The Writers Guild of America, West has announced its 2011 WGAW Writer Access Project honorees, comprised of 13 diverse television writers who competed in the comedy and drama script categories. As part of its efforts to enhance the employment opportunities of diverse writers, the WGAW launched the Writer Access Project in 2009. Now in its third year, the Guild’s innovative program, coordinated by the WGAW Diversity Department, identifies writers with television staffing experience and makes sa...

New York and Los Angeles –The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) have announced nominations for the WGA New Media Writing Awards. Winners will be honored at the 2011 Writers Guild Awards on Saturday, February 5, 2011, at simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles.Outstanding Achievement in Writing Original New Media“The Real Thing,” ”Identity Crisis,” “Girl Talk,” ”Naming Things,” “Curtain Up” (Anyone But Me), Story ...

By Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent in about 10 years, ten months or ten minutes we will all care about the WGA's Video Game Writer nominees, depending on how much further games eclipse movies in revenue totals. Movies may have BO, but games smell like money. Video Game Writers will one day get their due.Until then, the WGA nominees for Video Games are:Still Nameless: But What a Sexy Statue 2011 WRITERS GUILD AWARDSVIDEOGAME WRITING NOMINEES DO MATTER! The winner of this year’s...

Executives from Lionsgate, Summit, Mandalay, Lifetime, SyFy, DreamWorks, Disney, Fox, Sony, The Weinstein Company and WME among ParticipantsThe 2010 American Film Market today released a seminar and conference schedule encompassing a broad cross-section of key Hollywood and global players who are converging for the Nov. 3-10 market. Now in its 31st year, the AFM will showcase panels examining film financing, social media, piracy, distribution and marketing. The sessions will include prominent fi...

The Franco-American Cultural Fund announced today that celebrated filmmaker Costa-Gavras has been selected as the “Focus on a Filmmaker” honoree for the 13th annual City of Lights, City of Angels (COL•COA) Film Festival in Los Angeles. The film festival runs April 20-26, 2009, at the Directors Guild of America. Costa-Gavras’ film “Eden is West,” which was the closing night film at the Berlin International Film Festival, will have its West Coast premiere at the Directors Guild of Ame...

The membership of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) today voted overwhelmingly in favor of lifting the restraining order and ending their 100-day strike that began on Nov. 5. 3,775 writers turned out in Los Angeles and New York to cast ballots or fax in proxies, with 92.5% voting in favor of ending the work stoppage. “The strike is over. Our membership has voted, and writers can go back to work,” said Patric M. Verrone, president of the W...

The Writers Guild of America and legendary United Artists Films have reached a mutually beneficial independent agreement. While the details are not being disclosed in this announcement, the comprehensive agreement addresses the issues important to writers, including New Media. As a result of this agreement, Writers Guild members will be able to work with United Artists while the strike against other companies continues. The agreement is unique to United Artists Films and does not involve Metro-G...

9amThe State of Film Financing in Europe and the US Panelists:Christine Ball, Senior Vice President and Manager, Communications, Media & Entertainment Division, Union Bank of California Julia Blackman, Co-Founder, Scion Films Michael Ohoven, CEO, Infinity Media Bob Yari, President, Stratus Film, Bullseye Entertainment, El Camino Pictures and Bob Yari Productions Moderator:Stuart Kemp, UK Bureau Chief, Hollywood Reporter 11amHow Do You Budget Imagination? Screenwriting in the Low and High Bud...