Sentences with phrase «own screenplay»

«Moonlight,» the coming of age tale of a young black boy in Miami, also won the best adapted screenplay statuette, while grief - driven independent drama «Manchester by the Sea» took home original screenplay.

Peele made history on Sunday as the first African - American to win an Oscar for best original screenplay.

«We've got one screenplay and a novella.

I'm sure Robert Redford fell asleep reading the screenplay.

A similar case to EuropaCorp's «Kursk,» the true story of a Russian submarine that sank in the Barents Sea in 2000 and killed everyone on board; though Putin had a significant role in the events, appears in the source material of Robert Moore's best - seller «A Time to Die,» and even featured in early versions of the screenplay, he's nowhere to be found in the finished film.

James Cameron nNet worth: $ 650M nCameron's (at left) film career has humble beginnings — the Avatar - director sold his screenplay for The Terminator for just one dollar in exchange for the opportunity to direct the film.

Notably, The Big Short won best adapted screenplay at the Writers Guild Awards and also took the top prize at the Producers Guild Awards, which has predicted the Academy's Best Picture choice 8 out of the past 10 years.

James Cameron Net worth: $ 650M Cameron's (at left) film career has humble beginnings — the Avatar - director sold his screenplay for The Terminator for just one dollar in exchange for the opportunity to direct the film.

In the same way that a film studio can help a person with an incredible screenplay navigate the logistics of making a movie, a startup studio assists domain experts who might have a solid concept but aren't as strong on the coding side.

His book «The Accidental Billionaires» was the basis of «The Social Network» blockbuster, which won Aaron Sorkin a best adapted screenplay Oscar.

It's like saying, «Don't write a screenplay; just do a movie instead.»

The performances are so good, that both Steve Carell and Christian Bale have been nominated for Golden Globe Awards for «Best Actor in a Comedy» and McCay and Charles Randolph, who co-wrote the movie, were nominated for «Best Screenplay.»

Michael also created and wrote every episode of The Tudors and wrote the screenplays for the Cate Blanchett Elizabeth movies.

Then there's the way Brian Kehoe and Jim Kehoe's screenplay celebrates the three teen girls, brought to life wonderfully by Kathryn Newton (Julie), Gideon Adlon (Sam), and Geraldine Viswanathan (Kayla).

The adaptation of author E.L. James» erotic novel won worst screenplay, worst actor for Jamie Dornan and worst actress for Dakota Johnson during Saturday's 36th annual Golden Raspberry Awards, according to the Associated Press.

We dream of being a musician and when we're a musician we dream of writing a film score and when write a film score, we dream of writing a screenplay.

It will be all but impossible for audiences to determine guilt or innocence, dereliction of duty or devotion to veracity, based strictly on the movie: Its screenplay was adapted by James Vanderbilt from Mapes» own memoir, Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power, in which she strenuously defends her work on what became known as «Rathergate» (or «Memogate»).

Netflix's critically acclaimed original drama «Mudbound» earned four nominations for the company, including nods for best supporting actress (Mary J. Blige) and best adapted screenplay (writer - director Dee Rees).

Sounds like a great screenplay opportunity, too.

The movie also won best original screenplay.

With no prior movie - making experience, entrepreneur Mark Hulme, founder of Dallas - based publishing company the Five Star Institute, decided in 2011 to produce a movie about the late tech innovator and commissioned an employee to pen the screenplay.

A copy of the agreement reviewed by The Hollywood Reporter reveals the two were to be paid $ 250,000 for the screenplay plus $ 150,000 more for rewrites if the producer exercised its option.

«None of the versions of the screenplay that Jay Cocks and I wrote were in any way influenced by or based upon [their work].»

But the special purpose entity created for the production, in tracing the chain of title on «Silence,» became aware of a 2002 agreement that Cecchi Gori had made with an individual named Michael Gordon to write the «Silence» screenplay.

«For my feature screenplay, Personal Influence, I developed a vision book that invites my audiences and collaborators to share in the vision.»

In turn, there was another deal whereby Kazan would polish that screenplay.

Rogers was convinced the best way to write the screenplay was to tell it from the point of view of both Harding and Gillooly.

Often his ideas were contrary to what was in the screenplay, but they were better.

The surprising snub of the unconventional Tonya Harding biopic, «I, Tonya,» from the best original screenplay category for this year's Oscar nominations was disappointing for many.

Rogers was in his twenties when his first - ever screenplay was made, «Hope Floats,» the 1998 romance movie starring Sandra Bullock and Harry Connick Jr. that has since become a staple on cable TV.

Bestselling novelists Suzanne Collins of The Hunger Games and Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl wrote their own screenplays.

«All the characters were very rebellious in their own way, but also very wrong headed, and I wanted the screenplay to mirror that,» Rogers said.

Here are just a few: Jordan Peele became the first African American to win the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for Get Out, and Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water won for Best Picture — a film featuring a female actor in the lead role hasn't won the category since Million Dollar Baby in 2004.

The movie, about a father dealing with the aftermath of his wife falling into a coma, was nominated for five Oscars in 2012, winning one for Best Adapted Screenplay.

The Judd Apatow - produced comedy starring Kumali Nanjiani («Silicon Valley»), who co-wrote the screenplay with his girlfriend Emily V. Gordon), followed - up its impressive limited release run with a $ 7.6 million take in the first weekend of its wide release.

Effective B2B storytelling often follows the same arc as a successful Hollywood screenplays: Three Acts consisting of (1) The Setup; (2) The Conflict, and (3) The Resolution.

Part of that likely has to do with the absence of many truly great movies this year, and the fact key contenders — like «The Shape of Water» (the pick by the directors and producers guilds) and «Get Out» (the WGA's original screenplay winner)-- come from genres that seldom receive top awards recognition.

* the communication arts include speaking (sales presentations and speeches,) writing (ads, information, business books, screenplays, and novels,) music, painting, photography, etc..

Based on a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino, it tells the story of two lovers / mass murderers who are dangerously hyped by the media, appearing on magazine covers and t - shirts.

He is currently co-writing a screenplay.

Best Picture: «The Shape of Water» Lead Actor: Gary Oldman, «Darkest Hour» Lead Actress: Frances McDormand, «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell, «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» Supporting Actress: Allison Janney, «I, Tonya» Director: «The Shape of Water,» Guillermo del Toro Animated Feature: «Loving Vincent,» Animated Short: «Revolting Rhymes» Adapted Screenplay: «The Disaster Artist» Original Screenplay: «The Big Sick» Cinematography: «Blade Runner 2049» Roger Deakins Best Documentary Feature: «Last Men in Aleppo» Best Documentary Short Subject: «Traffic Stop» Best Live Action Short Film: «The Silent Child» Best Foreign Language Film: «The Insult» (Lebanon) Film Editing: «Baby Driver» Sound Editing: «Dunkirk» Sound Mixing: «Dunkirk» Production Design: «The Shape of Water» Original Score: «Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Song: «This Is Me» from «The Greatest Showman» Makeup and Hair: «Darkest Hour» Costume Design: «Phantom Thread» Visual Effects: «Star Wars: The Last Jedi»

Groups like the Muslim Public Affairs Council consult on screenplays, train Muslim writers and connect network honchos with budding talent.

Like how his legal brief includes a 3 page «screenplay» of a conversation between a coworker and his boss, which he wasn't present for and which he admits to taking «artistic license» with?

Catholic News Agency: «Exorcist» author prepares canon lawsuit against Georgetown The author of the best - selling book and award - winning screenplay «The Exorcist» has announced that he is leading an effort to file a canon lawsuit against Georgetown University for failures to live up to the demands of the school's Catholic identity.

And one could argue that this screenplay, even more than the average Mad Men screenplay, amounts to a shuffling of characters and themes.

Fresh on the heels of his very well - received take on the life of Abraham Lincoln, Steven Spielberg is setting his sights on one of Stanley Kubrick's abandoned screenplays: a Napoleon Bonaparte biopic.

And it's unlike any other book I've ever written, for in addition to the memoir, it includes original poetry, short stories, soliloquies, and even a short screenplay — all aimed at capturing the wonder and beauty of Scripture, while honoring the best in biblical scholarship and acknowledging the challenges of its most difficult passages.

Its most controversial aspect was the early decision to eschew a screenplay and have the movie follow, Pasolini - like, the Good News Bible's rendition of the Gospel of John word for word.

During Lent, I've been rewatching the magnificent 1981 BBC production of Brideshead Revisited — the best TV adaption ever made of a great novel, in part because of the stunning cast but in larger part because Evelyn Waugh's book is the screenplay.

Hess is working on the screenplay with his wife and writing partner Jarusha Hess.