Chris Riley's THE HOLLYWOOD STANDARD - 3RD EDITION, the newest edition of a book that's been celebrated for over twenty years for screenwriting, is now available. Chris is a screenwriter, director and author with a career stretching from his groundbreaking 1999 film After The Truth, a multiple-award-winning German-language courtroom thriller, through screenwriting assignments for Disney’s Touchstone Pictures, Sean Connery’s Fountainbridge Films, Paramount Pictures, Mandalay Television Pictures and the Fox television network, to his directorial debut on the award-winning 2022 short film No Time Off for Good Behavior and his feature directing debut, the brand new family revenge comedy No Reception streaming now on Amazon. He is also author of The Defining Moment: How Writers and Actors Build Characters. We spoke recently about the need for a standard in screenwriting, what filmmakers look for in developing stories, and his upcoming film.

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