Script to Screen

- Season 4

(2015)

"500 Days of Summer" screenwriter Scott Neustadter talks about how he and his writing partner, Michael H. Weber, came up with the offbeat script and how they find the true voice of characters. Script to Screen is hosted by the Pollock Theater Director, Matt Ryan, and co-produced by the Pollock Theater student staff.

Producer Lisa Bruce and screenwriter/producer Anthony McCarten join host Matt Ryan for a lively discussion of their film "The Theory of Everything." Starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, the movie follows the extraordinary story of one of the world's greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.

Go behind the scenes with with Oscar-nominated producer Jeremy Dawson and Oscar-nominated production designer Adam Stockhausen about the filming of Wes Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel. Script to Screen is hosted by the Pollock Theater Director, Matt Ryan, and co-produced by the Pollock Theater student staff.

Writer/director Damien Chazelle discusses the process of creating his Academy Award film, Whiplash. Chazelle's sophomore film tells the story of a promising young drummer and his ruthless teacher. Script to Screen is hosted by the Pollock Theater Director, Matt Ryan, and co-produced by the Pollock Theater student staff.

Script to Screen was invited to the 2015 WGA and DGA Awards to interview the nominees and their presenters Script to Screen is hosted by the Pollock Theater Director, Matt Ryan, and co-produced by the Pollock Theater student staff. The series is sponsored by the Carsey-Wolf Center, the department of Film and Media Studies and The Scott Frank Fund for Screenwriting.

Executive Producer/Director Jack Bender unlocks the production secrets of translating Lost from script to screen. And, he might just provide some clues to unlock the secrets of "The Island." Script to Screen is hosted by the Pollock Theater Director, Matt Ryan, and co-produced by the Pollock Theater student staff.

Writer-director Scott Frank, talks to UCSB students about getting the crime drama "A Walk Among the Tombstones" made. Frank's other screenplays include Little Man Tate, Dead Again, Malice, Heaven's Prisoners, Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Minority Report, The Interpreter and Marley and Me. Frank graduated from UCSB in 1982 with a BA in Film Studies.

UCSB's Script to Screen visits Comic Con 2015 in San Diego. Script to Screen is hosted by the Pollock Theater Director, Matt Ryan, and co-produced by the Pollock Theater student staff. The series is sponsored by the Carsey-Wolf Center, the department of Film and Media Studies and The Scott Frank Fund for Screenwriting.