Colby Day
Screenwriting: The Career for Maniacs
Colby Day is a breath of fresh air who refuses to be performative. In an industry that runs on heat and carefully curated perception, he just gives it to you straight.
Day is an Emmy-nominated writer whose credits include the Netflix film Spaceman starring Adam Sandler and In the Blink of an Eye, which premiered at Sundance this past year. He also served as a writer and story editor on season five of Apple TV’s For All Mankind.
He is also the creator of Hollyweird, a Substack where he documents the unglamorous reality of being a working writer in Hollywood with more honesty than almost anyone else in this business.
His directorial debut, The Comedy Hour, with Tim Heidecker and Tatiana Maslany, is up next.
This was one of my favorite chats of the year so far. Colby and get super real about 10-year timelines, selling a show and watching it collapse, why transparency is a radical act in this industry, and what keeps you going when everything falls apart.
Tune in!
xx cg
“I think the only thing that can keep you sane in Hollywood is refusing to wait around for people.”
- Colby Day
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