Instructors
Every Script School class is taught by people who work in film and television.
David Pope
Director, producer & writer
David Pope is an independent filmmaker, director, producer and writer. In 2019 he founded Film Camp in Hollywood, which now runs filmmaking programs in five US cities.
Teaches: Screenwriting 101
Nick McCarthy
Horror writer & director
Nick McCarthy is a Los Angeles-based writer and director of horror films. Three of his short films played at the Sundance Film Festival. His feature debut, The Pact (2012), premiered at Sundance and was released by IFC Midnight; made for about $400,000, it took $7.2 million at the box office. He went on to direct At the Devil’s Door (2014) and The Prodigy (2019).
Teaches: Horror Screenplay Writing
Danielle Keaton
Actress, producer & acting coach
Danielle Keaton is an actress, producer and acting coach with more than 30 years in the entertainment industry. She began acting as a child, with a breakout role in John Carpenter’s Village of the Damned (1995), and went on to appear in Traveller, Beethoven’s 3rd and guest roles on Beverly Hills, 90210 and Without a Trace. She later worked as a development assistant at Warner Bros. for Todd Phillips and Bradley Cooper’s production company. She has led the Acting for Camera program at Stagelight Performing Arts since 2016, teaches techniques including Uta Hagen and Meisner, and founded The Art Club.
Teaches: Scene & Audition Lab
Logan Taylor
Producer · sales & acquisitions
Logan Taylor is an Austin-based producer, programmer and sales and acquisitions consultant specialising in genre and independent film. She runs Taylor Made Films and has worked in sales, acquisitions and festival strategy with companies including New Ratio Films, TriCoast Worldwide and Umbrella Entertainment. She has programmed for Fantastic Fest, SXSW and Boston Underground Film Festival, and mentors projects for the Frontières market at Fantasia. She also teaches film at Austin Community College and holds an MFA in Film and Television Studies from Boston University.
Teaches: From Script to Market: Sales & Distribution
The Casting Room is led by working casting directors, who rotate each week.