Brian Price
Title:
Lecturer in Film Studies
Curriculum Vitae:
Brian Price is an award-winning screenwriter and director who has worked with major studios, independent producers, and television networks around the world, including Universal, Warner Bros., Endgame, Blaspheme Pictures, Scanbox Entertainment, Hudson River, and Mother Films.
His creative work has won such accolades as Best Screenplay at Scriptapalooza, Toronto’s Indie Spirit Award, Best Documentary at the New York Independent Film Festival, the Frank Capra Prize at the DC Independent Film Festival, and the Pollie Award for Outstanding PSA.
As an instructor, Brian has taught screenwriting at UCLA for over 20 years, teaching in the MFA, undergrad, and Professional programs. He developed and chaired the MFA Screenwriting Program at the Brooks Institute, and teaches regularly at Johns Hopkins, RIT, and Hollins University, where he served as Program Director of the MFA Film and Screenwriting Program. At Yale, Brian regularly teaches Screenwriting, American Horror Stories, Classical Storytelling in the Modern World, and American Romantic Comedy.
Brian’s screenwriting students have been nominated for Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmy’s, and Humanitas Awards, and his book Classical Storytelling and Contemporary Screenwriting (Focal Press), is now required reading in screenwriting programs around the world.
Currently, Brian resides in Bethesda, MD with his wife Celia, sons Maddox and Levi, and cat Mando. He is especially proud of the $.23 residual check he receives every month for his work as a harried copy editor on TV’s Melrose Place.
Education:
BA, Film and Theater Studies, Yale University 1988
MFA, Screenwriting, UCLA School of Theater Film and Television 1999
Publications:
Price, Brian. Classical storytelling and Contemporary Screenwriting:
Aristotle and the Modern Scriptwriter. Focal Press, 2017.
