Brian Price is an award-winning screenwriter and director who has worked with major studios, independent producers, and television networks around the world.
His creative work has won such accolades as Best Screenplay at Scriptapalooza, Toronto’s Indie Spirit Award, Best Documentary at the New York Independent Film Festival, the Frank Capra Prize at the DC Independent Film Festival, and the Pollie Award for Outstanding PSA.
As an instructor, Brian has taught screenwriting at UCLA for over 15 years, teaching in the MFA, undergrad, and Professional programs. He developed and chaired the MFA Screenwriting Program at the Brooks Institute, and teaches regularly at Yale, Johns Hopkins, RIT, and Hollins University.
Brian’s screenwriting students have been nominated for Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmys, BAFTAs, and just last year, won the National Board of Review for Best Adapted Screenplay. He is the author of Classical Storytelling and Contemporary Screenwriting (Focal Press), which is now required reading in screenwriting programs around the world.
Currently, Brian resides in Bethesda, MD with his wife Celia, sons Maddox and Levi, and cat Mando. He is especially proud of the $.13 residual check he receives every month for his work as a harried copy editor on TV’s Melrose Place.
