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| "D.B.
provided a solid understanding of the structure and format of a feature
length screenplay. With this knowledge, insight into the business, and honest
feedback I was able to complete a first draft by the final class." Jacquetta Szathmari |
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| "D.B.'s
knowledge of and passion for screenwriting made writing my screenplay possible.
He is a generous and caring teacher with a great sense of humor, which made
for a very fun and productive class." Elizabeth A. Kent |
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| "D.B.
is one of the most brilliant, articulate, and helpful screenwriters out
there. When he reads a scene, he picks up on it, finding not only what's
in the script but what's swimming around in the writer's own mind."
." Pia Sawhney |
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| "D.B.'s
chief concern was always about crafting a workable structure for every script.
He was supportive, honest, forthcoming with information, and humorous. Richard Boehmcke |
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| "I've
worked with D.B. Gilles and know first hand that he really knows his stuff.
The Portable Film School covers all the bases and covers them well. A home run." Lawrence Turman Chairman, Peter Stark Producing Program, USC’s School of Cinema-Television. Producer of such films as The Graduate, Short Circuit & American History |
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| > Contact D.B. Gilles at dbgillescript@aol.com |
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| D.B.
Gilles
teaches Screenwriting and Writing For Television (both sitcom and hour-long
drama) in The Undergraduate Film and Television Department at New York University's
Tisch School of the Arts. He has also taught in The Department of Dramatic
Writing at NYU and in the Graduate Film Department at Columbia University. Many of his former students have gotten deals, won screenwriting competitions, sold scripts and had movies made. He is also a produced and published playwright, TV writer and screenwriter. He did the screen adaptation of the play “Spinning Into Butter” starring Sarah Jessica Parker. In addition to writing “The Screenwriter Within” (Random House 2000) and “The Portable Film School” (St. Martin’s Press 2005), he is co-author of the George W. Bush parody “W. The First Hundred Days: A White House Journal” (Andrews McMeel 2001). His article “How Old Is Too Old To Be A Screenwriter” is published in the anthology “Ask The Pros: 200 Questions Answered By Industry Professionals” (Lone Eagle Publishing, a division of iFilm. His article “The Cat Therapist and Other Sitcoms Not To Be” was published in The New York Times Arts & Leisure Section. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild and The Writers Guild of America, East. |
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