BPS 276: Reality Check: What Really Happens After You Win an Oscar for Screenwriting with Tom Schulman

Tom Schulman graduated from Vanderbilt University with a B.A. in
Philosophy. He studied at USC Graduate School of Cinema, with Jack
Garfein at the Actors and Directors Lab, Los Angeles, and with
director Joan Darling. He directed the Actors’ Studio first west
coast production, Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker.

Tom wrote Dead Poets Society for which he received an Academy Award
for best original screenplay. He also wrote What About Bob?, Honey,
I Shrunk the Kids, Medicine Man, and Holy Man. He wrote and
directed Eight Heads in a Duffel Bag He was an executive producer
on Indecent Proposal and Me, Myself and Irene. He was the
writer/producer of Welcome to Mooseport. He co-wrote and
co-produced with Rafael Yglesias and J.J. Abrams, The Anatomy of
Hope, a pilot for HBO.

He recently wrote, with Callie Khouri, Trae Crowder, and T Bone
Burnett, a pilot for Amazon.He recently wrote and directed Double
Down South, an indie feature that will be released in April. Tom
served on the board of directors and then as vice president of the
Writers Guild of America, West. Tom was the president of the
Writers Guild Foundation and serves on its board. He serves on the
advisory board of the Science and Entertainment Exchange.

Please enjoy my conversation with Tom Schulman.

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