SCREENWRITER SHOW with Screenwriter Gail Joy Stewart

Screenwriter Gail Joy Stewart

This podcast is dedicated to striving screenwriters everywhere - a platform for interviews with Festival award-winning screenwriters/directors, live table reads, a roadmap on what classes to take, and who to look to for help as you get a foothold in Hollywood. Learn from our guests; how best to structure your script, how to create compelling characters, what networking groups are out there, what competitions are worth the money, the latest news on the industry, and who's hot on the the indie festival circuit. Please join us and remember: Listen, learn, and keep writing!

  1. APR 6

    S6 E8 ALLEGORY DEBRIEF WITH MATTHEW LUTZ AND JOSH LANNAN

    On The Screenwriter Show, host Gail Stewart sits down with Matthew Lutz and Josh Lannan — the brains behind Hollywood’s Allegory Conference — the best screenwriters’ conference ever. If there’s one screenwriting conference you should already have circled for 2027, it’s the Allegory Conference from Hollywood Speakeasy — a community built by screenwriters, for screenwriters. Last month’s event at Solar Studios wasn’t just another panel-and-network industry gathering — it delivered. Smart, relevant speakers. Candid panels. And, most importantly, real access. We didn’t just listen — we connected, mingled, and actually talked shop with industry pros. And here’s where it gets interesting… they’ll soon introduce Hollywood Speakeasy — get-togethers you can participate in while you wait for next year’s event. Hollywood Speakeasy — a true creative hub — is coming to a very cool Hollywood location… soon!

    29 min

  2. MAR 16

    S6 E7 MARTA MENDEZ CROSS — "iCHILD"

    MARTA MENDEZ CROSS - LA based writer, actor, director, producer, discusses her latest inspirational film “iChild” — a short sci-fi drama that follows Nova, a woman on the brink, navigating a world where technology is her only companion as she struggles with memories she can't escape. iCHILD is featured at the 33rd San Diego Latino Film Festival and has already won several awards including the Best Narrative Short at the Newport Beach Film Festival. She was selected as a grant recipient of the inaugural Women Directors Initiative. Cross released the feature film "Las Tres Sisters" in 2025.

    26 min

  3. MAR 6

    S6 E6 ELI SHELL: "IN-HOUSE" HIS VERTICAL WORKPLACE COMEDY

    "IN-HOUSE" IS A NEW VERTICAL WORKPLACE COMEDY CREATED BY ELI SHELL -- VERTICAL SERIES DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER AT SIDEWISE STUDIOS IN L.A. WE TALK ALL THINGS VERTICAL ON TODAY'S SHOW AS THE MICRO DRAMA/ VERTICAL MARKET CONTINUES TO COMMAND ATTENTION. "IN-HOUSE" CAN BE VIEWED ON YOU TUBE. CHECK IT OUT!

    29 min

  4. MAR 1

    S6 E5 SAN DIEGO'S MARTHA RODRIGUEZ "HEART ON THE DIAMOND" & "BEHIND THE VERTICALS" WITH SANDRA TURKIEWICZ

    MICRO-DRAMAS — VERTICAL SERIES — CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT! SANDRA TURKIEWICZ CO-FOUNDER OF "BEHIND THE VERTICALS" TAKES A DEEP DIVE INTO WHAT'S DRIVING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO WATCH "MOVIES" ON THEIR PHONES! PLUS - SAN DIEGO'S OWN MARTHA RODRIGUEZ TALKS ABOUT HER LATEST FILM "HEART ON THE DIAMOND" SHOWING AT THE SAN DIEGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL.

    29 min

  5. FEB 9

    S6 E4 HEIDI HORNBACHER - GOAL, OBSTACLE, OUTCOME!

    HEIDI HORNBACHER BRINGS US A FRESH LOOK ON HOW TO STRUCTURE A SCRIPT! SHE'S AN L.A. FILMMAKER, PRODUCER, SCREENWRITER AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SCRIPT CLINIC AND PAGECRAFT, WHICH OFFERS SCRIPT COACHING, WORKSHOPS AND WRITERS RETREATS. HEIDI SHARES ALL IN THE EPISODE OF THE SCREENWRITERSHOW.COM ALSO SAN DIEGO'S FILMMAKERS NETWORK - IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS MONTHLY EVENT AT SPARK STUDIO SOUNDSTAGE -- YOU NEED TO! ORGANIZER KARL WEISS IS ON THE SHOW TO TELLS ALL ABOUT FREE OPPORTUNITY!

    29 min

  6. JAN 23

    S6/E3 "NOBLE HOMES" SITCOM AND "MZ. PARKER" COMING OF AGE

    CHLOE RAY (actor/producer/director) AND RENEE STORY (LA -based Literary Manager also helped produce the hilarious new office comedy series "NOBLE HOMES." The series was an official selection at the Austin Film Festival and is headed to the NY Comedy Festival. They explain the entire process of the idea, the script and the festival circuit. ALSO — MARCELLAS CLAY Texas-based actor/writer/producer/director talks about his coming of age series “MZ. PARKER” and life with a camera in his hand. The Screenwriter Show with Gail Stewart and Ted Holmes brings you two fabulous filmmakers talking about their new projects, how they came up with the inspiration, and how they brought their dream to the scene.

    29 min

  7. 12/12/2025

    S6 E2 MAYLEN DOMINGUEZ & FITCH JEAN: LIVE FROM AUSTIN

    CANADA FILMMAKER FITCH JEAN AND FLORIDA SCREENWRITER MAYLEN DOMINGUEZ LIVE FROM THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL! "ETHAN BLOOM" WRITTEN BY MAYLEN DOMINGUEZ IS A TENDER, COMING OF AGE STORY ABOUT AN AWKWARD TEENAGER NAVIGATING THE LOSS OF HIS MOTHER WHILE SECRETLY CONVERTING TO CATHOLICISM BUT.... HIS FAMILY IS JEWISH. DIRECTOR FITCH JEAN : "IT COMES IN WAVES" THIS IS A GRIPPING TALE OF A YOUNG RWANDAN-CANADIAN MAN WHO STRUGGLES TO RAISE HIS YOUNGER SISTER WHILE THEIR MOTHER BATTLES ADDICTION FORCING HIM TO CONFRONT GENERATIONAL TRAUMA AND THREATENS TO TEAR APART THE ONLY FAMILY HE HAS LEFT. FOR MORE INDUSTRY INTERVIEWS, EXPERT WRITING TIPS, AND FREE RESOURCES, LISTEN TO THE SCREENWRITERSHOW.COM

    29 min

  8. 11/19/2025

    S6 E1 CASH ROBINSON & CALEB SAMPLES - AND THE HOLDEN BROS

    THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL DISHED UP SOME DEEP-SOUTH FILMS INCLUDING THE CRIME DRAMA "NOBODY WANTS TO BE HERE, NOBODY WANTS TO LEAVE" BY SCREENWRITER CALEB SAMPLES AND DIRECTED BY CASH ROBINSON. PLUS... THE HOLDEN BROTHERS, NICK AND JOSH, PREMIERED THEIR LATEST FILM "SELL OUT" -- A QUIRKY DRAMEDY ABOUT A NEUROTIC NOVELIST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HIS NEXT BIG BOOK. THE SCREENWRITERSHOW.COM TALKS WITH INSPIRING FILMMAKERS ABOUT CHARACTER, PLOT, AND BUDGET.

    29 min
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This podcast is dedicated to striving screenwriters everywhere - a platform for interviews with Festival award-winning screenwriters/directors, live table reads, a roadmap on what classes to take, and who to look to for help as you get a foothold in Hollywood. Learn from our guests; how best to structure your script, how to create compelling characters, what networking groups are out there, what competitions are worth the money, the latest news on the industry, and who's hot on the the indie festival circuit. Please join us and remember: Listen, learn, and keep writing!

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