Assistant Professor of Screenwriting

Anna Weinstein is Assistant Professor of Screenwriting and Coordinator of the graduate certificate in Screen and Television Writing. Her research and creative work focuses on writing for film and television, women鈥檚 representation in film and television, and industry studies. She mentors MAPW students on capstone projects ranging from feature screenplays to pilot scripts to screenwriting research thesis papers. Anna is editor of the  book series (Routledge) and  (Bloomsbury). She serves as secretary of the international  (SRN) and co-chair of the Film area for the Popular Culture Association. Anna鈥檚 screenplay projects include a limited series based on the life of Georgian author, Lillian E. Smith, and an adaptation of Richard Chase鈥檚 鈥淭he Jack Tales鈥� for producer Robert Mitas (Ratched) with Jay Russell (The Water Horse) attached to direct. Her most recent book is  (Routledge, 2023).

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Anna Weinstein, MFA
    • Creative Writing
    • PRWR 7900 Special Topics: Script to Screen
    • STVW 6490 Screenwriting I
    • STVW 6496 TV Writing: One-Hour
    • STVW 7490 Screenwriting II
    • STVW 7495 TV Writing II

  • Recent Books/Articles

    •  (editor). New York: Bloomsbury, forthcoming 2024.
    • 鈥淲riting Women: Challenges & Opportunities in Developing Female Characters for Film/TV,鈥� Media Report to Women, Vol. 52, 2, Spring 2024.
    • . London: Routledge, 2023.
    • 鈥�,鈥� Ms. magazine, Fall 2023.

    Recent Screenplays & Television Pilots

    • Giants of Veridity, one-hour television pilot based on a novel by Myiah Bengston. Amanda Toye (producer). Los Angeles: Voyage Media, in development.
    • Inseparable, one-hour television pilot based on underlying material by Pamela Bryan. Amanda Toye (producer). Los Angeles: Voyage Media, 2023.
    • Replacement Child, one-hour television pilot based on a novel by Reva J. Staniforth. Jennifer Aspen (producer). Los Angeles: Voyage Media, 2023.
    • Cigarette Girls, one-hour television pilot, rewrite of a script by Betty Dixon. Antonia Bogdanovich (producer). Los Angeles: Voyage Media, 2022.
    • Christmas Break, feature film script based on the book One Billion Seconds by Poppy and Geoff Spencer. Robert Mitas (producer). Los Angeles: Voyage Media, 2022.