Grant Walther

Fiction and Screenplay Writing & Directing: San Diego State University Writers Conference, San Diego, California. Participated in dramatic and writing workshops. Screenwriting Workshops under Pillar Alessandra, author of The Coffee Break Screenwriter. Classes held in Los Angeles, California, 2010. Fellowship for Screenwriting and “ table read” of portions of my screenplay at the Screenwriting Workshop, Squaw Valley, Community of Writers, Squaw Valley, California, August 2007. Screenwriting Workshops under David Trottier (author of The Screenwriter’s Bible), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, Winter 2007. Studied dramatic writing in New York under Howard Stein, PhD (former Head, Dramatic Writing at Yale Drama and Columbia University, screenwriting under Milena Jelinek, directing under Lawrence Kornfeld and the Russian director, Mikhail Bogin, SUNY Purchase, New York, 1982-83. Screenwriting and Film Directing under the British film director, Alexander MacKendrick, California Institute of the Arts, 1972-74. Professional Film & Digital Cinematography Background Media Schooling/Training Global Cinematography Institute, “Expanded Cinematography,” Level One, Two Week Intensive workshops in lighting, previz, digital cinematography, Hollywood, California, May 2016. The Electronic and Film Media Program, Advanced Television Production, The Banff Centre School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 1985