Meet Austin Film Festival's Screenwriters to Watch 2021!
- nanduff
- Jun 11, 2021
- 1 min read
I am really honored to be included on this year's list :)
Published by: NO FILM SCHOOL & Austin Film Festival
Since it began in 1994, the Austin Film Festival has elevated screenwriters through its many creative initiatives and programs. From its industry-leading Writers Conference, an annual film festival that hosts some of the biggest and most important creators working today, to the largest screenplay competition in the world, AFF continues to be a resource for writers and a hub for creatives to connect in countless ways.
No Film School proudly presents AFF's annual “25 Screenwriters to Watch” list. Explore the careers, dreams, and origin stories behind these up-and-coming storytellers. They also offer valuable advice on how to break in as a writer!
Nancy Duff
Writer Company Man
AFF: How did you break in or get your start in screenwriting?
ND: I have loved storytelling since childhood. I would write addendums to my “Choose Your Own Adventure” books and loan them out from my “library” to kids on the cul-de-sac. My short adventure stories grew into longer ones, to eventually screenplays.
For the past 12 years, while working in the film industry, I helped artists create their monsters, all the while looking, searching, and finding my own characters… my own monsters. Every VFX job has been a learning experience that has informed my storytelling knowledge. While doing VFX breakdowns on scripts, my “writer brain” takes note of what script changes push the project closer to a greenlight. I’ve also been lucky to have access to mentors through programs at ScreenCraft, Universal Pictures Writing Program, and now at Austin Film Festival with Josephson Entertainment to guide me through the writing development process.
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