Casey Parajon 12/16/24 Casey Parajon 12/16/24

Actor Jesse Eisenberg

A REAL PAIN Writer, Director, Producer and Actor Jesse Eisenberg sits down with Variety Senior Artisans Editor Jazz Tangcay for an insightful conversation on his new film. Hear how Eisenberg explored his own family history to develop the film, how email drafts turned into final drafts, and how creating specific stories and characters can invoke universal emotions and themes.

Evan Ibarra 12/9/24 Evan Ibarra 12/9/24

From Writing Code to Writing Scripts: Yeon Jin Lee's Journey to Hollywood from Silicon Valley

Writer Yeon Jin Lee discusses her experience pivoting from being one of the few female engineers at UC Berkeley and NASA to pursuing filmmaking full-time and participating in the Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program. Currently a showrunner’s assistant on the upcoming CBS series Watson as well as film STAR TREK: SECTION 31, Lee emphasizes the role the program played in her current career while also sharing her future plans.

Lawrence Silveira 11/7/24 Lawrence Silveira 11/7/24

Donor Spotlight: Rashad Raisani

The Veterans Writing Project is a cornerstone of the Writers Guild Foundation. The program pairs military veterans with WGA members for one-on-one mentorship and trains vets how to write a screenplay and navigate the entertainment industry. Hundreds of vets have gone through the program since its start in 2010.

One of the program’s biggest supporters is Rashad Raisani, a former Air Force brat with a deep appreciation for vets. In his own words, Rashad shares how growing up on Air Force bases fostered his love for TV, how gratitude motivates his support for the Veterans Writing Project, and why veterans make excellent TV writers.

Lawrence Silveira 9/9/24 Lawrence Silveira 9/9/24

Donor Spotlight: Lynn Esta Goldman

The Writers Guild Foundation has seen a lot over the past fifteen years: the rise of streaming, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, superhero fatigue, a pandemic, #TreeGate, Barbenheimer, Avatar (2009) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), and so much more.

Through it all, one constant has remained: Lynn Esta Goldman’s support. Lynn has donated to WGF each year for the past fifteen years. In her own words, Lynn shares how she first connected with the Foundation, how our online resources help keep her connected all these years later, and why her support has never faltered.

Lawrence Silveira 5/15/24 Lawrence Silveira 5/15/24

Donor Spotlight: Brian Nelson

Last May, the WGA went on strike. Over the next five months, the Writers Guild Foundation staffed the Universal Studios Barham picket line and met so many dedicated and inspiring picketers there, including Brian Nelson, a long-time guild member and a strike captain at the Barham gate.

A few months after the strike ended, Brian made a generous donation to the Foundation during our year-end fundraising appeal. In his own words, Brian shares how the strike helped reconnect him with the Foundation and why our library is so important to keeping the history of screenwriting alive.