Paul Gulino
- Education:
- Columbia University in the City of New York, Bachelor of Arts
Columbia University in the City of New York, Master of Fine Arts
Biography
Paul Gulino is an award-winning screenwriter and playwright. He is the author of Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach (2004), which has been adopted as a textbook at schools and universities around the globe, and The Science of Screenwriting: The Neuroscience Behind Storytelling Strategies (2018). In 2023, he contributed a chapter on the history of screenwriting pedagogy to the Palgrave Handbook of Screenwriting Studies. Gulino’s credits include two produced screenplays (in New York and Los Angeles) and numerous commissioned works and script consultations. He has lectured in the U.S. and Europe, most recently at the Story Academy in Sweden and for Disney Animation. He’s been featured in interviews on Film Courage, as well as podcasts on Bulletproof Screenwriting, and Trendfollowing.
Gulino studied screenwriting at Columbia University with Frantisek Daniel and Milos Forman, and taught screenwriting at the University of Southern California for five years before accepting a position at Chapman University in 1998.
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Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications
- Play "The Heart-To-Heart" Official Selection at Jamboree, Stageworks Theatre Group, Pompton Lakes, NJ
- Production of "Big Daddy" for the L.A. Cafe Plays, the acclaimed ten-minute play series at the Ruskin Group Theatre, Santa Monica, CA.
- "The Curse of Hezekiah," a limited web series created in collaboration with five screenwriting students, was an official selection in the Seattle Transmedia International Film Festival and the Depth of Field International Film Festival, and won an award for Exceptional Merit at the latter.
- Production of six plays: "Love Stinks," "March Madness," "Your Lucky Day," "The Wish," "Power Exchange," "A Positive Resolution" and "After the Fall," Eclectic Theatre, North Hollywood, CA.
- Wrote "Ambiguous" and "The Heat" for the L.A. Cafe Plays, the acclaimed ten-minute play series at the Ruskin Group Theatre, Santa Monica, CA.
- Wrote "The Spring Clean" and "The Knick Knack" for the L.A. Cafe Plays, the acclaimed ten-minute play series at the Ruskin Group Theatre, Santa Monica, CA.
- Production of play On The Brink of Darkness, Jewel Box Theatre, New York, NY, October 2016.
- Production of full length farce "Acting Mad" at the Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica, CA.
- Wrote "Let's Create An Impending Disaster" for the L.A. Cafe Plays, the acclaimed ten-minute play series at the Ruskin Group Theatre, Santa Monica, CA.
- Wrote the plays "Love" and "Christmas Past" for the L.A. Cafe Plays, the acclaimed ten-minute play series at the Ruskin Group Theatre, Santa Monica, CA.
- Wrote the plays "Genius," and "Oral Exam" for the L.A. Cafe Plays, the acclaimed ten-minute play series at the Ruskin Group Theatre, Santa Monica, CA.
- Wrote the play "Here We Go Again" for the L.A. Cafe Plays, the acclaimed ten-minute play series at the Ruskin Group Theatre, Santa Monica, CA.
- Completed draft of romantic comedy screenplay My Man Harold.
- Why We Fight. Continued research on politically-oriented film series.
- My Man Harold. Researched, wrote treatment and commenced writing the screenplay of a romantic comedy.
- Why We Fight. Commenced research on politically-oriented film series.
- Script Consultation. Consulted on feature screenplay, "My Thirteenth Year," for indie New York filmmaker Spencer Chandler.
- Wrote the plays "The Forgotten," "Fall Back," and "So This Is Christmas" for Cafe Plays, the acclaimed monthly ten minute play series at the Ruskin Group Theatre, Santa Monica, CA.
- Spy Plants. Commissioned to write a feature animation screenplay for Animation Lab, Inc. Scheduled for theatrical release in 2013.
- Script Consultation. Consulted on feature screenplay "Two In" for Karen Struck. Script sold to Hallmark Channel.
- Wrote the plays "Obamacare" and "At The Holiday Factory" for Cafe Plays, the acclaimed monthly ten minute play series at the Ruskin Group Theatre, Santa Monica, CA
- Completed rewrite of award-winning screenplay "The Lost Brigade" for producer Brandon Pender.