Sentences with phrase «neophyte writers»

I also recall Don Brillinger, the editor in those years, who went the extra mile in helping neophyte writers.

Rather than spending abundant class time silently journaling, completing graphic organizers, or receiving misinformation from peer editors, neophyte writers need every teacher to serve as the over-the-shoulder writing coach their parents can not generally be.

Neophyte writer / director Bryan Bertino skillfully contrives a creeping sense of dread as unhappy couple James (Scott Speedman) and Kristen (Liv Tyler), fresh from a wedding, arrive at his parents» isolated country home in the middle of the night.

Not exact matches

Malkovich met with near - universal critical praise and garnered an Academy Award nomination for the neophyte feature director — as well as supporting actress Catherine Keener and writer Charlie Kaufman — though Stipe and the film itself were passed over for a Best Picture nod.Despite Single Cell's increasing prominence in the industry, Stipe continued to support C - Hundred for smaller - budgeted niche features such as writer - director Tom Gilroy's Spring Forward and McKay's coming - of - age drama Our Song, both of which were featured at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.

Chan has made over one - hundred films over the course of forty years as an actor, director, writer, producer, and stuntman; the first thing that happens to him when he comes to the United States is that he's placed in the company of idiots and neophytes.

The writers» great accomplishment is making the language accessible to poker neophytes, who will be able to easily understand the insider dialogue through context.

Box Office: From director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal, the Oscar - winning team behind «The Hurt Locker» and «Zero Dark Thirty,» this intense recreation of the 1967 race riot in Detroit is a tough sit and demanded special handling from neophyte distributor Annapurna, which harbored high hopes for their first release.