Hilliard Guess' Screenwriters Rant Room

It’s the second episode of 2016... and it’s a dope one y’all. We go IN with good friend writer/director Chandus Jackson -- Universal & Disney Fellow! HIGHLIGHTS: The WIZ, Howard U, Military life experience, The Disney Fellowship, rules for a fellowship interview, The PGA Program, The Universal Feature Program, signing with WME & Circle of Confusion and an hour packed with industry game! Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2016” DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/SWRR-85 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @ChandusJackson #ScreenwritersRantRoom #BlackNerds #Comedy #TV/Film --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

In this kick ass, first episode of 2016 -  we talk with Executive Producer/Showrunner Jeff Melvoin “The Series Fixer!” HIGHLIGHTS: Engaging the fans, becoming a journalist at Time Magazine,  coming up in TV with: Remington Steele & Northern Exposure, “The Hail Mary Syndrome,”  Showrunning the series Army Wives, rising above the clutter, the WGA Staff Writers Boot Camp, vanity & fear, the WGA Showrunner Program and so much more! Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2016” DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/EP-84 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @Jumper139 #ScreenwritersRantRoom #BlackNerds #Comedy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

In this new, kick ass episode - Hilliard & Lisa talk with actor/series creator Bashir Gavriel about the hustle muscle it takes to sell a TV Series to the USA Network! HIGHLIGHTS: Discovering your talent at a young age, going to Nursing School, understanding “God Winks,” navigating the world & the industry, life changing advice from Will Smith, the engaging pitch, writing, creating and selling “Paroled” to the USA Network, the WGA CBW Holiday Soul Event at UTA and so much more! Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2016” DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/SWRR-83 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @BashirGavriel #ScreenwritersRantRoom #BlackNerds #Comedy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

Today we talk about making intersectional feminist films with two of the women behind the hit, new Moon Faze Fem Film Festival - actors/producers - Premstar Santana and Sarah Hawkins! HIGHLIGHTS: World star faces, making your own work - “her changing faces,” creating Moon Faze at LA Mother, championing female filmmakers, becoming producers and so much more… Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015” DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/SRRW-82 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja #ScreenwritersRantRoom #BlackNerds #Comedy #Feminist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

In this episode we go IN with good friend - motion graphics artist Jonathan Winbush and we discuss the hustle muscle it takes to get to the top of your game! HIGHLIGHTS: Taking the plunge to LA, being on your game, designing opening titles for Happy Madison’s company, DVD & BlueRay Menus, working with producers, My Little Pony, why motion graphics is important to filmmakers and so much more!  Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015” DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/SRR-EP-81 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @SixteenxNine #ScreenwritersRantRoom #BlackNerds #Comedy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

“Fade the f**k In!  That’s right, Hilliard & Lisa go IN big time with big bro, Malcolm Spellman writer/Producer of the hit series “EMPIRE!” HIGHLIGHTS: Becoming the IT Writer, balancing a steady career, Writer-Action Message Board, creating Balls Out, savvy writers, inside the hit show “Empire” and so much more! Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015” DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/EP-80 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @MalcolmSpellman @RutyRutenberg #ScreenwritersRantRoom #BlackNerds #Comedy #EMPIRE --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

Hilliard, Lisa and big bro, writer/producer Geoffrey Thorne from the hit show The Librarians, chopped it up in this episode - big time y’all! HIGHLIGHTS: Star Trek, Jessica Jones, “women with agency,” TV’s getting it right - Film’s getting it wrong,, diverse casting - only when it’s smart and part of the character, do we really need a black James Bond and a ton more sh**!  Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015” DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/EP-79 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @GeoffThorne #ScreenwritersRantRoom #BlackNerds #Comedy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

Hilliard and Lisa talk shop with Science Fiction Author/Professor Dr. Adilifu Nama about his latest book - “RACE ON THE QT -Blackness and the Films of Quentin Tarantino!” HIGHLIGHTS: Inside the new book, projecting race in films: The Planet of the Apes, Django Unchained, Jackie Brown, the self hating black man, living myths, The Groundhouse Pictures and so much more! Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015” DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/EP-78 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @Killer_Brew #ScreenwritersRantRoom #BLACKNERDS   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

Hilliard and Lisa have a blast with Chuck Rose - writer/creator of “THE ART OF MORE” a new, hit series on The Crackle Network! HIGHLIGHTS: Developing with Samuel Goldwyn Jr, playwriting and writing features, creating The Art of More series, behind-the-scenes, structure and pace, rewrites, The Vampires of Hollywood, diverse casting, Chuck’s novel “Head Games” and so much more! Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015” DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/EP-77 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @Killer_Brew #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Crackle --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

In this episode, Hilliard, Lisa, Tracy Grant and Willie Davis came together and taped a Tribute Episode in memory of our fellow third wheel co-host, Kevin Killebrew, who recently passed away unexpectedly... Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015” DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/EP-BONUS Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @Killer_Brew #ScreenwritersRantRoom #BlackNerds #Comedy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

Hilliard, Lisa and Kevin go IN in this episode. This time covering some of the latest and most talked about Hollywood BS! HIGHLIGHTS: The Martian, Project Greenlight, casting “people of color,” more opportunities for woman directors and so much more!  Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015” DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/EP-76 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @Killer_Brew #ScreenwritersRantRoom #BlackNerds #Comedy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

In this episode, Hilliard, Lisa, Kevin and sitting in with us, rock star horror writer, Jeffrey Reddick! Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015” DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/SRWW-74 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja #ScreenwritersRantRoom #BlackNerds #HORROR --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

Hilliard and Lisa go in with old friends, twins, JaNieka & JaShieka James, Staff Writers on Season Two of the hit series “EMPIRE!” Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015” DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/EP-74 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja #ScreenwritersRantRoom #BlackNerds #Comedy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

In this episode Hilliard, Lisa and Kevin go IN on an episode of Hollywood Roundup, talking about all kinds of industry sh*t! HIGHLIGHTS: Viola Davis and the haters around the Emmy’s, the top tv series for commercial ads, Matt Damon and Effie T Brown, issues with Fear The Walking Dead and so much more! Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015” DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/EP-73 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @Kevin_Brew --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

Hilliard, Lisa and Kevin go IN - Part 2 with Carlito Machete, writer on the hit show EMPIRE! HIGHLIGHTS: The traffic stop, shit wasn't easy, "The Chop Up" on BET, getting stabbed at a bar, breaking in - "The Left Overs," the writers room on "Empire" and so much more! Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015” DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/EP-72 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja #ScreenwritersRantRoom #BlackNerds #Comedy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

HIGHLIGHTS: Carlito's hustle muscle, the streets of Philly and the Bronx, Prison PTSD, The Source Magazine,  Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015”  DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/EP-71 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes!  http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1  Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja #ScreenwritersRantRoom #BlackNerds #Comedy #EmpireSeason2 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

This week, Hilliard, Lisa and good friend Kevin Killebrew go IN, this time talking about loving your own thing and chasing the trends!   HIGHLIGHTS: Looking for validation, the “aspiring writer,” seeing things visually,  writers’ block, self validation, self investment... and so much more!    Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015”   DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/EP-70   Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes!   http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1   Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja   #ScreenwritersRantRoom #BlackNerds #Comedy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

This week, Hilliard, Lisa and good, friend Kevin Killebrew go IN, this time talking about some of our favorite Summer Movies!   HIGHLIGHTS: Johnny Depp, Hollywood needs new faces, our favorite summer movies, Fall movies we can’t wait to see and so much more!    Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015”   DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/EP-69   Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes!   http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1   Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja   #ScreenwritersRantRoom #BlackNerds #Comedy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

Hilliard and Lisa go IN with old friend writer/creator Scotch Ellis Loring and this episode is full of GAME!   HIGHLIGHTS: Being “just black,” breaking in on “The Facts of Life” and “Head of The Class,” singing back up, being a gay married parent in Hollywood, “WIG,” writing, directing and creating the webseries “Faux Show,” Lisa’s - Straight Out of Compton rant and so much more!   FAUXSHOWTV.COM   Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015”   DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/EP-68   Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes!   http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1   Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja  

If you are a fan of Horror then you don't wanna miss this episode.  Hilliard and Lisa talk how genre works with good friend, writer/exec producer, Jeffrey Reddick!   HIGHLIGHTS: Growing up bi-racial in Kentucky, being an intern at New Line Cinema, breaking in and creating the five-movie horror franchise FINAL DESTINATION, writing films like: TAMARA, George Romero’s DAY OF THE DEAD, RETURN TO CABIN BY THE LAKE, DEAD AWAKE, GOOD SAMARITAN, NEAR DEATH, TV - SUPERSTITION: FINAL CHANCE, THE UNDERTAKERS, DEAD AWAKE, Jeffrey’s last words of advice and the End Song “DEAR MR. OFFICER” by hip-hop artist JACK SPADE!  https://jspadeofficial.bandcamp.com   Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015”   DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/EP-67   Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes!   http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1   Twitter: