André Pitié
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The Authors League of America (ALA) was an American professional organization dedicated to representing and defending the rights of writers and screenwriters working in a variety of industries, including television, radio, theater and literature....
02/05/2023
News / What is the Screen Writers Guild, ancestor of the WGAW?
The SWG was founded by a group of influential screenwriters, including John Howard Lawson, Samuel Ornitz, Lester Cole, Richard Collins and Dalton Trumbo, who would later become known as the "Hollywood Ten." They formed the Screen Writers Guild to...
02/05/2023
News / Who were the Hollywood Ten?
The Hollywood Ten, or Hollywood Ten, were a group of screenwriters, directors and film producers who were cited for contempt of Congress in 1947 for refusing to answer questions about their alleged membership of the Communist Party. They were...
02/05/2023
News / Glossary of acronyms and terms used in WGA negotiations
The world of entertainment industry negotiations can be filled with acronyms and specialized terms that can seem confusing to those unfamiliar with the screenwriting profession. As the Writers Guild of America (WGA) enters into negotiations with the...
02/05/2023
News / WGA proposals and
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has entered into negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) to secure better wages, working conditions, and protections for its members in the changing entertainment industry...
02/05/2023
News / Hollywood writers on strike for fair pay and better working conditions in the streaming age
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) West and East voted unanimously to call a strike, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, May 2. After six weeks of negotiations with major streaming platforms and studios, including Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney and...
02/05/2023
Recruiting / La Fémis - Responsible for the distribution of students' work
The Fémis is a higher education institution under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture and Communication. Located at 6 rue Francoeur in the 18th arrondissement, the school's primary mission is to mission is to provide, in conjunction with...
27/04/2023
Training / ScriptDock, training for screenwriters in Germany
ScriptDock is an innovative online platform that allows aspiring screenwriters and professionals in film and television to develop their screenwriting skills and share their experiences with a community of peers. Based on the principle of learning by...
29/03/2023
Services / ProtectRite: A solution to protect your scenarios
ProtectRite is an online service that provides confidential, time-sealed registration of original works, intellectual property and archives to clients worldwide. Since its inception in 1994, ProtectRite has established itself as a trusted, unbiased...
29/03/2023
Training / Serial Eyes: 9 months of full-time series writing training in Berlin
Serial Eyes is a full-time course based in Berlin at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB) from September to May. It includes a study trip to another European city and a visit to the Séries Mania festival in Lille. Costing 4500 euros,...
22/03/2023
Questions / How to protect my script
To protect your script, it is not necessary to proceed to administrative steps. Indeed, the article L. 111-1 of the code of the intellectual property (CPI) stipulates that "the author of a work of the spirit enjoys on this work, by the only fact of...
21/03/2023
Book / The screenwriter's guide
"The Writer's Journey" is a translation of the book "The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers" by American screenwriter Christopher Vogler. This author was greatly influenced by the mythologist Joseph Campbell and the psychiatrist Carl...
16/10/2022
Recruiting / Pixar is hiring... for its coffee
This job offer did not go unnoticed on facebook with thousands of likes. Pixar usually posts job offers for the IT development part but this time, the company from Emeryville near San Francisco is recruiting an employee for its headquarters coffee...
10/09/2022
Competition / Beaumarchais-OCS Signature Grant (32 500 €)
Applications open for the Beaumarchais-OCS Signature Grant, in partnership with Orange. Open to all authors to help 2 genre unitaries around the theme of the accident. The two projects selected by the jury will each receive a grant of €32,500 in...
08/09/2022
Competition / Television 2022 Writing Grant - Beaumarchais-SACD
The application for the Beaumarchais-SACD television writing grant has just opened. This grant is endowed with 5 955 € (5 000 € for the author + 955 € Ursaff artists authors). It is reserved for emerging authors for a project of series or unit...
08/09/2022
News / 9 screenwriters members of the juries of the Venice Film Festival 2022
The Venice International Film Festival opened yesterday in Venice. It includes 3 official competitions with juries counting a total of 9 screenwriters: The international jury is composed of 7 members. This year it is chaired by the actress and...
01/09/2022
News / The American Screenwriters Guild WGA wins its arbitration against Netflix regarding the payment of millions of euros in residual rights
The Writers Guild of America West (WGA West), which represents the interests of thousands of screenwriters in the U.S., has announced that it has won its arbitration against Netflix. Hundreds of screenwriters who worked on more than 100 theatrical...
05/08/2022
Recruiting / Femis is recruiting a project manager for the External Relations Department
La Fémis is a higher education institution under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture and Communication. Located at 6 rue Francœur in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, the school's primary mission is to provide, in conjunction with...
04/08/2022
Competition / CannesFilms Unlimited 2023: residency for feature film screenwriters at the Cannes Film Festival
You can now apply for the third edition of this writers' residency organized by TheBlackList, Canal+, Vivendi, the Cannes Film Festival, the Université Côte d'Azure and the City of Cannes. Participants will develop a new original European film...
31/07/2022
Questions / How to become a screenwriter?
Whether it is for a film, a television series, a cartoon, a comic book, everything starts with a script. Screenwriters have an independent status and the work is relatively solitary. Many scriptwriters succeed without any dedicated studies. However,...
26/04/2022
Questions / How much does a screenwriter earn in the United States?
Salary of a screenwriter in Hollywood A screenwriter earns according to the budget of the film: here is the minimum for a film: - budget under $5 million: $41,740. - budget over $5 million: $85,902. According to the WGA (Writers Guild of...
26/04/2022
Questions / How much does a scriptwriter earn in France?
Screenwriters are not salaried, they have an author status. Their income is therefore very variable. Here are some parameters to take into account. Basic price of a screenplay in France: between 20.000€ and 30.000€ for 90 minutes...
26/04/2022
Questions / How to write a logline?
Are there simple guidelines that writers can follow to write a good logline? Writing a compelling and interesting logline is an art. And as with screenwriting, there is no secret formula for achieving it. Beyond the theory, here are some simple...
26/04/2022
Questions / Examples of loglines
The Godfather (1972) The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his underground empire to his reluctant son. The Fabulous Fate of Amélie Poulain (2001) Amélie is an innocent and naive young girl in Paris with her...
26/04/2022
Questions / What is the difference between a logline and a tagline?
A logline describes the story of a film in one or two sentences used to sell the film to producers and directors. A tagline is a short, striking slogan used to advertise a film to the general public. A logline is descriptive, a tagline is...
26/04/2022
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