Austin Film Festival's On Story

Barbara Morgan, Andy Volk

onstory@austinfilmfestival.com

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Booking Overview

A film-festival podcast that digs into the creative process with high-profile screenwriters and directors. It’s a strong fit for PR reps who want to reach entertainment industry audiences through craft-focused conversations.

Metrics

Episodes: 100

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 9.1k subscribers

Instagram: 854 followers

Contact Information

onstory@austinfilmfestival.com

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Host

Barbara Morgan - Host/moderator for Austin Film Festival's On Story, conducting on-screen and post-screening conversations focused on screenwriting and directing craft.

Andy Volk - AFF moderator for On Story episodes, facilitating Q&A-style conversations with featured filmmakers and writers after screenings.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Prolific, established entertainment creators—especially award-recognized or widely credited writers and writer-directors (often with major studio feature credits).
Required Achievements:  
Academy Award or major award recognition, Major studio feature writing/directing credits, High-profile franchises or widely known theatrical releases, Notable festival/industry impact (e.g., cult legacy, acclaimed scripts)

Recent Guest Discussions

Shane Black - Origins Of The Nice Guys As A Writing Experiment; Legacy As A Cult Midnight Movie; Character/protagonist Approach.

Brian Helgeland - Writing A Knight's Tale As A Spec; Directing Heath Ledger; Crafting The Film’s Anachronistic Score.

Andrew Kevin Walker - Se7en Development From A One-sentence Logline; Getting The Script In Front Of David Fincher; Collaboration With Production To Build The Film’s NYC Look/feel.

Recent Topics

Film, Screenwriting, Directing, Filmmaking, Screenplay

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Austin Film Festival's On Story
:

The Nice Guys, with Shane Black

June 03, 2026

This week on On Story, a conversation with Shane Black on his work co-writing and directing The Nice Guys.   Set in 70s Los Angeles, The Nice Guys stars Ryan Gosling as Holland March, a down-on-his-luck private detective and single father hired to investigate the death of a local adult film star. March's detective work puts him on a collision course with the brass-knuckle-wearing private enforcer Jackson Healy, played by Russell Crowe. Healy and March form an unlikely team as their investigat...

A Knight's Tale, with Brian Helgeland

May 20, 2026

This week on On Story, a conversation with Brian Helgeland on his work writing and directing the 2001 medieval sports-comedy A Knight's Tale.   A Knight's Tale stars Heath Ledger as William Thatcher, an ambitious fourteenth-century squire who is determined to change his fate and escape his life of servitude. William's chance at glory arrives when his master is killed in a jousting tournament, and he decides to don his master's armor and compete in his place. With the help of his fellow squire...

Se7en Q&A, with Andrew Kevin Walker

May 06, 2026

This week on On Story, we'll travel back to the 90s with a retrospective on the crime thriller Se7en, with its screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker.   Directed by David Fincher, Se7en stars Brad Pitt as David Mills, an idealistic young detective with a short fuse, who's still adjusting to the violence and apathy of life in the big city. Mills is paired with William Somerset, a jaded Detective Lieutenant who's only one week from retirement, played by Morgan Freeman. Mills and Somerset are tasked w...

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