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Expert Spotlight

We are very excited and fortunate to have the participation and support of these experts. They are all leaders in their field and can offer you some great insight if you just read what they have to say.







Language Arts

Video clips with top screenwriters

Looking for inspiration? Listen to award winning screenwriters share their experiences and insights. Topics discussed: Writing a Story, Story and Characters, Character Development, Setting, Story Plot, Dialogue, and Advice for Young Screenwriters. Screenwriters include:

Tim McCanlies
The Iron Giant
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again
Dancer Texas Pop. 81
Anne Rapp
Cookie’s Fortune
Doctor T and the Women
William D. Wittliff
The Perfect Storm
Legends of the Fall
The Cowboy Way
The Black Stallion
William Broyles, Jr.
Apollo 13
Entrapment
Cast Away
Shane Black
The Last Boy Scout
Last Action Hero
Lethal Weapon 1 & 2
Barbara Morgan - Narrator
Executive Director,
Austin Film Festival

 

 

  • Liz Carpenter
  • Author of four books ("Start with a Laugh," "Getting Better all the Time," "Unplanned Parenthood," and "Conversations of a Seventy-Something Surrogate Mother") and numerous magazine articles, and appears frequently as a public speaker.

  • Chris McQuarrie
  • Award winning screenwriter whose credits include "The Usual Suspects," "The Way of the Gun," and "Public Access."

  • Mike Rich
  • Author of two widely-distributed movies, "Finding Forrester," and "The Rookie.

  • Robin Swicord
  • Screenwriter whose credits include "Practical Magic", "Matilda" and "Little Women".

  • Stephen Harrigan
  • Best-selling Texas author, screenwriter, and journalist. He has appeared in many publications, including The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, Conde Nast Traveler, and Life. Harrigan's sixth and best-selling novel The Gates of the Alamo was published in 2000.

  • David Maraniss
  • Pulitzer prize winning journalist and author whose books include "The Prince of Tennesee: The Rise of Al Gore", "When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi", "First in His Class: The Biography of Bill Clinton".

  • Liliana Valenzuela
  • Award-winning literary translator, writer, and poet. She has two poetry collections entitled "Bocas palabras" and "Mujer frontera, mujer Malinche".








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