Brian Weakland and Vince Gilligan, winners at the Austin Film Festival, 2013. They shared a common bond in the Virginia Screenwriters Forum!
Over the past 30 years, various VSF members have accomplished the following:
Earned over one million dollars in spec script sales; screened films at Sundance, worked as a writer at Second City Chicago Writing School; worked as a writing assistant to a Saturday Night Live producer; wrote a national PBS documentary about Maggie Walker; and, earned numerous awards and monetary prizes for winning screenplays in the Virginia Screenwriting Competition and in other national and international script competitions. Members who have achieved great success include former member Megan Holley, who wrote the feature film, Sunshine Cleaning and Vince Gilligan who wrote Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
List of awards won by our members
CURRENT MEMBERS
Robin Farmer, Director
Rachel Weatherly, Assistant Director
Brian Lee Weakland, Scheduling Chair
Adam Lapallo, Communications Chair
Vicky Dupuis, Membership Chair
Terry Menefee Gau, Board Member at Large
Tom Sanchez Prunier, Board Member at Large
James Kosierowski
Tom Riti
Bob Eason
Paul Schutte
Barry Hite
Adrienne Togrhaie
IN MEMORIUM
Notable members who have passed. We cherish our time with them and honor their work.
Helene Wagner, Founder & Director Emeritus