• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

John August

  • Arlo Finch
  • Scriptnotes
  • Library
  • Store
  • About

Speaking at the Austin Film Festival

August 25, 2004 News

austinAfter a fairly travel-free summer, I’m going to be headed to the [Austin Film Festival](http://austinfilmfestival.com) from October 14-21, 2004, where I’ll be speaking on a few yet-to-be-determined panels.

Austin is great. I went a few years ago after Go, and really liked it. Of all the festivals, Austin is probably the most writer-centric; [the list of panelists](http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/content/conference/panelists.htm) includes many of the best and busiest screenwriters working today.

A few of them I know pretty well: [Les Bohem](http://imdb.com/name/nm0092018/), [John Lee Hancock](http://imdb.com/name/nm0359387/), [Anne Rapp](http://imdb.com/name/nm0710828/) and I all spoke at the [Nashville Screenwriter’s Conference](http://www.nashscreen.com/nashscreen/). [Tom McCarthy](http://imdb.com/name/nm0565336/) and I sat a bunch of panels together while he was promoting [The Station Agent](http://imdb.com/title/tt0340377/) and I was flacking [Big Fish](http://imdb.com/title/tt0319061/). I met [Shane Black](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000948/) at the last Austin Film Festival, and [Thomas Schlamme](http://imdb.com/name/nm0772095/) was attached to direct my very-first paid screenwriting job. [Terry Rossio](http://imdb.com/name/nm0744429/), who in addition to his screenwriting career runs the excellent [WordPlayer](http://wordplayer.com) site, will be there as well.

If you’re a screenwriter in Texas, or just looking for a good excuse to visit Austin, you should probably come. The organizers tell me that anyone who mentions this site when they [register](http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/content/register/index.htm) will get a 10% discount. And no, I don’t get a kickback or referral fee. But if I see you out at the bars, you’re welcome to buy me a beer.

Related Posts

  1. Film festival contacts
  2. Moving to Hollywood
  3. Do screenwriters make anything from video rentals?

Primary Sidebar

Newsletter

Inneresting Logo A Quote-Unquote Newsletter about Writing
Read Now

Explore

Projects

  • Aladdin (1)
  • Arlo Finch (27)
  • Big Fish (88)
  • Birdigo (2)
  • Charlie (39)
  • Charlie's Angels (16)
  • Chosen (2)
  • Corpse Bride (9)
  • Dead Projects (18)
  • Frankenweenie (10)
  • Go (30)
  • Karateka (4)
  • Monsterpocalypse (3)
  • One Hit Kill (6)
  • Ops (6)
  • Preacher (2)
  • Prince of Persia (13)
  • Shazam (6)
  • Snake People (6)
  • Tarzan (5)
  • The Nines (118)
  • The Remnants (12)
  • The Variant (22)

Apps

  • Bronson (14)
  • FDX Reader (11)
  • Fountain (32)
  • Highland (73)
  • Less IMDb (4)
  • Weekend Read (64)

Recommended Reading

  • First Person (88)
  • Geek Alert (151)
  • WGA (162)
  • Workspace (19)

Screenwriting Q&A

  • Adaptation (66)
  • Directors (90)
  • Education (49)
  • Film Industry (491)
  • Formatting (130)
  • Genres (90)
  • Glossary (6)
  • Pitches (29)
  • Producers (59)
  • Psych 101 (119)
  • Rights and Copyright (96)
  • So-Called Experts (47)
  • Story and Plot (170)
  • Television (164)
  • Treatments (21)
  • Words on the page (238)
  • Writing Process (178)

More screenwriting Q&A at screenwriting.io

© 2025 John August — All Rights Reserved.