Write On: 'Rustin' Writer Julian Breece

“Be sneaky and read every script that you can get your hands on.
If you can work in a studio, read the original draft, read the
revisions, see how the script got to the final script. That's
what I was doing. I would use the opportunities of working in
that system to learn,” says screenwriter Julian Breece on Final
Draft’s Write On Podcast.


Julian, along with Dustin Lance Black, wrote Rustin, the new
biopic about little-known civil rights activist Bayard Rustin,
played exquisitely by actor Colman Domingo. Rustin, alongside
Martin Luther King, helped make the 1963 March on Washington a
pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement, while dealing with
racism and homophobia as an out gay Black man in the 1960s.


Julian shares his inspiration for writing the film, Bayard
Rustin’s belief in non-violent civil disobedience and what it was
like working with Ava DuVernay on the Netflix series When They
See Us.


Julian also talks about sneaking his own scripts into the reading
pile while he was working at Disney and other risks he took to
help jumpstart his career. Take a listen to the podcast to see
what you can learn from Justin’s journey.