Keith Cunningham is an internationally recognized expert on screenwriting and story development.  He began leading seminars at the AFI, the Director’s Guild and Writer’s Guild in 1984, and has been working in Europe since 1989 as an author, head writer, consultant, professor, and seminar leader.  His book, The Soul of Screenwriting was published in English in 2008 and in German in 2017.  Keith’s work has taken him to over 20 countries worldwide, and he has specialized in cross-cultural dramatic stories.  In 2009, he founded the Story Arks Institute to focus attention on how a new narrative is needed to address climate/environmental issues.