Movies: Screenwriter

Having missed several deadlines, and with the studio's attorneys hassling him, screenwriter Elliot Callahan (Tom Gilroy) takes the advice of his agent and rents a beachside house on the island Nantucket to find the peace and quiet he needs to get the...

A true-to-life gangster movie stirs up an all out mob assault on Hollywood....

Patrick is a struggling screenwriter who takes a second job as a male prostitute. He is supposed to write by day and do right by his lonely clientele at night, but he develops writer's block. When Patrick decides to draw from his amorous experiences ...

An off beat comedy about an out of work screen writing/artist that complains about being too cool, too talented and way too gay....

To get fresh thoughts for writing his script, a famous writer, Vihari goes on a road trip. At a place named Siripuram, Vihari observes some weird incidents taking place in a guest house and decides to stay there to get inspiration. This is the time V...

A short documentary about the rapidly disappearing era of heritage movie palaces and the film going experience once offered within those hallowed walls....

An aspiring screenwriter and pathological daydreamer finds his wish magically manifested by a mysterious organization. To make sense of it all he must sift through memories, delusions and instances of both waking and imagined life....

Scriptwriter Yokota Yuji, who is troubled by the fact that his next work is not going as well as he had hoped, receives an email offering "regression sleep", which claims to allow him to face his past self. Yokota attempts regression sleep, hoping to...

Matt is a screenwriter whose career is not going especially well and whose personal life is dwindling into nothingness. Matt starts talking with his friends about suicide, and nearly all of them become deeply concerned, convinced his depression has t...

Youth unemployment remains a serious problem in many sub-Saharan African countries, including Uganda, Kenneth is a young Ugandan writer who has this one chance to get a job that will enable him to pay off a gangster loan shark (Moses) but his day doe...

A young filmmaker has a hard time finishing his script. In it tells the story of a toxic couple, their tragic separation, and a bloody hunt about to begin....

Escape is a short film that was made in 48-hours for the 2880 Film Challenge in Mississippi in November of 2019. It went on the be selected as the winner for the challenge. Written and Directed by Jake Cockrell and Sam Graef. Robert Smith goes to w...

An anxious screenwriter’s darkly comedic descent into madness in Hollywood’s twisted industry sees him mimic his screenplay’s murders, becoming a chilling true crime star....

Jack, a celebrated screenwriter, finds his world shaken when he encounters a cutting-edge AI scriptwriting system. Initially skeptical, he soon realises the AI not only matches his skills, but even surpasses him in empathy and understanding of human ...

A television writer is troubled by accusations that a young boy's death resulted from actions the boy copied from the writer's teleplay....

This short film focuses on the job of the Hollywood screenwriter....

Screenwriter John Michael Hayes reminisces about his partnership with Alfred Hitchcock during the making of the classic 1954 film Rear Window....

A struggling screenwriter falls victim to an unscrupulous talent & literary agent while trying to break into the entertainment industry....

Short stoner comedy about a young screenwriter who tries to find a cure to fix his writer’s block....

For all intents and purposes, 2015 was seemingly a banner year for singer/songwriter Bobby Choy (aka Big Phony). His melodic and quiet songs had garnered him a following as he performs at SXSW while also starring in his first feature film. However, r...