Categories: 2024

Emerson Screenwriting Professor Selected for Prestigious Writers’ Retreat

Come November, Visual & Media Arts Assistant Professor Thato Mwosa ’01 will participate as one of 14 writers selected for this year’s lineup of the prestigious Writer’s Lab.

What Percentage of Movies Are Written by Women Over 40?

Exclusive: The Writers Lab, which nurtures female screenwriters over 40, looks at the ages and genders behind 38,803 writing credits and 16,624 live-action features to examine a rise over time that still has a long way to go.

Inaugural Writers Lab Canada selects eight participants

The Writers Lab Canada has selected eight women and non-binary screenwriters to participate in its inaugural program.

Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and actor Nia Vardalos has joined the lab as its first ambassador.

Ruth Wilson, Vicky McClure among speakers of The Writers Lab inaugural Summit

UK actors Ruth Wilson, Vicky McClure and producer Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor will be among the speakers at the inaugural Global Screen Creators Summit organised by The Writers Lab UK & Ireland, a development and marketplace programme for women and non-binary screenwriters aged over 40 years old.

Meryl Streep’s The Writers Lab Unveils 10th Annual List of Women and Non-Binary Screenwriters Over 40

Nicole Kidman also supports the Lab, which is the only program in the world for middle-aged screenwriters.

Hollywood’s Exclusion of Women Over 40 Leaves Us Watching the Same Show on Repeat — Opinion

The founders of The Writers Lab, a screenplay development program for women over 40, reflect on this year’s Oscars — and more.