Video: The Battle of Long Tan

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It’s Australia Day and I have been working on my favorite project for the moment: the feature screenplay for LONG TAN, the feature based on the eponymous Vietnam battle from 1966. For the occasion I wanted to share something special with you. This week Sam Worthington mentioned our project in an interview to the press … Read more

Video: David Seidler

This is one of those years when I feel the Academy has been just in the way the statuettes have been distributed. Yeah, I would have liked to see TS3 win in every category it was nominated in but The King’s Speech is a fabulous movie, too.

Much like The King’s Speech, the movie itself, the story of the writer David Seidler is one of hope for all you writers who are trying to overcome the obstacles that are holding you back from breaking through. Here is a short interview introducing the writer and the background of the story.

Be inspired!


With thanks to Louise Lee Mei and Adrian Kok.

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Interview: Syd Field (2)

Syd Field was the first true screenwriting guru and his book Screenplay is still a standard, more than thirty years after its initial publication. During his first visit to the city with his name, we interviewed him about his career and craft. Continued from Part 1 Interview: Karel Segers, David Trendall and Niels Abercrombie With … Read more

(Not) Wanted: Script Assessors

I know, I know. I promised a regular, more personally sounding post – instead I kinda disappeared. Truth is: the year end was hectic, next I went holidaying with my son Baxter and his mum. Then suddenly 2011 was upon us with urgent and boring stuff. But hey, I’m back! And I have devised a … Read more