#184: Gary Goldstein - One Finger at a Time

Gary Goldstein writes for TV, film and the stage—and is now also
a novelist. He has written more than 15 produced telefilms
including the comedies "The Wish List," "Hitched for the
Holidays," "This Magic Moment" and "My Boyfriends' Dogs," and the
first two movies in the "Flower Shop Mystery" series starring
Brooke Shields. Gary's latest TV movie, "Lights! Camera!
Christmas!" will premiere on Hallmark Channel in late 2022.


His feature film "Politics of Love," a romantic comedy set during
the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, was released in theatres in
2011. He also wrote the feature romantic comedy, "If You Only
Knew," starring Johnathon Schaech and Alison Eastwood. Gary's
feature adaptation of the novel "Mr. 365" premiered on the
streaming service Passionflix in 2018 and is available on Amazon
Prime.


Gary has also sold or optioned a number of original screenplays,
has a string of episodic TV credits and has sold half-hour comedy
pilots to both NBC and Warner Bros. He was represented on the Los
Angeles stage most recently with the World Premiere of his
acclaimed three-sisters dramedy "April, May & June," produced
as part of its subscription season by Theatre 40 of Beverly
Hills. The play won five Broadway World award nominations
including Best Local Production. 


Other L.A. stage credits include the comedies "Just Men,"
"Parental Discretion" and "Three Grooms and a Bride," which all
enjoyed long, well-reviewed runs. Gary’s family drama "Curtain
Call" premiered at Carmel, CA's Pacific Repertory Theatre, after
winning the PacRep’s national Hyperion Playwriting Competition.


In addition, his family dramedy "To My Children's Father," was
selected by Monterey, CA's Paper Wing Theatre Company to premiere
in their 2018 "5th Annual Play Reading Series." Gary's latest
play, "Dinner at the Harbor Reef," a drama "based on fact, rumor
and Hollywood," debuted in a staged reading in 2019 at Beverly
Hills' Theatre 40. 


Gary has also been a regular contributing film reviewer and arts
feature writer for the Los Angeles Times since 2007. He is also a
talented author where his first novel, the romantic comedy The
Last Birthday Party, was published in August 2021 - It won a 2022
IBPA Benjamin Franklin award for Excellence in Fiction. His
second novel, the family drama The Mother I Never
Had, is now out.


We chat about sharing ideas, collaboration, letting go, the art
of writing across mediums, the ego, procrastination, being the
holiday season/Christmas writer guru, when shows don’t get made,
celebrating the wins, being a film critic, happiness and his new
book, plus more!


 


The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well (one day
after release)! So check them out on YouTube under Michael
Kahan



Check Gary out on:


Website + Book: https://www.garygoldsteinla.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GaryGoldsteinLA

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/garygoldsteinla/



Amazon: https://amzn.to/3SUxO0Y


Barnes & Noble: https://bit.ly/3L0WWzW


Bookshop.org: https://bit.ly/3yXhDs4


Booktopia (Australia): https://bit.ly/3CJfguL




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