Empire + Virgil Williams

This week on On Story we’ll hear from some of the writing team behind the first season of the immensely popular Fox drama series EMPIRE and later we’ll hear from veteran television writer and producer Virgil Williams who was nominated for a 2018 Academy Award for best adapted screenplay for the film MUDBOUND. Clips of Empire courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Television Clips of Mudbound courtesy of Netflix and MMC Joule Films LLC Clips of 24 courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Walt Disney Television. On Story is part of a growing number of programs in Austin Film Festival’s On Story Project, including the On Story PBS series, The On Story radio program and podcast and the On Story book series. To find out more about On Story and Austin Film Festival, visit On Story.tv or austinfilmfestival.com.