CHICO — Award-winning screenplay writer Lynn Elliott gets inspiration for his works from a variety of places. Elliott, who taught English at Chico State from 1972 to 2005 and served as chair of the English department, has never taken a screenwriting ...

Screenplay writers are often the unsung heroes of the film and television industry, anonymously imbuing the shows and films they create with humor, pathos and resonance. Or, in the case of longtime local Lorenzo Semple, Jr., inspiring a generation of small ...

Here are the winners of the 2026 Writers Guild Awards Awards, which were handed out March 8 in New York City ahead of the WGA contract talks with studios.

Oscar frontrunners "Sinners" and "One Battle After Another" came out on top at Sunday's Writers Guild of America Awards, the final major guild ceremony before next Sunday's Academy Awards. "Sinners" won in the WGA's Original Screenplay category,

NEW YORK — Robert Towne, an Oscar-winning screenplay writer behind some of Hollywood’s greatest films, has died. He was 89 years old. His publicist, Carri McClure, confirmed his death on Tuesday to The New York Times without citing a cause. He died ...

The studio accuses Shaun Gray, a cousin of 'Maverick' screenwriter Eric Warren Singer, of fraud and copyright infringement for hiding his role in writing the screenplay for the film. By Winston Cho Paramount Pictures has countersued the cousin of a writer ...

Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle After Another, and Train Dreams are the 2026 Oscar nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay; which is the best?