Zach Helm describes the challenges he faced making his directorial debut, Mr. Magorium`s Wonder Emporium.

Jason Reitman describes the importance of the rhythm of language in good screenwriting and also shares a personal pet peeve about poorly formatted scripts.

Julian Schnabel explains that filmmaking is not a democracy, but it must be a deep collaboration.

Zach Helm describes his career arc, and explains the manifesto that he invented for himself to improve his screenwriting.

Tamara Jenkins, talks about how she evolved as a director from her early days just out of film school

Zach Helm shares the influences that inspired Stranger than Fiction, and discusses Marc Forster`s unique take on his script

Julian Schnabel, Tamara Jenkins and Jason Reitman discuss the importance of having a producer who will protect the director from all the drama happening behind the scenes on film sets.

Julian Schnabel discusses the importance of rhythm in editing, Tamara adds that good movies are very much like good music.

Tamara Jenkins, Jason Reitman and Julian Schnabel each answer, when is a script finished?

Scott Frank discusses how he tries to avoid writing stage direction in his screenplays.