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Alison Lea Bingeman teaches for the UCLA Extension Writers' Program William Mapother, Sofia Vassilieva, and Melora Walters star in HURT, 2007

 

William Mapother, Sofia Vassilieva, and Melora Walters star in HURT, 2007

Writers' instructors:

Abercrombie, Barbara

Alexander, Ronald

Alumit, Noel

Amdahl, Gary

Amster, Betsy

Ankrum, Barbara

Arnold, Caroline

Auerbach, Kimberlee

Balis, Chrysanthy

Barlow, Michael

Baszile, Jennifer

Bauman, Beth Ann

Bauman, Bruce

Bauman, Natasha

Bechtold, Lisze

Belcher, Wendy

Benedek, Tom

Bernstein, Jon

Bingeman, Alison Lea

Blomquist , Tom

Bogen, Laurel Ann

Borofka, Deb Everson

Borofka, David

Boulware, Bill

Boyle, Bill

Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra

Brandeis, Gayle

Brandli, Jami

Bray, Sharon

Bryant, Robert

Buckley, Michael

Bull, Sheldon

Burmeister, Charles

Bursky, Rick

Burwick, Kimberly

Byrne, Erica

Cain, Shannon

Callan, Jamie Cat

Caram, Eve La Salle

Carmichael , Claire

Casey, Mary

Chambers, Julie

Chambers, David

Chehak, Susan Taylor

Chitlik, Paul

Cizmar, Paula

Cohen, Kerry

Comer, Brian

Comora, Madeleine

Connell, Maureen

Contreras, Ernie

Cooper, Stephen

Copeland , Martin

Corbett, David

Corman, Matthew

Crane, Megan

Cron, Lisa

Curnen, Tim

Cushman, Adam Scott

Davidson, Bryan

Davis, Deborah Dean

Debenham, Matt

DeFilippis, Nunzio

Dellamonica, Alyx

Dilts, Tyler

Doctor, Lisa Lieberman

Doller, Ben

Doolittle, John

Drake, Diane

Dunn, Samantha

Dunne, Peter

Edson, Eric

Eisner, Philip

Elliot , Greg

Escandon, Maria Amparo

Eversz, Robert

Farmer , Jerrilyn

Fioravanti, Valerie

Fisher, Antwone

Forster, Rebecca

Friedman, Amy

Gable, Mona

Gale, Kate

Gebauer , Phyllis

Gee, Alison Singh

Giglio, Keith

Giglio, Juliet Aires

Glass, Linzi

Glickman, Gary

Golant, Susan

gonzalez, liz

Gray, Beverly

Grazioso, Claudia

Greenberg , Steven

Grice, Gordon

Grundfest , Bill

Guerdat, Andrew

Gutman, Karin

Harrison, Wayne

Hasley , William

Hatem, Richard

Haynes, Betsy

Hewitt, Cindy

Hightower, Lynn

Hong, Anna Maria

Howard-Johnson, Carolyn

Iglesias, Karl

Inclan, Jessica Barksdale

Ipcizade, Catherine

Isaacs, David

Jacobs, Matthew

Jacobson, Tom

Jaffe , Daniel M.

James, Elizabeth

Janover, Michael

Jennewein, James

Johnson, Kristine

Johnson, Matt

Kann, Rachel

Kapner, Mitchell

Kellard, Phil

Kellogg, Carolyn

Kenney, Shawna

Khanna , Vandana

Kiesbye, Stefan

Kirschenbaum, Alan

Kobrin, Sandra

Kolpas, Norman

Kraft, Scott

Krizan, Kim

Kutner, Merrily

Lapides, Beth

Lauber , Lynn

Lazarus , Tom

Leavitt , Caroline

Leff, Howard

Lehr, Leslie

Leibner, Joshua

Lenney, Dinah

Lepucki , Edan

Levine, Paul

Levitin , Sonia

Levy, Simon

Lichtenstein, Barney Miles

Liu, Aimee

Livingston, Sonja

Lombardo, Billy

Lopez , Angel Dean

Lummis, Suzanne

MacBird, Bonnie

Mandelbaum, Paul

Mandell, Corey

Manning, Richard

Markel, Michelle

Marsa , Linda

Martell, Leon

Mathews , Lou

Mauldin, Bronwyn

Mazur, Stephen

McKewin, Vince

Medway, Lisa

Meeks , Christopher

Melrod, George

Mengert, Christina

Mernit, Billy

Miller, Greg

Milliken, Kate

Monroe, Robert

Morton, Philip

Mueller, Anton

Murdock, Maureen

Myers , Scott

Nash, Jennie

Nazemian, Abdi

Neri, Kris

Niad, Wendi

Norton, Lisa Dale

O' Neill, Alexis

Ollstein, Laurel

Ord, Chris

Osborne, Andrew

Palmer, Karen

Palmer , Linda

Palumbo, Dennis

Patterson, Victoria

Paul , Ann Whitford

Peeples, Quinton

Pierce, Marian

Plesko , Les

Polsky, David

Powell, J. Dakota

Prager, Judith

Prasad,

Raab, Diana

Rabkin, William

Ragana, Lollie

Raley, Ron

Rapp, Emily

Raymond, Linda

Reese, Rhett

Reid, Annie

Resnick , Rachel

Roberge , Rob

Rosen , Ken

Rosenberg, David

Rosenthal, Lisa

Rosenthal, Laurence

Rosin, Charles

Ruppenthal, Chris

Saber, Luciano

Saltzberg, Barney

Sandler, Ellen

Sands, Katharine

Santiago, Eduardo

Sarvas, Mark

Scharlach , Ed

Schimmel, John

Schraft, Micah

Schwartz, Leslie

Schwartz, Virginia Frances

Scott, Jessica

Sedaka, Marc

Selbo, Jule

Shahan, Sherry

Shapiro, Alan

Shapiro, Rochelle

Shaw, Deirdre

Shopsowitz, Karen

Silverman, David

Simon, Clea

Smith, Dominic

Sohmer, Steve

Specktor, Matthew

Specktor, Matthew

Spiller, Nancy

Staahl, Jim

Steen , Mark

Stenson , Jacqueline

Strom, Dao

Suppa , Ron

Tamasy, Paul

Taub, Bill

Teasley, Lisa

van der Linde, Laurel

Verducci, Patricia

Vigon, Barry

Villanueva, Marianne

Vining, Dan

Vitale, Tony

Wachtel, Brooks

Walsh, Laurence

Warfield, David W.

Wax, Roberta

Waxman, Stephanie

Wayland, April Halprin

Webb, Chris

Webb, Don

Weiser, Stanley

Weiss, Michael

Welch, Douglas

Welch, Rosanne

What, Leslie

Wilkerson, Ronald

Williams, Bett

Williams, Sheila J.

Wilson, Antoine

Wilson, Eric

Wilson, Ian Randall

Wilson, John Morgan

Wilson, Larry

Wisdom, Victoria

Witten, Matt

Woelfle, Gretchen

Wolfson , Steven

Wyatt , Charles

Xi, Xu

Yang, Lyndane

Yee, Lisa

Yoo, Paula

Youtt , Harry

Zackheim, Victoria

Zambrano, Jacqueline

Alison Lea Bingeman

 

Instructor Biography:

Screenwriter; WGA member who recently wrote the independent feature film thriller Hurt. Ms. Bingeman's numerous television credits include CSI: Miami, NCIS, Relic Hunter, and The New Outer Limits. Spanning all genres, her work has appeared on CBS, HBO, Lifetime, USA, Nickelodeon, and Showtime.

 

Instructor Statement:

Great writers are made, not born. That has always been my philosophy. Sure, it takes talent to write well, but it also takes hard work and dedication to the craft. You are here because you have the desire to write screenplays. I’m here because I’m committed to share what I know about the world of film and television. Screenwriting is a craft. I teach the fundamentals of dramatic writing, from conception to completion. A wonderful film always starts with a great script and I will teach you what I know, culling from my experiences sitting in writers’ rooms, working with directors, facing that blank page and meeting deadlines. Filmmaking is also a collaborative medium and working with other writers is an important aspect of that effort. I run my class much like a writers’ room where ideas are shared, suggestions offered and advice taken. If the environment is safe and the focus ever present, the creative experience can be transformative. Great writing is also a conversation – with yourself, with other writers and, most importantly, with the outside world. My classroom is where that conversation can take place.