Sentences with phrase «debut screenplay»

His steamy direction here (the movie seems to model itself after the overrated Training Day) is less to fault than the hopeless, half - baked feature debut screenplay by Matt Cook, from which the accomplished cast can work no wonders.

As it is, there are too many nagging doubts and plot diversions for the film to be truly satisfying, but it is an extraordinary debut screenplay, a hugely appealing, confident, loveable film that will undoubtedly reward further viewings.

Cody's Oscar - winning debut screenplay is so chock full of clever ideas that one wonders how she'll be able to follow this up as a part of the movie industry.

He's blessed with an impressive debut screenplay from Graham Moore, adapting Andrew Hodges» book «Alan Turing: the Enigma».

Directed by Natalia Leite from a debut screenplay by actress Leah McKendrick, the film takes on the searing current issue of sexual violence on campus.

The debut screenplay of Rob Lieber feels as if it could have been written by paying special attention to secondary storylines of ABC sitcoms like «Modern Family» and «The Middle.»

The sincerity of that structure could easily be rendered trite or sappy, but no such charges can be made against the debut screenplay by, fittingly enough, the director's Vanity Fair - editing sister Evgenia Peretz and her husband, documentarian David Schisgall.

Originally released in the U.S. under the name Strange Behavior, Dead Kids is the debut screenplay by future director and Oscar - winning screenwriter Bill Condon (he Oscared for Gods and Monsters) and the directorial debut of producer Michael Laughlin (Two - Lane Blacktop), two Americans who got their offbeat horror movie made by filming it as an Australian / New Zealand / American co-production in New Zealand.

Worth Noting: Prior to penning her debut screenplay, Palmore has worked in various functions within the biz most notably duties on Pixar films and most recently as an assistant to Daniel Day - Lewis on the set of Lincoln.

Much of John Phillips's debut screenplay is a scream, with DeNiro vigorously chewing on merciless putdowns or raunchy sex talk.

He also explained that Blunt is currently working on another project and will not do any press for her debut screenplay.

The debut screenplay of Jack Paglen, who has since had his name attached to a Prometheus sequel and a theatrical Battlestar Galactica reboot,

And yet the debut screenplay of Dwain Worrell — which won a screenplay competition sponsored by Amazon before going on to make the 2014 Black List of the year's most - liked scripts — is smart, tense, provocative and weird.

Another debut screenplay the Academy ignored is Brent Hanley's gothic horror tale.

Dano continues to impress in his second outing with Dayton and Faris, while Kazan, although solid as the title character, deserves more kudos for her debut screenplay, creating a charming and mostly original love story that doesn't always go in the direction you're expecting.

The Kitchen is his debut screenplay.