Breaking Down Feature Film 3 Act Structure (Part 1)

Andy Wolk

Andy Wolk’s writing and directing career began with the much-lauded HBO movie CRIMINAL JUSTICE that made Time Magazine’s “Ten Best” List. CRIMINAL JUSTICE received the Silver Prize at FIPA in Cannes and was named Best Cable Movie of the year. Andy received the Writer’s Guild Award for writing NATICA JACKSON on PBS which starred Michelle Pfeiffer. Andy has been nominated for the Directors Guild Award twice and has directed numerous episodes of shows such as THE SOPRANOS, DAMAGES (for which Glenn Close won an Emmy Award), and THE PRACTICE including the “Final Judgement” episode for which Mr. Wolk and David Kelley received the Humanitis Award. Mr. Wolk’s other writing credits include HBO’s Emmy-winning FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON and TALES FROM THE CRYPT. He has written features for Miramax, Paramount, Tri-Star, UA, MGM, Warner Brothers, Columbia Pictures, and AVCO Embassy plus pilots for Fox, ABC, and SHOWTIME. Mr. Wolk has been on the faculty of the American Film Institute and a Creative Advisor and Artistic Director at the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriting Lab and has also taught Screenwriting at the University of Pennsylvania. He has an MFA from the School of Drama at Carnegie-Mellon University and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania where he was awarded the Thouron Scholarship.