The Story interviews with 6 of the writers.

From Variety:

Variety has announced this year’s 10 Screenwriters to Watch.

For the seventh year in a row, the Whistler Film Festival will host the 10 Screenwriters to Watch event in Whistler, B.C. The screenwriters to be honored will share their stories and discuss the challenges of succeeding in today’s film industry during a conversation on Dec. 1 as part of WFF’s Signature Series, followed by the awards ceremony at WFF’s Awards Celebration on Dec. 2.

Here is the list of writers:

• Joe Robert Cole, “Black Panther”
• Bryan Woods and Scott Beck, “A Quiet Place”
• Ashleigh Powell, “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms”
• Jay Longino, “Uncle Drew”
• Elizabeth Chomko, “What They Had”
• Sofia Alvarez, “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before”
• Christy Hall, “Daddio”
• Jac Schaeffer, “The Hustle”
• Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, “You Are My Friend”
• Charlie Wachtel and David Rabinowitz, “Blackkklansman”

I have interviewed six of the writers including two writing duos. Here are links to those interviews:

Scott Beck and Bryan Woods: Co-writers and producers of the hit horror movie A Quiet Place.

Elizabeth Chomko: 2015 Nicholl Fellowship for the script “What They Had”

Ashleigh Powell: Wrote and sold 2012 Black List script “Somacell”.

David Rabinowitz and Charlie Wachtel: Co-writers of BlacKkKlansman.

Previous Variety Screenwriters to Watch lists:

2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008

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