Who is Tim Albaugh?

Writer/Producer Tim Albaugh is a graduate of the world famous UCLA Graduate Screenwriting program. Tim has taught screenwriting at UCLA, UC Irvine, Hollins University and Pixar Animation Studios. As a writer, he has sold or optioned scripts to various studios and production companies. He wrote the film TRADING FAVORS starring Rosanna Arquette, Devon Gummersall and Cuba Gooding, Jr.

Under their POPULAR FILMS banner (www.popularfilms.com) Tim, and producing partner Sean Sorensen have projects in development at Warner Bros., HBO, Reason Pictures, Hudson River Entertainment, and Echo Lake Productions. The original screenplays WEASEL (by Steve Bagatourian) and CROAK (by Rich Davis) were written in Tim's classes and subsequently set up as co-productions between Popular Films, Hudson River Entertainment, and Echo Lake Productions.

Some of Tim's other students have sold scripts to numerous studios, producers and production companies including John Cusack's New Crime Productions, The Coen Brothers, Michael Bay, Wendy Finerman, Nickelodeon Films, Gough/Millar, New Regency Productions, HBO, Mandalay Entertainment, Showtime, Lifetime and all the major television networks. The film THE MACHINIST, starring Christian Bale was written by Scott Kosar in Tim’s UCLA class. The latest film written in Tim’s class to be produced is PECK, written by Marc Arneson and starring Marcia Cross and Adam Arkin.