Richard Krevolin - Writer/Professor "Nobody knows how to teach screenwriters how to bring their stories to the next level better than Professor Krevolin…" Jeff Arch, Screenwriter IRON WILL, SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE

Richard Krevolin is an award-winning screenwriter, author, playwright, and professor. A graduate of Yale University, Richard went on to earn a masters degree in screenwriting at UCLA's School of Cinema-Television, and a master's degree in playwriting and fiction from USC.
For 15 years, from 1989 to 2003, Professor Krevolin taught both undergraduate and graduate screenwriting classes at the number one ranked Film School in the US - USC Cinema/TV School (George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, Ron Howard, John Singleton and many other  filmmakers are graduates of this school). He planned and led courses on basic and advanced fundamentals of visual storytelling, story structure, and screenwriting. Richard also taught English Composition and Writing Across the Genres (Playwriting, Fiction and Poetry). Over 20,000 screenwriters have been taught by Richard in LA and around the world. Under his guidance, his students (many of them are well-known award winning screenwriters now) have gone on to sell film scripts and TV shows to Universal, Fox, Paramount, Dreamworks SKG and numerous other big studios and production companies.

Richard has also taught at UCLA Film School, Pepperdine University, the University of Redlands, and Ithaca College. These days, Richard conducts private writer’s workshops and storytelling seminars throughout the world: England, France, Spain, Brazil, India, etc. In addition, he has conducted workshops and seminars at the Maui Writer’s Conference, Selling To Hollywood, The Heart of Film Festival, The Chicago Film Festival, The Indianapolis Writers’ Center, The Las Vegas Screenwriter’s Conference, The Surrey Writer’s Conference, and The Reno Film Festival. Finally, he is a star speaker who has taught four seminars every year at the world famous Screenwriting Expo. Three of these seminars were so popular that they videotaped them and they are now best-selling DVD’s.

He is the author of Screenwriting From The Soul (St. Martins Press), Pilot Your Life (Prentice-Hall), and How To Adapt Anything Into A Screenplay (Wiley & Sons). All of which are in print and are used at film schools and universities across America.

As a screenwriter and a playwright, Richard was a finalist in the Nicholl Fellowship Screenwriting Award and Chesterfield Screenwriting Award. He also was a finalist for the $500,000 Kingman Screenwriting Award, the Klasky-Csupo Writing for Children Contest. He won the USC One-Act Play Festival for his comedy, Love is Like Velcro. His play, Trotsky’s Garden, was a finalist for the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights' Conference. His one-man show, Yahrzeit, a finalist in the HBO New Writer’s Project, was a huge hit at the Santa Monica Playhouse, running for five sold-out months and other awards.

Hollywood professionals about Richard Krevolin, his books and his teaching

"Nobody knows how to teach screenwriters how to bring their stories to the next level better than Prof. KREVOLIN Do whatever it takes to hire him. Yes, do it. Go. Do it. NOW!"
Jeff Arch, Screenwriter
Sleepless in Seattle, Iron Will

“Krevolin knows comedy, he knows structure. Basically, he's a know-it-all, but he really is a great consultant.”
Rudy Deluca, Screenwriter
High Anxiety, Silent Movie, Life Stinks

“A well thought out and professional book on adaptation. Richard Krevolin has done the heavy lifting and put together an indispensable guide for any serious screenwriter. “How to Adapt Anything Into A Screenplay”  has a permanent place beside my computer. . . The best book on adaptation, hands down.”
Jack Epps, Jr., Screenwriter
Top Gun, Dick Tracy, The Secret Of My Success

"Enlightens and clarifies the adaptation process...It's like a semester of film school only a lot cheaper and you can learn while lying on your couch in your underwear."
Tom DeSanto, Screenwriter
X-Men, X-Men, Apt Pupil

"Professor Krevolin is one of the most dedicated and inspired writing teachers I have ever known."
Christopher Vogler, Director of Development, Fox 2000 Pictures, and author of “The Writer's Journey”

“Richard Krevolin understands that writers of adaptations owe little to the original material. Instead, like all screenwriters, they owe audiences the best possible movie. He asserts quite rightly, in clear and engaging language, that adaptations are more like original screenplays than they are different from them. And in doing so, he has written the best book possible.”
Prof. Richard Walter, UCLA School of Cinema Screenwriting Chairman 

“I wish I had this book when I was adapting the life of Jake LaMotta into the screenplay for Raging Bull.”
Mardik Martin, screenwriter
Raging Bull, Mean Streets, New York, New York

"Krevolin is a coach who is both passionate and informed."
Peter Bart, Vice President and Editor-in-Chief of “Variety”

"Prof. Krevolin is the foremost screen-writing teacher in the country. Nobody has as much passion for the craft and art of screenwriting as he does. I love his work with writers and know that you will, too."
Katrina Wilson, Director
Planetary Voices Institute

“Oh good, another book I don't have to write since Richard Krevolin's done such a bang-up job of it. He's distilled not only the essence of the art of adaptation but also reminded us of the essentials of drama and why we want to tell stories in the first place.”
Christopher Vogler, Director of Development, Fox 2000 Pictures, and author of “The Writer's Journey”

"Screenwriting from the Soul is a dialogue about the art and craft of film. Savor the passion of a master teacher and run to your computer. Krevolin fills the pages with evocative, inspiring, practical, literate, sound advice. Read this deliciously written book. Write!"
John Furia Jr., Former President & Chairman of the Writer's Guild of America, West

"The aspects of screenwriting that I will call...the 'technical stuff' are well covered and available on bookshelves today. However, what I don't see covered is...the 'emotional stuff.' That's what makes Rich's book a timely and worthy addition to your self."
Jeff Arch, Screenwriter
Sleepless in Seattle, Iron Will

Sound advice on a difficult craft from a 'coach' who is both passionate and informed. A useful and constructive book..."
Peter Bart, Vice President and Editor-in-Chief of “Variety”

"Richard Krevolin is one of the most dedicated and inspired writing teachers I have ever known, and in this irreverent book of writing wisdom, he dramatizes the principles of good storytelling. “Screenwriting from the Soul” makes the odd truths young and alive again. It's a first-rate guide to good writing, but it's also a clear-eyed assessment of what it takes to survive a writing life. This book provides the beating heart that's needed to balance the intellectual and commerical guides to screenwriting."
Christopher Vogler, Director of Development, Fox 2000 Pictures, and author of “The Writer's Journey”

"This insightful, humorous, and provocative guide to the creative process is more than an original and aspiring screenwriting text—it is ultimately a deeply moving treatise on life, love, and humanity."
Michael Hauge, screenwriting teacher and consultant, author of “Screenplays That Sell”

"Perhaps the best screenwriting book I have ever read! Filled with humor, wit and reflection about what it means to be a screenwriter. This book reads like a novel and I can't recommend it highly enough."
Charles Deemer, Critic, Screenwright: the craft of screenwriting.

"Krevolin breathes new life into the genre of how-to books for screenwriters with his latest creative offering. This one is destined to become a classic in its genre. Higly recommended."
Marty Evensvold, Critic, The Library Journal.

"Krevolin teaches lessons in craft, but more importantly, he teaches about love for craft. Finally, writing a screenplay is about living up to one's potential as a thinking person. It is an important lesson and one taught well in this little gem of a book."
David Breeden, Critic, Independent Publisher.