How to Break Up with Your Agent (or Manager)

John August's wonderful, informative post on how to break up with your agent; includes wonderful advice for all writers, regardless of r...

Filmmaking in Montreal

Alex Epstein discusses the panel on Feature Writing in Montreal he recently attended...

Q & A with John Lee Hancock (The Blide Side)

The Writers Guild Foundation presents Writers on Writing: Meet writers whose work stands out for its originality and excellence. They ...

Be Careful What You Post On Facebook

Ken Levine presents another example of why you should be careful when posting on FB and Twitter . If you learn nothing else from this blog....

Let’s have an Alternative Commission on the Future of the University

Since many faculty, students, and workers are very unhappy with the recent recommendations coming out of the Gould Commission on the Future ...

Attention Graduate Students

I recently received the following question from a reader: Do you have an opinion one way or the other about the value of getting a graduate ...

Networking Events for Scriptwriters

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences : Founded in 1927 by 36 of the most influential men and women in the motion picture industry at ...

New Feature: HU's Scriptwriting Network

Over the past few months, I’ve been flooded with reference requests from HU readers seekings writing partners, roommates, and fellow scriptw...

UPDATED: Reputable Scriptwriting Programs and Contests

I've updated HU's list of reputable scriptwriting programs and contests .  Thank you to Neely Swanson for the additional links!

A Note About THR and Variety Production Listings

While THR and Variety do provide online production listings, the listings DO NOT provide production office numbers; they instead provide t...

Online Apps for Writers

OnlineUniversities.com http://www.onlineuniversities.com/ recently published a list of 100 Free and Useful Web Apps for writers .  Below ar...

David Mamet's Advice on How to Write Television

" DRAMA, AGAIN, IS THE QUEST OF THE HERO TO OVERCOME THOSE THINGS WHICH PREVENT HIM FROM ACHIEVING A SPECIFIC, ACUTE GOAL. " - Dav...

Tips on How to Write a Comedy Pilot

Read Ken Levine's tips on how to write a comedy pilot . Have I mentioned I heart Ken Levine? I do.

The Future of the University: Funding Options for a Permanent Crisis

The Commission on the Future of the University’s Funding Strategies working group of has put together a document listing their initial propo...

Television Events in LA & NY: The Paley Center For Media

Be sure to check out PaleyFest2010 .  Upcoming panels include, Dexter, Breaking Bad, Glee, and Nurse Jackie, and more.

Script Formatting: (cont’d) vs. CONTINUOUS

John August clarifies...

Production Coordinator Job Opp

ATLANTIC TELEVISION – PRODUCTION COORDINATOR / FULL TIME, STAFF - SALARY + BENEFITS Atlantic Television is seeking a full time, staff entry...

HRTS Reality Television Panel

From THR: The Hollywood Radio & Television Society will host the Hitmakers Cable Reality forum "Unscripted on Cable: The State of t...

How Hard is it to Get a PA Job on a Pilot?

A readers asks: I have a question about getting staffed as an office PA. I've sent my resume to a bunch of pilots and haven't heard ...

ATAS College TV Awards

The College Television Awards is a nationwide competition recognizing excellence in college student produced video, digital and film product...

2010 Tribeca Film Festival

April 21st - May 2nd Click here for more information .

The SXSW® Film Conference and Festival

For those of you in Austin: SXSW® Film Conference and Festival

Emerson College

I received this wonderful email from Rob, an Emerson alum: I was reading back through your blog and came across a post about schools that pr...

Fact-Checking the UC’s Financial Myths

UC faculty and students are still being manipulated by the administration to blame all of the university’s problems on state funding, but as...

Balancing Motherhood and Hollywood

A reader asks: With a career, a family, and two writing occupations (script and blog) on your plate, do you have any tricks to time manageme...

HU Reader Lands PA Job!

Congratulations to Danny, who landed a PA job on ABC Family's Make It or Break It !

Unconscious Racism at the University of California

Currently, the University of California appears to be facing several unrelated problems that bring into focus the central issue facing all p...

Film And TV Events in LA: An Evening with Nurse Jackie

AN EVENING WITH NURSE JACKIE MARCH 15, 2010 7:30 PM Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre 5230 Lankershim Blvd.   North Hollywood , CA , 9160 See m...

Temp Agencies

I've never temped, but I worked with several temps at Touchstone Television (now ABC Studios) that were hired full time.  Last week, I a...

UTA Joblist

To view to the UTA Joblist, visit The Hollywood Temp Diaries . The blog includes a link to the current joblist (in the left sidebar) as we...

Breaking In to Animation

A reader asks: Is there a unique path for those that want to do animation? I asked a friend of mine, who came up through the ranks of animat...

March 4th UCLA Recap

On March 4th, a UCLA coalition of students, workers, and faculty held two rallies, a teach-in, and a sit-in. All of these events were very ...

Film Foundation’s Film Finishing Fund

Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 grant cycle for the WIF Foundation Film Finishing Fund The application period is March 23 ...

Temp Agencies

YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS NEEDED. I'm putting together a list of temp agencies that specialize in industry placement. Please email me your r...

HU Now On LinkedIn

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Submit Your Question to HU

This month's posts will feature answers to questions submitted by blog readers.  Please submit your questions to HollywoodUniversityBlog...

March Madness

This month's schedule is proving to be overwhelming.  And it's only March 3rd. (I think it's March 3rd...) I have a pilot,  a pi...

Writing Contest Deadlines

For a complete list of reputable writing programs and contests, click here .  (Several programs have yet to update their websites to include...

Writer's Room Blogs

The writing staffs of several of shows now publish behind-the-scenes blogs.  ( Grey's Anatomy , Brothers and Sisters , etc.)  I recommen...

Donate Life Film Festival

To learn more, visit Complications Ensue: The Crafty TV and Screenwriting Blog.

Deadline Reminder: WB Writers' Workshop

The Workshop is open for submissions May 1 - June 1, 2010. Submissions must be postmarked by June 1, 2010 to be eligible. Click here for m...

March 4th: The UC Movement Against Privatization

When students and workers say they are fighting the privatization of the university, they are resisting six inter-related trends: 1) the shi...