Screenwriters' Rant Room

Screenwriters' Rant Room

Hilliard Guess

English Explicit
Episodes 560
Avg. Duration 1h 26m
Activity Sporadic
Apple Rating 5.0 (153)
Since May 2014
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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About This Podcast

This is the Official Podcas for "Hilliard Guess' SCREENWRITERS' RANT ROOM!" Our host is Hilliard Guess, a WGAw writer, director, TV/Film producer and most recently, the former Director of Development at Blue Monday Prods (now executive producer of Amazon's upcoming CROSS: AFTER HOURS series). Hilliard does one-on-one interviews with guests or rotating co-hosts stop by to drop industry bombs in this unfiltered, hilarious podcast series that delivers nuthin’ but REAL TALK… from REAL working writers! SUBSCRIBE, SHARE, 5 STAR RATE! Screenwritersrantroom.com Our motto: “Keep it GAME all day!"

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Recent Episodes

TV WRITERS LIVE PANEL - ANTHOLOGY IO

Apr 09, 2026 1h 14m

BONUS EP!In its inaugural year, Anthology IO Short Film Festival is not holding back any punches. With its premiere event in Los Angeles on March 28th, 2026. THE TV WRITERS’ HUSTLE: ROOMS, PITCHES…

551 SHOWRUNNER - QUINTON PEEPLES

Mar 23, 2026 2h 17m

🔥In this finale episode of the season🔥 Hilliard and guest co-host writer-director Gregg Simon sat down with Showrunner-creator-director-author QUINTON PEEPLES in a super informative, 2-hour, nothing…

550 - ALONA TAL - STAR ON CROSS

Mar 16, 2026 1h 38m

🔥In this episode🔥Hilliard sat down with actor, writer, producer, director ALONA TAL - star on the hit series CROSS on Amazon Prime. We talked about all sides of her skills, directing, shadowing,…

BONUS EP - PRODUCING MERMAID FEATURE FILM

Mar 09, 2026 1h 15m

In this BONUS ep - Hilliard sat down with FIA PERERA writer-director-producer of the new coming-of-age feature film he produced with Ryan Lacen, Janice Bergere and Tyler Musikanth on Cape Cod called…

549 ADAM DAVENPORT - NAACP NOMINEE

Mar 02, 2026 1h 47m

In this episode, writer-producer Hilliard Guess and guest co-host actor-writer-prod-dir Dalila Ali Rajah sit down for an educational conversation (we do talk a bit of politics in this one - FYI),…

548 - JOHNNY RAY GILL

Feb 23, 2026 1h 44m

In this episode, Hilliard and guest co-host TV/Film writer Saeed Crumpler sit down with actor/writer/director/producer JOHNNY RAY GILL who is currently starring as Bobby Trey on Amazon's hit series…

547 - EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - J. DAVID SHANKS

Feb 16, 2026 2h 27m

In the spirit of GORDON PARK and PAUL ROBESON, J. David Shanks prides himself on being the contemporary renaissance man. He’s a writer, producer, and actor with aspirations of adding to his…

546 - GENRE MATTERS

Feb 09, 2026 1h 29m

In this episode Hilliard sits down in a super informative conversation with writer, producer, author, publisher, manager James “Uncle James” Moorer and TV/Film writer, playwright, actor Lekethia…

S14E545 OSCARS PICKS, THEMES & MORE

Feb 01, 2026 1h 7m

HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTHIn this episode, Hilliard and guest co-hosts (award-winning playwright, tv writer, actress) Lekethia Dalcoe and (tv/film writer, actor) Rich Scott sit down for a hilarious…

S14E544 MENTORSHIP MATTERS WRITERS PROGRAM

Jan 26, 2026 1h 33m

In this episode, Hilliard talks to five awesome, diverse, talented TV writers from the popular MENTORSHIP MATTERS WRITERS PROGRAM: Rich Scott, Renee Cunningham, Stephen Nolly, Mahalia…

S14E543 SERIES CREATOR - BRENDAN FOLEY

Jan 19, 2026 1h 41m

In this episode , Hilliard and guest co-host episodic dir/producer Lisa France sat down with Brendan Foley series creator, writer, executive producer of the hit series SHERLOCK AND DAUGHTER on…

S14E542 542 - FANS & MENTEES - 2026 PREMIERE

Jan 12, 2026 2h 16m

In this 2026 premiere episode -- Hilliard sits down with some of his favorite Fans and Mentees of the podcast — writer’s -- Dijorn & Trinea Moss, Rich Scott, Rich Redlo, Minquell Ramone, Jade…

541 - END OF YEAR PLANS VS GOALS

Dec 15, 2025 2h 9m

In this season finale, end of the year episode, Hilliard's joined by close friends award-winning director/producer Carl Seaton, TV/Film writer Saeed Crumpler and Executive Producer Tracy Grant to…

TREY HALEY - TRIDESTENED STUDIOS

Dec 08, 2025 1h 52m

In this ep, Hilliard interviews director/producer TREY HALEY the President/Partner at Tri Destined Studios where he is responsible for the implementation of all productions within the company. Toward…

539 CO-EP'S KATIE MATHEWSON & Y. SHIREEN RAZACK

Nov 18, 2025 1h 43m

In this episode, Hilliard and actor/writer/activist Dalila Ali Rajah sit down for a fun conversation with writer/activists Katie Mathewson & Y. Shireen Razack to talk about their amazing journey…

538 - EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DANIEL PEARLE

Nov 13, 2025 1h 54m

In this episode Hilliard and guest co-host writer/director Gregg Simon sat down for almost two hours with DANIEL PEARLE Executive Producer of Netflix's number one thriller called THE BEAST IN ME…

537- RANT ROOM LIVE PANEL

Nov 03, 2025 1h 10m

PLEASE EXCUSE THE SOUNDStep inside the Micheaux Film Festival and the real writers’ room panel! In this unfiltered, pull-no-punches live podcast taping, veteran writer/producer Hilliard Guess (Deadly…

536 SCREENWRITERS ECONOMIC DOWNTURN

Oct 27, 2025 2h 15m

In this episode - Hilliard, TV/Film writer SAEED CRUMPLER, and comedy/drama writer RICH SCOTT talk about how the global economic downturn could affect the entertainment industry, and what writers can…

535 - SCREENWRITERS GOOGLE

Oct 20, 2025 52m

In this prerecorded episode, Hilliard and writer/artist Minquell Ramone sat down for an in-depth (Bonus episode) covering how screenwriters can better utilize the screenwritersrantroom.com website…

534 SHOWRUNNER - FELICIA D. HENDERSON - PART 1

Oct 15, 2025 39m Bonus

In this episode, Hilliard sat down for a nothing but game episode with big sis, FELICIA D. HENDERSON — an accomplished, award-winning showrunner, writer, director, producer, educator, and activist,…

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