Dramatic Writing
 | Richard Wesley |
Courses
Screenwriting, Advanced Screenwriting, Developing the Screenplay, Masterclass in Screenwriting, Film Script Analysis
Education
Howard University, BFA, 1967
Biography
Richard Wesley, Associate Professor in Playwriting and Screenwriting, is currently the Acting Chair of the Department of Dramatic Writing. He was educated at Howard University in Washington, DC, graduating with a BFA in 1967. His plays include, The Black Terror, a Desk Desk winner, produced at the New York Shakespeare Festival's Public Theatre, in 1971; The Mighty Gents, an Audelco Award winner, premiered on Broadway in 1978. The 1970s also saw Prof. Wesley embark on a motion picture career, penning screenplays for the motion pictures, Uptown Saturday Night (Warner Bros. 1974), Let's Do It Again (Warner Bros., 1975), Native Son (American Playhouse, Cinecom, 1984) and Fast Forward (Columbia Pictures, 1985). In television, Prof. Wesley's teleplays include, Murder Without Motive (NBC, 1991), Mandela And De Klerk (Showtime, 1997), and Bojangles (Showtime, 2000). Professor Wesley has also written episodes for the television series, Fallen Angels (Showtime) and 100 Centre Street (A&E). In the past, Prof. Wesley served as an Adjunct at the following institutions: Manhattanville College, Wesleyan University, Borough of Manhattan Community College and Rutgers University. Affiliations include the Writers Guild of America, East Executive Council, The National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress and the Selection Committee of the Newark Museum Black Film Festival of Newark, New Jersey.
