Hal Ackerman
Hal Ackerman has been a faculty member of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television since 1985 and is currently the co-chair of the Screenwriting Program. Among his close mentees are filmmaker Sacha Gervasi, screenwriters Pamela Gray, Scott Kosar and Nicholas Griffin. "Write Screenplays That SellâŠThe Ackerman Wayâ is now in its third printing and is becoming the text of choice in a growing number of screenwriting programs around the country. He has sold material to all the broadcast networks and major studios, and has had numerous short stories published in literary journals, including North Dakota Review, New Millennium Writing, The Pinch, Words and Pictures, Southeast Review and Passages.His story âSweet Dayâ was read by Academy Award nominee Robert Forster and is available at the HarperCollins Publishers Digital Media Cafe. And âThe Dancer Horse,â read by Adrian Pasdar, is available on Audible. His story âAlfalfaâ was included in the anthology âI Wanna Be SedatedâŠ30 Writers on Parenting Teenagersâ; âWalk Throughâ was among Southeast Reviewâs Worldâs Best Short Shorts; âThe Dancer Horseâ received a Pushcart Nomination; and âBelle and Melindaâ was selected as the winner of the World's Best Short Story contest. He has also published two successful, award-winning novels in a detective series about an aging counter-culture P.I.: Stein.