TheFilmSchool regularly brings important and influential writers, directors and producers to Seattle as part of our Speaker Series.
PAST SPEAKERS
- Robin Swicord (THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON)
- Mark Handley (NELL)
- Buck Henry (THE GRADUATE)
- Wesley Strick (CAPE FEAR)
- Hummie Mann – Composer (ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS)
- Jeffrey Reddick (FINAL DESTINATION)
- Pamela Gray (A WALK TO REMEMBER)
- Stuart Blumberg (THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT)
- Paul Feig (Freaks & Geeks; The Office; BRIDESMAIDS)
- Nick Pustay (RAMONA & BEEZUS; SHIVER)
- Eran Riklis (LEMON TREE; THE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER; PLAYOFF)
- Pete McCormack (WHIRLYGIRL)
- Irene Turner (BILLY’S HOLLYWOOD SCREEN KISS)
- Brad Anderson (TRANSSIBERIAN, THE MACHINIST)
- Richard Hutton (VULCAN PICTURES)
- Sandi Cioffi (NIGERIAN CRUDE)
- Lynn Shelton (HUMPDAY)
- James Longley (IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS)
- James Foley (GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS)
- Peter Riegert (ANIMAL HOUSE, LOCAL HERO, THE SOPRANOS)
- Two-time Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winner Ondi Timoner (We Live in Public, DiG!)
- Sydney Pollack (OUT OF AFRICA, TOOTSIE, THE INTERPRETER, THE FIRM)
- Ed Zwick (BLOOD DIAMOND, THE LAST SAMARAI, GLORY, THIRTY SOMETHING, LEGENDS OF THE FALL)
- Mike Rich (RADIO, THE ROOKIE, FINDING FORRESTER)
- Ed Solomon (BILL AND TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, MEN IN BLACK, CHARLIE’S ANGELS)
- Chris McQuarrie (Academy Award winner for Usual Suspects)
- George Wing (50 FIRST DATES)
- Chris Matheson (EVIL ALIEN CONQUERORS, BILL AND TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE)
- Jessica Bendinger (BRING IT ON, StICK IT)
- Coleman Hough (BUBBLE, FULL FRONTAL)
- Michael Tolkin (NINE, THE PLAYER, DEEP IMPACT)
- Alex Gibney (On Demand interview) (Oscar®-nominee for Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room)
- Sandra Nettelbeck (On Demand interview) (MOSTLY MARTHA, NO RESERVATIONS)
- John Jeffcoat (Independent Spirit Award nominee at SIFF for Outsourced)
- Peter Miller (President of PMA Literary and Film Management, Inc. and Millennium Lion, Inc.)
- Boaz Yakin (REMEMBER THE TITANS, UPTOWN GIRLS)
- Richard Price ( THE WIRE, CLOCKERS, THE COLOR OF MONEY, SEA OF LOVE, and RANSO)
- Richard Shepard ( THE MATADOR, OXYGEN, MERCY, THE HUNTING PARTY)
- Rod Lurie (On Demand interview) (THE CONTENDER)
- Mike Thompson (JOHN DOE, TRAVELLING)
- John August (On Demand interview) (BIG FISH, CORPSE BRIDE, GO, CHARLIE and THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, THE NINES)
- Oscar-winning documentarian Jessica Yu (Protagonist, Breathing Lessons)
- Harris Goldberg (WITHOUT A PADDLE)
- Pilar Alessandra – On the Page
- David Benioff (THE KITE RUNNER, TROY, 25th HOUR)
The Speaker Series is hosted by Warren Etheredge.