Podcast Special: Gill Dennis's 2014 Opening Talk

As a podcast special, we wanted to share the late Gill Dennis’s welcome address from 2014, ten years ago. Gill Dennis died less than a year later in May of 2015. He was an enormous part of our community for decades. Along with Tom Rickman, he founded and directed the Community of Writers Screenwriting Program. His screenwriting credits include Return to Oz, Walk the Line, and Forever.  He was Master Filmmaker in Residence at the American Film Institute Conservatory and won the LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Direction in Theatre. He taught his “Finding the Story Workshop” at the Community of Writers for many years, which has lately been revived, and is now taught by Gill’s good friend Leslie Daniels. We are missing Gill this year, and remembering his wisdom, wit, and joyous presence as we approach the ten-year anniversary of his death. Please enjoy this podcast throwback to 2014, and remember to subscribe to our podcast feed on your favorite app to stay abreast of the goings on at this year’s Writers Workshops from Olympic Valley.