Track instructors: (see below)

irsthand exposure to the filmmaking process is often what distinguishes the successful screenwriter from the aspiring. Understanding the myriad considerations of the producers, seeing how shots cleary envisioned in the mind's eye must necessarily be interpreted differently on-set, hearing how the words on the page actually sound in an actor's mouth, recognizing the excess of a script and learning what works, what doesn't, and why, is vital to the education of the consistently successful screenwriter.

The Script-to-Screen Screenwriters Production track allows writers to work with professional Hollywood and independent filmmakers to craft, cast, shoot and edit a short film over the SCWC*PS weekend. Co-sponsored by The American Academy of Arts (A3), the program is a condensed version of its popular Indie Filmmaker's Bootcamp.

The Script-to-Screen track is geared for screenwriters seeking to work as spec, assignment or production writers in feature-length film, long-form or episodic television. Writers registering for this track are expected to devote themselves to this track only and be prepared for long hours of intense participation Friday afternoon through Saturday night.

Please note that this track requires a minimum number of participants and will be removed from the schedule if not met.

NICHOLAS BERRY works both in the studio and independent features worlds, as well as television, commercials and industrials. Nick's credits as gaffer, best boy or electric include The Antoine Fisher Story, Kissing a Stranger, Traffic, The Tiger Woods Story, Bring It On, Get Goosed, Prodigal Son, Hunter, The Invisible Man, 18 Wheels of Justice, Splitsville, among many others spanning the gamut of genres and production formats.

• WORKSHOP: "Principal Photography: Lighting"

ANTON DIETHER is the writer of the 1998 Hallmark TV miniseries Moby Dick, the highest-rated long-form show in basic cable history, nominated for five Emmy and two Golden Globe Awards; the 1999 ABC-TV miniseries Cleopatra; and the 2002 Hallmark Channel miniseries Stranded. Born in Los Angeles and bred on films and television as a professional child actor, Anton majored in cinema at UCLA and began his adult Hollywood career as a script analyst for Largo Productions. He then served as story editor for producers at Warner Bros., 20th-Century Fox, Paramount and Working Title Films. Anton recently developed Beauty and the Beast for Fox Family, Land of Oz for Disney, Gold Fever For Phoenix Pictures, Operation Greylord for Showtime, and Taj Mahal for Threshold Entertainment. He recently wrote Lost At Sea for TNT, starring Patrick Swayze.

• WORKSHOPS: "Working the Rough Draft"

STAN FOSTER, a member of the Directors Guild of America, has been active in the financing, managing, planning, budgeting, writing, producing and directing of major television and feature film productions. His credits includes work on films directed by Steven Spielberg, Danny DeVito, Barry Levinson, James Cameron, Peter Bogdonovich, Jackie Cooper, and Hal Ashby. He is the founder and CEO of The American Academy of Arts, a non-profit organization dedicated to recognizing and awarding student achievement in the visual, digital and performing arts.

• WORKSHOPS: "The Capra Cut: What it Takes to Finish Your Story"

MICHAEL STEVEN GREGORY is an independent filmmaker and screenwriter of material ranging from mainstream drama to bio-pics to documentary to animated action-adventure. With several features in the works, he has also been a staff writer on TV series for Fox, UPN and HBO, and is currently attached as either a director or producer on projects including The Great Idea, Behind the Badge and Spooks. We, The Screenwriter, the follow-up documentary to his acclaimed We, The Writer, is his latest film. He is also president of The American Academy of Arts and executive director of the Southern California Writers' Conference.

• WORKSHOPS: "Writing for the Producer: The Objective-Oriented Script" and "Principal Photography: Directing" "

ROSS KALLEN has been a digital media specialist and educator for over ten years, creating the internationally acclaimed Rancho Bernardo High School Digital Media Arts Program which has been honored by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Several of the program's graduates have gone on to top production companies, won numerous awards at the local, regional, and international level, and been showcased on both Apple Computer's and Sorenson Media's websites. Selected by the California Legislature as a "High Tech" Teacher in 2000 and as an Apple Distinguished Educator in 2001, he is COO of The American Academy of Arts, and unit production manager of the Indie Filmmaker's Bootcamp.

• WORKSHOP: "Post-Production and Final Cut Pro"

JIM ORR is an award-winning cinematographer who has lensed 10 independent feature films including Fly Boys, starring Tom Sizemore (Black Hawk Down), Stephen Baldwin (The Usual Suspects) and Jesse James (As Good as it Gets, Pearl Harbor), Clipping Adam, starring Academy Award winner Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest), Kevin Sorbo (Andromeda), and Chris Eigeman (Maid in Manhattan), and All You Need, starring Kellie Martin (ER) and Robert Pine. In documentary, he has filmed several shows for National Geographic International and the Discovery Channel, was DP for the PBS's multi-Emmy Award winning Liquid Stage: The Lure of Surfing, Searching for a Safe Place, Tolerance on Trial, La Mera Frontera (The Very Edge) and the upcoming Bigger Boxes: America's Love of Superstores. Recognition for his work includes three Emmys, a CINE Golden Eagle, The Vision Award.

• WORKSHOP: "Principal Photography: Cinematography"

JOHN ROSENBERG is a studio and independent feature film editor whose many credits include Mannequin 2, Totally Blonde, Made in Heaven, Poison Ivy 3, The Convent, Net Games and Prancer. In addition, he has edited or supervised editing of many documentaries for National Geographic and other nonfiction producers, is a periodic editing instructor for UCLA Extension, and the former head of post-production for both Live Entertainment (now Artisan) and Alpine Pictures.

• WORKSHOP: "Storytelling through Editing"

THOMAS B. SAWYER has written over 100 network TV episodes (both comedy and drama), nine pilots, and has served as producer, creative consultant or story editor on 15 network series, including Murder, She Wrote, for which he wrote 24 episodes, and The Law & Harry McGraw — both of which he was head writer and showrunner). An Emmy and Edgar nominee, Tom also wrote the libretto and lyrics (with composer Will Holt) for JACK, backed by the Shubert Organization, which has played to acclaim internationally. His Fiction Writing Demystified: Techniques That Will Make You a More Successful Writer has been chosen as a Writer's Digest Book Club Alternate Selection and is required reading in a number of writing courses. His debut novel, The Sixteenth Man, which features a fresh take on the JFK assassination, has also been critically acclaimed. Additionally, Tom is the creator of the award-winning Plots Unlimited interactive plot generating software for fiction writers and is co-creator of its acclaimed successor, Storybase™.

• WORKSHOPS: "Mysteries and Thrillers: How to Keep 'Em Turning those Pages," "Packaging for Hollywood: What Will Sell Your Book,"
• ADVANCE SUBMISSION CRITIQUE: Screenplays, teleplays; up to first 15 pages in proper format