Writing the Short Screenplay
Registration is now open.
This course will be taught by NYU Professor and screenwriter Rob Morton.
Student Age: 18+
Dates: April 1–May 27, 2025
Time: 6:30 PM–9:00PM
Session Length: 8 Classes, One Day/Week, Tuesdays
Location: JBFC Media Arts Lab
Size: 10 Students Max
Cost: $750
Camp and Course Policies at the Lab
Join us for this intensive, eight-week screenwriting workshop with NYU Professor and screenwriter Rob Morton. Discuss story structure, explore character craft, learn how to write dialogue, and more. Writers will work on a series of weekly exercises leading up to a complete 10-12 page short script which will be shared for a class critique. Newcomers and experienced writers are welcome to join these weekly, productive script sessions.
Instructor
Rob Morton is an award-winning screenwriter and short film director with a focus on comedy and independent film. He joined the Jacob Burns Media Lab as a screenwriting instructor in the fall of 2012. He has also served on the screenwriting faculty at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts since 2008. He lives in Pleasantville with his wife and two daughters.
