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Hollywood was built on the work of underappreciated writers. Just ask Chandler, Faulkner and Fitzgerald
By Stacy Perman, Staff Writer May 8, 2023 5 AM PT In 1945, barely two years into Raymond Chandler’s career as a screenwriter, the man whose hard-boiled fiction did much to make film noir into an art form had already wearied of the town and its treatment of writers.“Hollywood is a showman’s paradise. But showmen…
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How John Wick 4 Writer Broke in With His Extreme Spec Script | Final Draft
By Final Draft Blog, March 16, 2023 John Wick is one of the most visually spectacular and emotionally unrelenting action franchises around. Chapter 4 is about to hit theaters – part Western, part Kung Fu film, part Samurai story and part redemption tale, this genre mash up is thrilling, sexy, violent and – oh yeah,…
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The Backstory to American Graffiti
https://richardwalter.substack.com/p/the-backstory-to-american-graffiti Aug 24 • 12 Minutes The Backstory to American Graffiti Lesson: Nobody knows anything Source: The Backstory to American Graffiti
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Best Screenwriting Books | IndieWire
By Christian Zilko, Mar 8, 2021 5:15 pm From formatting guides to memoirs, no writer’s bookshelf is complete without these eight titles. Every great movie began as a blank sheet of paper. Before a filmmaker or actor can create onscreen magic, they need something to say. So it should come as no surprise that many…
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Legendary Billy Wilder’s 10 Rules of Good Filmmaking – ScreenCraft
“Samuel “Billy” Wilder (June 22, 1906– March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-born American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist and journalist, whose career spanned more than fifty years and sixty films. He’s one of the most versatile and brilliant filmmakers from the Golden Age of Hollywood. A few of his most successful films are Sunset Boulevard, Some…
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IMDb: MyMovies: Helped Create – a list by DrWeb
MyMovies: Helped Create by DrWeb created 10 Aug 2011 | last updated – 09 Jul 2012 My so-called film career. I worked on films to learn more about the production, but mostly to learn to write better screenplays. Still working on them… Source: IMDb: MyMovies: Helped Create – a list by DrWeb
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BBC – Culture – Inside the mind of an Oscar-nominated screenwriter
After penning the script for Lion, Luke Davies was nominated for an Academy Award. He tells how he hones his craft. Source: BBC – Culture – Inside the mind of an Oscar-nominated screenwriter
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The One with Lawrence Kasdan
Great interview with Larry Kasdan, writer-director, who I worked for as a PA on “The Big Chill”… “John and Craig sit down with screenwriting legend Lawrence Kasdan to discuss Star Wars, Raiders, The Bodyguard and how he’s shaped some of the most iconic big-screen stories and characters of our lifetime. This 90-minute interview comes as…
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‘Vikings’ Michael Hirst On Writing a TV Series Solo, the Critics and Historical Accuracy – Script Magazine
Michael Hirst is one of those rare breed of screenwriters that found their niche early and stuck with it. The British screenwriter, known mostly to American audiences for his critically acclaimed drama, Elizabeth (starring Cate Blanchett), had strictly been a features writer specializing in historical dramas until opportunity knocked when he was approached by Showtime…
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A screenwriter turns novelist, looking for less interference and fewer turkeys | Books | The Guardian
The UK’s closest equivalents to the US showrunners are Steven Moffat and Armando Iannucci. Few others are allowed to go off and wrangle a team of writers, with only the lightest of touches from the higher echelons. Even Moffat had to re-pilot Sherlock, although the fact that the BBC allowed him to do this shows…
