"My time at the screenwriting program in Squaw Valley was a rare opportunity to step away from my harried life and focus on my script with the guidance of incredibly talented mentors. I went in with a draft that I knew needed to be rebuilt from the ground up, so I was ready for it. Tom Rickman went above and beyond in his role as my advisor and the sessions with other mentors were invaluable. I highly recommend this program to any screenwriter looking for an intensive workshop with a star-studded lineup of patient and generous teachers."
—Amanda Micheli

"Squaw Valley is the most powerful and effective of any workshop I've attended. My mentor, Camille Thomasson, helped me to see where my story had holes, which characters were extraneous, and how to get back in line with my original intent. The difference is the way Squaw approaches us as individuals. The one-on-one mentoring combined with “community” sessions strikes the right balance and gives writers the direction we need."
—Kari Nevil,Filmmaker

"I found the Squaw Valley Writers Workshop in Screenwriting to be incredibly rewarding, both professionally and creatively speaking. I made numerous valuable contacts in a short amount of time, and was able to receive, through the mentoring system, individualized and focused feedback from a seasoned professional in my field, something you just don’t get at other writing conferences.Coming away from Squaw, I was not only closer to a final draft of my screenplay, but I knew what to do with it afterwards. The close-knit and supportive faculty gave me the confidence and the know-how to get my script into the right hands post-workshop. My first screenplay, “Luna’s Highway” is now in pre-production, and I wholeheartedly attribute this success to my experience at Squaw Valley. I highly recommend this program for anyone interested in tuning their writing dreams into reality."
—Tamuira Reid

Production commitments will determine
the availability of staff members.

EUGENE CORR is a writer/director of films and television whose credits include the Academy Award-nominated Desert Bloom, Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter’s Journey, (co-written/directed with Robert Hillmann), Prefontaine for Disney Pictures, and Mike Hammer: Too Legit for VH1, and The Joe Louis Story for Hallmark Entertainment. His television credits include Against the Law (Fox), Shannon’s Deal (NBC) and I’ll Fly Away (NBC). Currently he is producing a documentary feature, From Ghost Town to Havana, shot in Oakland, CA and Havana, with Roberto Chile as cinematographer and co-producer, in Havana.

JACOB FORMAN is a screenwriter whose cred- its include All the Boys Love Mandy Lane which screened at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival and was acquired there by The Weinstein Company for worldwide distribu- tion. Jacob currently has two features in development at Paramount Pictures, as well as projects with Davis Entertainment, the Mark Gordon Company, Strike Entertainment and Paradox Entertainment. He has developed hour-long dramas for CBS Television and ABC Touchstone. He is a Lecturer in Screenwriting and Conservatory Studies at the American Film Institute.

PAMELA GRAY is a screenwriter whose credits include Walk on the Moon (aka The Blouse Man), which received a Golden Satellite nomi- nation, Music of the Heart, and Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights. Variety named her one of the “Ten Screenwriters to Watch.” She wrote the screenplay for Conviction, released by Fox Searchlight in Fall 2010, and voted Best Picture by the Boston Film Festival. It starred Hilary Swank, who received a nomination for a SAG award for best actress. She is currently writing a comedy feature for Paramount, and develop- ing a Broadway musical about the Woodstock Festival. She is also a published poet.

PATRICIA K. MEYER is a screenwriter/producer who has written screenplays for Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions, as well as all the major studios and networks. Her many producing credits include the ABC miniseries, The Women of Brewster Place, star- ring Oprah Winfrey, which earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Miniseries. She executive-produced Nora Ephron’s directorial debut motion picture, This Is My Life, and numerous movies for television. Her comedy, The Ex-Boy, will be in production in 2012. Packaging for her historically-based thriller, Waikiki, is also in process. She is a Senior Lecturer in Screenwriting at American Film Institute.

PATRICIA K. MEYER is a screenwriter/producer who has written screenplays for Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions, as well as all the major studios and networks. Her many producing credits include the ABC miniseries, The Women of Brewster Place, starring Oprah Winfrey, which earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Miniseries. She executive-produced Nora Ephron’s directorial debut motion picture, This Is My Life, and numerous movies for television. Her comedy, The Ex-Boy, will be in production in 2012. Packaging for her historically-based thriller, Waikiki, is also in process. She is a Senior Lecturer in Screenwriting at American Film Institute.

CHRISTOPHER MONGER is a writer/director whose feature credits include The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down A Mountain; Girl From Rio; Waiting for the Light; and Crime Pays. His television credits as writer include Seeing Red, for which he received a Christopher Award, and Temple Grandin for which he received the Humanitas Prize and a Peabody. The film received 7 Emmys and won both the Monte Carlo and Banff TV Festivals. Recently he has adapted Maggie O'Farrell's novel, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, for CrossDay Films; Liz & Dick, the story of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton for Lifetime; My Husband Rock Hudson for HBO; and is current- ly completing his original pilot for NBC/ Working Title, Madam Zena's Psychic Tea Room. Next he is scheduled to write four episodes for HBO about the young Teddy Roosevelt. He has also directed the documentaries Special Thanks To Roy London and A Sense Of Wonder.

JUDITH RASCOE’s screenwriting credits include Eat a Bowl of Tea, Havana, Endless Love, Who’ll Stop the Rain, the screen adaptation of Robert Stone’s novel Dog Soldiers, and Patricia Highsmith’s novel, Ripley Underground. She was the story consultant on Roger Spottiswood's Shake Hands With the Devil, released in 2010, and for The Bang Bang Club, a feature about young conflict photographers in South Africa, released 2011. She is currently working with German scriptwriter Jørn Precht on a feature about Rochus Misch, the SS bodyguard who is the last living witness to Adolph Hitler's death in 1945.

TOM RICKMAN is a screenwriter/director whose many credits include Coal Miner’s Daughter, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award; Everybody’s All- American; and The River Rat (which he also directed). His television credits include Truman, nominated for an Emmy Award; Tuesdays With Morrie, for which he received both the Humanitas Award and the Writers Guild Award; and The Reagans, nominated for an Emmy. He adapted Front of the Class from the book by the same name, for Hallmark Hall of Fame, (2008). Currently he has completed the Miles Davis story entitled, Miles and Me, for the producer Rudy Langrich (Hotel Rwanda) and A Smile As Big As the Moon for Hallmark Hall of Fame, which is scheduled to air in Spring 2012.

LISA ROSENBERG is a screenwriter whose credits include independent features The Riddle and Savage Dawn, the dramatic short Friends, KCET’s The Oddest Couple documentary series, the internet-based political series Reinventing America and the Emmy Award-winning public TV series, Psychology: The Study of Human Behavior. She recently completed her adaptation of Edie Meidav’s award-winning novel, Crawl Space which is being considered for European production. Currently she is writing an American historical drama and a column on storytelling for SF360, the S.F. Film Society’s website.

TOM SCHLESINGER is a screenwriter and story consultant whose collaborations include Nowhere in Africa, with Caroline Link, which won the Academy Award in 2003 for Best Foreign Film, and Beyond Silence, nominated for the Academy Award in 1998. In 1996 he collaborated with writ- er-director Doris Dorrie on Nobody Loves Me, which won the German Film Prize, and The Fisherman and His Wife. Tom is currently co-producing the feature film, Playground with Robert Cort Productions in Los Angeles. He has just completed an adaptation of Sergio Bambaren’s book, Dolphin, Story of a Dreamer, for an animated feature.

CAMILLE THOMASSON’s recent television credits include Beyond The Blackboard, with Emily VanCamp; When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story, for which Wynona Ryder received a SAG nomination; The Pictures of Hollis Woods, for which she received a WGA Humanitas nomination and a Christopher Award in 2008; The Valley of Light, winner of the Templeton Prize in 2008; The Magic of Ordinary Days; and The Brooke Ellison Story, directed by the late Christopher Reeve, for which Thomasson received a 2004 Christopher Award. Her feature work includes Ave Maria, which debuted in the Latin American Film Festival in 2000; and Luther, starring Joseph Fiennes, which won the Golden Screen Award in Germany, 2004. The Hadleys, written for Hallmark Hall of Fame, is slated for production in 2012. She is currently producing the independent feature, Hurry Home, written with Michael Urban.

MICHAEL URBAN is a screenwriter and instructor at the American Film Institute. His first feature film Saved! (co-written with Brian Dannelly) was produced by MGM/UA in 2004. He has since complet- ed writing assignments for several major film and television studios including: 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Good Humor TV, Warner Brothers Television, ABC Television, Lionsgate and HBO. He is currently developing a one-hour series with the producers of Saved! for cable television and a feature film, Hurry Home (co-written with Camille Thomasson).

GUESTS
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SARAH RYAN BLACK is a producer and partner with Grand Illusions Productions in Los Angeles.

LINDA BLACKABY is an international media arts programmer in the U.S. and abroad. She is a specialist in community engagement in the media arts, and has served as consultant to film festival, filmmakers and other organizations.

DEBBIE BRUBAKER is a producer with over 25 years of experience in motion picture and video production. She lives and works in San Francisco.

VIVIAN KLEIMAN is Executive Producer, Producer, Director, and writer at Vivian Kleiman Productions. A Peabody Award- winning filmmaker, she has a distinctive portfolio of creative video, and film pro- duction specializing in documentary pro- ductions for diverse venues.

SCOTT ROSENFELT is an independent pro- ducer who founded I.E. Productions with producer and writing partner, Billie Grief. He is also a partner in Picture Play Films.

GEORGE RUSH is a fourth-generation San Franciscan whose law practice special- izes in the entertainment industry with emphasis on the San Francisco Bay Area Film Community.

GAIL SILVA is an advisor and curator for arts organizations, individual artists and filmmakers, with nearly 30 years of service to the independent media field.

RON YERXA is a producer and partner of Bona Fide Productions in Los Angeles.