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Craig Wright is another one of those insufferable creative polymaths, having written the screenplay for Hollywood’s latest gamble on the nostalgia dollar, Mr Peabody & Sherman – which has so far surprised everybody by performing quite well. He’s earned his chops over the last decade by writing, producing and directing on a number of successful … Read more
Beyond being perhaps one of the most iconic actors of his generation, the Silver Fox has been an active filmmaker since 2002, directing several feature films including Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Good Night and Good Luck, about the real life broadcast journalist Edward R Murrow’s struggle to bring down Senator McCarthy. The Monuments … Read more
‘They get tired of reading The Simpsons and Everybody Loves Raymond. The thing is now they love reading feature scripts in television because it tells you if can write characters and story, and also they’re probably bored out of their minds…’ Screenwriter Bob Nelson got a job in TV by writing a spec script for … Read more
Need a splash of inspiration to start your screenplay? Struggling to generate a variety of loglines to select from? In the first of this 12-part series, The Bitter Script Reader steps in to show you how to pull the audience’s strings. Note: You might want to rewatch “Back to the Future” in preparation for this … Read more
In an interview with Dialogue, Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby, Crash) talks about humble beginnings in construction, working his way up through the ranks of the TV and theatre industries, finding the discipline to write – and admits that sometimes even bad writers can make very excellent livings in Hollywood. If you liked this, check … Read more