Script to Screen

- Season 5

(2015)

Oscar-winning screenwriter Alan Ball, veteran writer/producer, whose credits include Six Feet Under and True Blood, joins host Matt Ryan to discuss the production and legacy of "American Beauty. Script to Screen is hosted by the Pollock Theater Director, Matt Ryan, and co-produced by the Pollock Theater student staff.

UCSB Script to Screen hosts director Jay Roach (Austin Powers trilogy) and screenwriter John McNamara for a conversations about Trumbo, a historical piece about a blacklisted screen writer and the screen writing process. Script to Screen is hosted by the Pollock Theater Director, Matt Ryan, and co-produced by the Pollock Theater student staff.

Academy Award nominated screenwriter Josh Singer talks about Spotlight, the film about reporters delving into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church. Script to Screen is hosted by the Pollock Theater Director, Matt Ryan, and co-produced by the Pollock Theater student staff.

UCSB Script to Screen was invited to the 2016 Directors Guild Awards, Writers Guild Awards and the Oscar Wilde Awards to interview amazing talent including many Oscar nominees and winners, and as a special bonus, the cast and crew from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Don Hertzfeldt is a two time Oscar-nominated American independent filmmaker whose animated films include It's Such a Beautiful Day, The Meaning of Life, Billy's Balloon, and Rejected. Script to Screen is hosted by the Pollock Theater Director, Matt Ryan, and co-produced by the Pollock Theater student staff.

Released in the summer of 1975, "Jaws" was seen by over 67 million Americans, essentially creating the "summer blockbuster." Screenwriter Carl Gottlieb talks about that experience and his other screenplays. Script to Screen is hosted by the Pollock Theater Director, Matt Ryan, and co-produced by the Pollock Theater student staff.

Thirty-two years after the release of Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: The Force Awakens brings together the saga's original characters with a new generation of heroes and villains. Oscar-nominated editor Maryann Brandon talks about working with J.J. Abrams and the making of the latest Star Wars film.

UCSB's Script to Screen visits Comic-Con 2016 in San Diego. UCSB Script to Screen is sponsored by the Department of Film and Media Studies, The Carsey-Wolf Center, and The Scott Frank Fund for Screenwriting. It is hosted and executive-produced by the Pollock Theater Director, Matt Ryan, and produced by the Pollock Theater student staff.