Richard H. Amberg

Biography

Richard Amberg has decades of experience as a professional screenwriter. Since 2004, he’s sold multiple theatrical feature film scripts, original television series, and television movies to independent financiers, studios, and networks, including Disney, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network. He is a vested member of the Writer’s Guild of America, West. Since joining Missouri State in 2013, he’s balanced his own writing with teaching and mentoring students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. He’s always happy to see his students win recognition for their work and is especially thrilled to see former students’ work on the big screen.

Details

Education

• MFA, Screenwriting, University of Southern California
• AB, English and American Literature and Language, Harvard University

Teaching

• MED 360: Beginning Screenwriting
• MED 565: Intermediate Screenwriting
• MED 566: Writing for Television
• MED 569: Advanced Screenwriting
• MED 593: Rewriting Features and Pilots
• MED 712: Feature Film Writing I
• MED 713: Feature Film Writing II
• MED 715: Rewriting
• MED 719: Writing Episodic Pilots
• MED 719: Portfolio Review
• Cinematic Storytelling
• Selling Your Idea: The Art of the Pitch
• Short and Sketchy: Writing Short Films, Web Series, and Sketch Comedy
• The Business of the Business: Navigating the Entertainment Industry

Research and professional interests

Professional Film and Television Writing. Fiction.