"Anatomy of a Script" Series at the WGA Foundation Starts Tuesday, October 7

This talk-show styled in-depth interview series, hosted by the fabulous Winnie Holzman and Robin Schiff, will be on Tuesday nights in October and November, starting October 7. Each interview will be preceded by a free screening of the guest's work. Interviews focus on the writer's creative process.

At the Writers Guild of America West, 7000 W 3rd Street, LA 90048

Screenings: Begin at various times listed below.

Interviews: 7:30 - 10pm with refreshment break.

October 7: James Vanderbilt - Zodiac (screening starts at 4:30pm)

October 14: Bruce Joel Rubin - Ghost (screening starts at 5pm)

October 21: Nicole Holofcener - Walking And Talking (screening starts at 5:30pm)

October 28: Ed Solomon - (no screening) he'll discuss his movie script, Nowhereland, that just finished production. Prior to class, he'll provide drafts and notes and talk the students through his writing process for a movie that they will see when it comes out.

November 5 James Duff - The Closer pilot (screening starts at 6:15pm)

November 11: Jenji Kohan - Weeds pilot (screening starts at 6:30pm)

For more information or to get tickets, click here.

* Winnie Holzman was the creator of the one-hour TV drama, My So-Called Life. Prior to creating My So-Called Life, she was one of the writers of the groundbreaking series thirtysomething, created by Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick, with whom she worked more recently on the series Once And Again, starring Sela Ward, and is the co-author (with songwriter Stephen Schwartz) of the musical Wicked. Holzman played a bitter divorced person in the movie Jerry Maguire but in real life is married to character actor Paul Dooley. They have a daughter, Savannah.

* Robin Schiff has written, produced, or directed many film and television projects over the years. She wrote the screenplay for and executive produced the 1997 cult hit Romy And Michele's High School Reunion for Touchstone Pictures starring Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino. Television highlights include the shows Grosse Pointe and Almost Perfect. She was a member of The Groundlings improv comedy group in the eighties, which was a hugely important and formative experience in her creative evolution. Robin is currently developing pilots for television, as well as working on a musical version of Romy And Michele's High School Reunion with Stephen Trask (Hedwig And The Angry Inch) as composer and lyricist.