Joe Gilford
SCREENWRITER, PLAYWRIGHT & STORY CONSULTANT
"WHY DOES THE SCREENWRITER CROSS THE ROAD...and other screenwriting secrets" by Joe Gilford(Michael Wiese Books, 2015) http://www.amazon.com/does-Screenwriter-Cross-Road-screenwriting/dp/1615932232
"THE RADIO BOYS", full-length drama about the life and genius of Edwin H. Armstrong the inventor of FM radio and his decades-long patent battle with broadcasting giant, David Sarnoff. Commissioned by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Nominated: Drama Desk Award "Outstanding Play: FINKS" (2013)
Nominated: Off-Broadway Alliance "Best Play: FINKS" (2013)
"FINKS", March 28-April 20, 2013, Ensemble Studio Theatre: NY Premiere of a full length play chronicling the struggles of NY actors during the 1950s blacklist.
"DANNY'S BRAIN"(2013): 2011 Fellow: Alfred P. Sloan Grant for playwrights. Full-length play about high school football and the science of brain injury(CTE).
WINNER: 1997 NY Emmy Award, Channel 13(PBS-NY) "City Arts" Series.
March 2013, Discovery Channel: "Gold Fever" - Writer; 4-part mini-series on the 1849 California Gold Rush.
CURRENTLY:
Adjunct Professor, NYU, Tisch, Kanbar Undergraduate Film & TV(since 1999)
> Visiting Professional: Montclair State University, NJ. Guest lecturer in screenwriting and dramatic writing.
> Guest Lecturer and Professor: Hollins University, MFA Screenwriting Program.
Screenplays in Active Development:
- "Moonbounce"- Fareed Al-Mashat, director/producer
- "Kalimantan" - Saul Rubinek, director/producer
- "Bert & I" Michael Pressman, director/producer/co-writer
Stage Plays
"Finks" - NY Premiere March 2013, Ensemble Studio Theatre; Mainstage Production, NY Stage & Film at the Powerhouse Theater.
"Knockdown" - Todd Mountain Theater Project
"In Aisle 4" - Ensemble Studio Theatre
Screenwriting teacher at NYU, Columbia Univ., Hollins Univ., Montclair State Univ.
Lectures on Screenwriting at Hollins Univ., NYCscreenwriter.org.
Phone: 718-768-2662
Address: 721 Broadway
11th Fl.
New York, NY 10003
"WHY DOES THE SCREENWRITER CROSS THE ROAD...and other screenwriting secrets" by Joe Gilford(Michael Wiese Books, 2015) http://www.amazon.com/does-Screenwriter-Cross-Road-screenwriting/dp/1615932232
"THE RADIO BOYS", full-length drama about the life and genius of Edwin H. Armstrong the inventor of FM radio and his decades-long patent battle with broadcasting giant, David Sarnoff. Commissioned by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Nominated: Drama Desk Award "Outstanding Play: FINKS" (2013)
Nominated: Off-Broadway Alliance "Best Play: FINKS" (2013)
"FINKS", March 28-April 20, 2013, Ensemble Studio Theatre: NY Premiere of a full length play chronicling the struggles of NY actors during the 1950s blacklist.
"DANNY'S BRAIN"(2013): 2011 Fellow: Alfred P. Sloan Grant for playwrights. Full-length play about high school football and the science of brain injury(CTE).
WINNER: 1997 NY Emmy Award, Channel 13(PBS-NY) "City Arts" Series.
March 2013, Discovery Channel: "Gold Fever" - Writer; 4-part mini-series on the 1849 California Gold Rush.
CURRENTLY:
Adjunct Professor, NYU, Tisch, Kanbar Undergraduate Film & TV(since 1999)
> Visiting Professional: Montclair State University, NJ. Guest lecturer in screenwriting and dramatic writing.
> Guest Lecturer and Professor: Hollins University, MFA Screenwriting Program.
Screenplays in Active Development:
- "Moonbounce"- Fareed Al-Mashat, director/producer
- "Kalimantan" - Saul Rubinek, director/producer
- "Bert & I" Michael Pressman, director/producer/co-writer
Stage Plays
"Finks" - NY Premiere March 2013, Ensemble Studio Theatre; Mainstage Production, NY Stage & Film at the Powerhouse Theater.
"Knockdown" - Todd Mountain Theater Project
"In Aisle 4" - Ensemble Studio Theatre
Screenwriting teacher at NYU, Columbia Univ., Hollins Univ., Montclair State Univ.
Lectures on Screenwriting at Hollins Univ., NYCscreenwriter.org.
Phone: 718-768-2662
Address: 721 Broadway
11th Fl.
New York, NY 10003
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Web Connection by Joe Gilford
Talks by Joe Gilford
with NYU Professor JOE GILFORD
For info and registration: http://nycscreenwriter.org/EVENTS.html
Or Joe Gilford's www.StoryRescue.com
SATURDAY January 21st -
3PM Sharp - 5PM
Shetler Studios
244 west 54 Street
12th Floor
MEMBER PRICE:
$24.99
$10 with STUDENT I.D.
THE ACTIVE PRINCIPLE
It was writer-director Billy Wilder who said: "If you've got a problem in Act III--you’ve got a problem in Act I!”
NYU Professor Joe Gilford adds, “If you’ve got ANY problem in your story, you’ve got a problem with the ACTION in your IDEA.”
Don’t worry, your idea is just fine. (Gilford doesn’t believe there’s any such thing as a “bad” idea). But you probably haven’t set up your idea for ACTION. You haven’t articulated your theme in a way that tells your story as clearly and dramatically as possible.
If you’re trying to complicate your plot, you’ll probably subdue the one thing that the audience has come to see in your movie: THE PROBLEM (also called the “Theme” or the “Human Value”). It’s the controlling idea that you start out with that defines your character’s ultimate transformation at the end. While you might think it’s only a concept, in fact, IT IS THE STORY.
Straight-talking NYU professor Gilford will once again bust the myths about screen storytelling:
• Articulate the idea for your story with strength and clarity.
• Understand how plot is NOT the same as story.
• Allow your story to build itself consistently along the solid lines of your theme.
• Never be “stuck for ideas”
• Get complete command of your story.
• Present an active opening, a clear character need, and a satisfying resolution—before you start writing your script.
Come on strong—with a clear, thematically active idea—and you can’t go wrong.
ABOUT JOE GILFORD
Since 1999 Joe Gilford has taught screenwriting at Tisch School of the Arts’ Undergraduate Film & TV program at New York University has been a writer, producer and director in theater, film & TV. He is the screenwriter of the upcoming features Kalimantan and Moonbounce. His play, Finks, was a mainstage production at New York Stage & Film’s Powerhouse Theater starring Jennifer Westfeldt and Josh Radnor.
Joe is a 2011 recipient of a Sloan Foundation grant for Playwrighting for his proposed full-length play "Danny's Brain" about the study of football concussions.
He is the winner of a New York Emmy Award for his documentary work on public TV. He has been a guest lecturer and teacher in screenwriting at Columbia University, Gotham Writers Workshop, Pratt Institute, Hollins University (VA) and NYCscreenwriter.org.
For years, Joe has consulted with and helped writer of all types and levels at www.StoryRescue.com
Principle #6 "AUTHENTICITY"
Your story must be BELIEVABLE & AUTHENTIC. This process for a screenwriter can be distilled as:
AUTH -OR
AUTH -ORITY
AUTH -ENTICITY
The world of your story must be as real and believable for an audience as it is for your make-believe characters.
You must be an ABSOLUTE EXPERT on the reality of your story. Your audience does not simply "watch" it--they must EXPERIENCE it as ABSOLUTELY REAL.
Your job as a screenwriter is to give them what they came for--AN ENTIRELY BELIEVABLE LIE.
His proven method has helped hundreds of NYU students with their screenplays as well as seasoned professionals.
Prof. Gilford provides you with the sharp eye of an experienced script doctor to give you the chops to send your script with the confidence that it really works.
Also, Joe will help you understand how to attract great actors to your script (hint: it’s NOT about money).
Advance sales at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/does-Screenwriter-Cross-Road-screenwriting/dp/1615932232
with NYU Professor JOE GILFORD
For info and registration: http://nycscreenwriter.org/EVENTS.html
Or Joe Gilford's www.StoryRescue.com
SATURDAY January 21st -
3PM Sharp - 5PM
Shetler Studios
244 west 54 Street
12th Floor
MEMBER PRICE:
$24.99
$10 with STUDENT I.D.
THE ACTIVE PRINCIPLE
It was writer-director Billy Wilder who said: "If you've got a problem in Act III--you’ve got a problem in Act I!”
NYU Professor Joe Gilford adds, “If you’ve got ANY problem in your story, you’ve got a problem with the ACTION in your IDEA.”
Don’t worry, your idea is just fine. (Gilford doesn’t believe there’s any such thing as a “bad” idea). But you probably haven’t set up your idea for ACTION. You haven’t articulated your theme in a way that tells your story as clearly and dramatically as possible.
If you’re trying to complicate your plot, you’ll probably subdue the one thing that the audience has come to see in your movie: THE PROBLEM (also called the “Theme” or the “Human Value”). It’s the controlling idea that you start out with that defines your character’s ultimate transformation at the end. While you might think it’s only a concept, in fact, IT IS THE STORY.
Straight-talking NYU professor Gilford will once again bust the myths about screen storytelling:
• Articulate the idea for your story with strength and clarity.
• Understand how plot is NOT the same as story.
• Allow your story to build itself consistently along the solid lines of your theme.
• Never be “stuck for ideas”
• Get complete command of your story.
• Present an active opening, a clear character need, and a satisfying resolution—before you start writing your script.
Come on strong—with a clear, thematically active idea—and you can’t go wrong.
ABOUT JOE GILFORD
Since 1999 Joe Gilford has taught screenwriting at Tisch School of the Arts’ Undergraduate Film & TV program at New York University has been a writer, producer and director in theater, film & TV. He is the screenwriter of the upcoming features Kalimantan and Moonbounce. His play, Finks, was a mainstage production at New York Stage & Film’s Powerhouse Theater starring Jennifer Westfeldt and Josh Radnor.
Joe is a 2011 recipient of a Sloan Foundation grant for Playwrighting for his proposed full-length play "Danny's Brain" about the study of football concussions.
He is the winner of a New York Emmy Award for his documentary work on public TV. He has been a guest lecturer and teacher in screenwriting at Columbia University, Gotham Writers Workshop, Pratt Institute, Hollins University (VA) and NYCscreenwriter.org.
For years, Joe has consulted with and helped writer of all types and levels at www.StoryRescue.com
Principle #6 "AUTHENTICITY"
Your story must be BELIEVABLE & AUTHENTIC. This process for a screenwriter can be distilled as:
AUTH -OR
AUTH -ORITY
AUTH -ENTICITY
The world of your story must be as real and believable for an audience as it is for your make-believe characters.
You must be an ABSOLUTE EXPERT on the reality of your story. Your audience does not simply "watch" it--they must EXPERIENCE it as ABSOLUTELY REAL.
Your job as a screenwriter is to give them what they came for--AN ENTIRELY BELIEVABLE LIE.
His proven method has helped hundreds of NYU students with their screenplays as well as seasoned professionals.
Prof. Gilford provides you with the sharp eye of an experienced script doctor to give you the chops to send your script with the confidence that it really works.
Also, Joe will help you understand how to attract great actors to your script (hint: it’s NOT about money).