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On The Page

Pilar Alessandra

ON THE PAGE: Join professional script consultant Pilar Alessandra as she demystifies screenwriting and answers your questions about script craft and story.

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Listen to On The Page, a TV & Film podcast by Pilar Alessandra. Stream 770 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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994. The Play's the Thing

Actor/writer Marissa Alaniz discusses the love of the craft and passion for her subject matter that led her to write and produce her recentl...

38:22Jun 12, 2026

993. Lessons from Wanuri

Lessons about bio-pics, lessons about pitching, lessons about hope. Writer/director Wanuri Kahiu (Rafiki, Washington Black) returns to the p...

57:25Jun 5, 2026

992. Coming of Age as a Screenwriter

Actor/writer Karin delaPena Collison's first feature script Coming of Age won a Nicholl Fellowship. Here, she talks about what led up to it...

47:19May 29, 2026

991. Dialogue Driven

On the Page Podcast and Rock Solid Podcast listeners contribute their favorite dialogue-driven clips from movies!

01:44:03May 22, 2026

990. Nadia 911

Nadia Abass-Madden drew from her experience as a 911 operator to land a job on the Fox series 911. 49 episodes later she's back on the podca...

43:42May 15, 2026

989. Shooting for the Moon

Katrina Medoff, co-founder/executive director of the Moonshot Initiative, talks about the program's mission, events, film challenge and scri...

31:53May 8, 2026

988. Script Supervisor to Screenwriter

Sylvia-Anne Parker is already a rockstar script supervisor, but over the years she's also been selected to the Sundance Episodic Lab , the W...

43:44May 1, 2026

987. Master Adapter

Writer Jeremy Slater has built serious genre credentials across major IP, from creating Marvel's Moon Knight and developing Netflix's The Um...

36:01Apr 24, 2026

986. A Screenwriter to Watch

Named a top 25 screenwriter to watch by the ISA, Irish screenwriter Conor Dowling has written for everything from kids animation to live-act...

48:11Apr 17, 2026

985. Company Retreat

Creating involved character bios and being ready for the script shifting at a moment's notice; LaNisa Renee Frederick talks about the acting...

38:14Apr 10, 2026

984. Producing in the UK

Veteran producer Eleanor Greene talks about the ways she discovers and develops stories, often "beginning at the end" to help a project find...

45:14Apr 3, 2026

983. Screenwriting in South Africa

Zunaid Mansoor, a leading professional script editor and consultant in South Africa, shares his wisdom about screenwriting, the entertainmen...

54:58Mar 27, 2026

982. How to Be a Screenwriter

Phil Stark, screenwriter and licensed therapist, talks about his latest book, How to Be a Screenwriter , covering how to network, get an age...

41:00Mar 20, 2026

981. Oscar Talk 2026

Pilar and her friends Brian Pope, Mike Musa and Alex Troxler get together in person for one last time for their annual discussion about the...

01:55:41Mar 13, 2026

980. Blacklisted

Writer Chris Hill, the host of the podcast Blacklisted , talks about his personal screenwriting journey and what he's learned talking to wri...

44:32Mar 6, 2026

979. Killing It

Following years as a successful screenwriter, Irene Turner talks about the work and fun that went into writing and producing the Ambie Award...

39:52Feb 27, 2026

978. A Cinematographer's Eye

Writer/Director Jethro Waters talks about the ways that cinematography reflects emotion and how that is shown in his new independent feature...

39:38Feb 20, 2026

977. Back with Bax

"Dapper" David Bax, host of the long-running podcas t Battleship Pretension , returns to talk about the movies that had the most impact on h...

01:11:52Feb 13, 2026

976. Five Across, Six Down

Craig Brewer, Writer/Director of Song Sung Blue , Dolemite is My Name and Hustle and Flow , talks about his inspiration and script writing p...

39:20Feb 6, 2026

975. Danielle Pinnock … Superstar!

Actor/writer Danielle Pinnock gives an actor's take on the writers' room, drawn from five seasons of playing the iconic "Alberta" on the CBS...

01:30:01Jan 30, 2026