A screenwriter’s career from fame to obscurity

A screenwriter’s career from fame to obscurity

From May to September 2023, 11,500 screenwriters represented by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike. Their dispute – which concerned both the use of artificial intelligence and streaming residuals (payment for the reuse of their work by streaming services) – was with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Since the WGA’s former president Victoria Riskin had agreed not to negotiate with the Alliance, twenty years e…