A Conversation with Lee Eisenberg
This week on On Story, Lee Eisenberg lends his insights into writing The Offices’s iconic “Dinner Party” episode and creating the hysterical viral sensation, reality-sitcom hybrid, Jury Duty.
A Conversation with Craig Mazin
This week on On Story, a conversation with writer, director, producer and industry frontrunner, Craig Mazin.
Mazin is perhaps best known for his Emmy award-winning historical Drama, Chernobyl. The HBO miniseries captivated audiences with its story of the aftermath of the 1986 disaster and earned Mazin the Emmy for Outstanding Writing on a Limited Series. Prior to his television work, Mazin gained recognition as a sharp comedy writer through features such as Scary Movie 3 and 4, Superhero Movie, The Hangover parts 2 and 3, and Identity Thief. The prolific writer is a long-time friend of Austin Film Festival and often hosts live recordings of his industry-insider podcasted, Scriptnotes, co-hosted with fellow writer John August, during AFF’s Annual Writers Conference each October. Eager to inform and support up-and-coming writers, the podcast discusses all things current in screenwriting.
The Last of Us: A Conversation with Craig Mazin + A Conversation with Kathleen Kennedy
This week on On Story, we’re joined by iconic television writer Damon Lindelof, known for his work showrunning the hit drama series Watchmen, LOST, and The Leftovers, and the creator-showrunner of the physiological-thriller series, Severance, Dan Erickson for a conversation on world building. Later in the episode, we’ll speak with Noah Hawley, creator of the TV series Fargo, for a conversation on his process of adapting the film into the critically acclaimed series of the same name.
We're highlighting some of our On Story shorts that have played throughout the 8 seasons of On Story.
