Tim Albaugh is a writer/producer, and a graduate of the UCLA M.F.A. screenwriting program. Albaugh has taught screenwriting at UCLA, UC Irvine, Hollins University, Pixar Animation Studios, and Walt Disney Feature Animation. As a writer, he has sold or optioned scripts to various studios and production companies. He wrote the film Trading Favors, starring Rosanna Arquette and Cuba Gooding, Jr. His 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 Albaugh’s UCLA class. In November 2011, he was named director of The Hollins University graduate program in screenwriting and film studies.