Ryan Firpo's guest appearances

Ryan Firpo

The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience

Poker in the Ears

The Playlist Podcast Network

Creative Principles

The 21st Rewrite

Rewriting Hollywood

The Deadline Junkies Podcast

Aaron Sorkin

Paul Schrader

Charlie McDowell

Jane Eyre

Jon Hamm

Thomas Middleditch

Ethan Hawke

Frank Grillo

Rachel Shukert

Adrian Molina

Daniel Radcliffe

Michael Mann

Jennifer Lopez

Chris Redd

John Butler

OwlTail

Kaz Firpo

Cousins Ryan Firpo and Kaz Firpo both felt a deep connection to storytelling, but it wasn’t until they formed a partnership that they were able to break into the industry.Their script Ruin, about a nameless ex-Nazi captain after WWII who hunts down the surviving members of the SS Death Squad, actually won the 2017 Black List (and is now listed as pre-production with Margot Robbie attached and Justin Kurzel set to direct).Originally, Eternals was going to be the first film of Marvel’s Phase Four (before Black Widow and Shang-Chi), but quarantine scheduling pushed back the release date. Regardless of the release date (originally November 2020) which pushed the movie to be the 26th Marvel movie, the screenwriters had a truly unique situation when writing the film.  Basically, they had to craft an Avengers-like movie without the benefit of having ten other movies to develop characters. Rather than getting to Tony Stark and Steve Rogers over time, we were introduced to Sersi, Ikaris, Thena, Ajak, Kingo, Sprite, Phastos, Druig, Makkari, Gilgamesh, Karun, and Dane Whitman all at once.In this interview, the Firpo Cousins talk about how Hollywood bleeds into creative pursuits, Marvel’s Phase Four, how screenwriting emerges the creative mind with the engineering mind, and when to cross boundaries as a writer. There are some partial spoilers in this interview if you haven’t seen Eternals and you can also find the print version on Creative Screenwriting’s website.If it’s your first time listening, make sure to subscribe and visit my new website for information on the YouTube channel, the blog, this podcast, and my new book ‘Ink by the Barrel’ which takes advice from these 200+ interviews at the link below…Follow us on Instagram: @creativeprinciplesIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It only takes about 60-seconds and it really helps convince some of the hard-to-get guests to sit down and have a chat (simply scroll to the bottom on your iTunes Podcast app and click “Write Review"). Enjoy the show!

Cousins Ryan Firpo and Kaz Firpo both felt a deep connection to storytelling, but it wasn’t until they formed a partnership that they were able to break into the industry. Their script Ruin, about a nameless ex-Nazi captain after WWII who hunts down the surviving members of the SS Death Squad, actually won the 2017 Black List (and is now listed as pre-production with Margot Robbie attached and Justin Kurzel set to direct). Originally, Eternals was going to be the first film of Marvel’s Phase Four (before Black Widow and Shang-Chi), but quarantine scheduling pushed back the release date. Regardless of the release date (originally November 2020) which pushed the movie to be the 26th Marvel movie, the screenwriters had a truly unique situation when writing the film. Basically, they had to craft an Avengers-like movie without the benefit of having ten other movies to develop characters. Rather than getting to Tony Stark and Steve Rogers over time, we were introduced to Sersi, Ikaris, Thena, Ajak, Kingo, Sprite, Phastos, Druig, Makkari, Gilgamesh, Karun, and Dane Whitman all at once. In this interview, the Firpo Cousins talk about how Hollywood bleeds into creative pursuits, Marvel’s Phase Four, how screenwriting emerges the creative mind with the engineering mind, and when to cross boundaries as a writer. There are some partial spoilers in this interview if you haven’t seen Eternals and you can also find the print version on Creative Screenwriting’s website. If it’s your first time listening, make sure to subscribe and visit my new website for information on the YouTube channel, the blog, this podcast, and my new book ‘Ink by the Barrel’ which takes advice from these 200+ interviews at the link below… Follow us on Instagram: @creativeprinciples If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It only takes about 60-seconds and it really helps convince some of the hard-to-get guests to sit down and have a chat (simply scroll to the bottom on your iTunes Podcast app and click “Write Review"). Enjoy the show!

Ep314 - Marvel’s ‘Eternals’ Screenwriters Ryan Firpo and Kaz Firpo

Joe has declared that, because of this episode, #PITE is now part of the MCU! The boys are joined by Ryan Firpo, the American film-maker who directed the poker documentary 'Bet, Raise, Fold' (2013) and made a series of mini docs about members of Team PokerStars Online (including 'The Teacher', featuring Felix Schneiders). Ryan is now working in Hollywood, and has co-written the screenplay for 'The Eternals', part of Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, directed by Oscar-winner Chloe Zhao. So, for this week's show, James and Joe get to talk about two of their favourite subjects: poker and Marvel movies. Meanwhile, Martin Villasenor from California decides to re-live news events of 2020 (why?!?) in 'Superfan vs Stapes'. Please don't forget to comment, like and subscribe to the podcast.

Episode 214 – 20/05/2021 – Ryan Firpo

Set in post-war Germany, ‘Ruin’ led The 21st Rewrite to discuss the nature of hatred and redemption, the power of weaponized technology to cause mass suffering, Kurt Vonnegut’s testimony from that time, how the generations of the future will perceive the Holocaust in the absence of living memory, and the responsibilities of the screenwriter when dealing with the truth and fiction of these topics. Selected as the most-liked unproduced screenplay of 2017 by the Black List, ‘Ruin’ is the inspiration for another fascinating conversation. *** Want to comment, get news and join episode discussions? Join the community on Syncify: https://syncify.fm/podcast/the-21st-rewrite. Instagram: @the21strewrite. Website contact page: https://www.the21strewrite.com/contact

Set in post-war Germany, ‘Ruin’ led The 21st Rewrite to discuss the nature of hatred and redemption, the power of weaponized technology to cause mass suffering, Kurt Vonnegut’s testimony from that time, how the generations of the future will perceive the Holocaust in the absence of living memory, and the responsibilities of the screenwriter when dealing with the truth and fiction of these topics. Selected as the most-liked unproduced screenplay of 2017 by the Black List, ‘Ruin’ is the inspiration for another fascinating conversation. *** Want to comment, get news and join episode discussions? Join the community on Syncify: <a href="https://syncify.fm/podcast/the-21st-rewrite" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://syncify.fm/podcast/the-21st-rewrite</a>. Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/the21strewrite/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@the21strewrite.</a> Website contact page: <a href="https://www.the21strewrite.com/contact" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.the21strewrite.com/contact</a>

Ruin - Screenplay by Matthew & Ryan Firpo - Writing a Movie - Review