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Ramesh Santanam
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Screenwriter | Story analyst/script reader for studio and production companies | Occasional guest lecturer | Former crime, courts, investigative reporter | Ardent cricket fan | Part-time raconteur |
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Hollywood Script Readers Fear They Could be Replaced by AI. They Set Up a Test to See Who Gives Better Feedback
Fearing they could be replaced, Hollywood script readers face off against AI programs to see who gives better feedback.
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October 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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LEGEND HAS IT, a short film I co-wrote, won the Midnight Audience Award at the 2025 Sapporo International Short Film Fest in Japan. An organizer texted the director: "Your film got the most laughs and the biggest reactions in the theater — it was a true highlight of the night."
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October 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Teaser trailer for LEGEND HAS IT, a short film I co-wrote, directed by the talented Thomas Lorber (stunt coordinator/stuntman, READY OR NOT 2, THE BOYS, REACHER, THE HANDMAID'S TALE, and the upcoming THE WESTIES and del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN).
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Legend Has It - Teaser/Trailer
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August 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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The future belongs to the writer-producer
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June 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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This live two-hour interview with Chris McQuarrie that I helped put together was mentioned today in a Wall Street Journal piece about the writer-director of the last four MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movies.
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THE INSIDE PITCH WITH CHRISTOPHER MCQUARRIE
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May 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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If you inherited a movie theatre, what's your first double feature?
May 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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May 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Partner script submissions to the Academy will open in late July, and the deadline will be in late August. Nicholl fellows will be awarded in spring 2026. The Black List will serve as the portal for public submissions.
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The Academy Now Runs Nicholl Fellowship Submissions Through Global Program Partners
The Academy has now partnered will global university programs, screenwriting labs, and filmmaker programs for its prestigious Nicholl fellowship.
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March 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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March 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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SHANE BLACK and JIM HERZFELD discuss screenwriting in the Screenwriters’ Rant Room with host Hilliard Guess, and Scott Foster and Brian Austin of ScriptHop/The Gauntlet.
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Screenwriters' Rant Room
499 episodes. This is the Official Site for "Hilliard Guess' SCREENWRITERS' RANT ROOM!" Our host is Hilliard Guess, a WGAw writer, director, TV/Film producer and most recently, the former Director of ...
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December 10, 2024 at 2:18 PM
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This book hits the shelves Dec. 3. Congrats, Zoje!
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So this happened... MY UNDERSLUMBERBUMBLEBEAST made the Associated Press's big 2024 Holiday Gift Guide!!
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November 27, 2024 at 7:12 PM
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November 21, 2024 at 7:52 AM
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Introduce yourself with four of your favorite movie scenes of all time #FilmSky #MovieSky #ScriptSky #Movies
November 20, 2024 at 5:00 AM
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Ten films to get to know me:
THE THIRD MAN (1949)
UMBERTO D (1952)
THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1964)
ANNIE HALL (1977)
KISS KISS BANG BANG (2005)
CITY LIGHTS (1931)
THE PARALLAX VIEW (1974)
QUO VADIS, AIDA? (2020)
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
ACE IN THE HOLE (1951)

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November 15, 2024 at 5:29 AM
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SHOW & TELL. A short film — nine minutes or so — I co-wrote a few years ago.
Show & Tell - Short Film by Sakshi Gurnani
Show & Tell is a short film about a 6-year old boy who craves a Barbie doll for his collection of rugged toys and a mother who worries something might be 'wr...
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September 20, 2023 at 11:05 PM