Sentences with phrase «screenplays for film»

The newest slate of contributors includes 11 notable authors who have been widely recognized in popular culture not only for their bestselling novels, but also for how their works have transcended the page into screenplays for film and / or television.

He has also written many screenplays for film and television, including the feature film adaptation of Starter For Ten.

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Clowes is writing the screenplay because he wrote the book, as well as the screenplays for the film adaptations of his other works Ghost World, Art School Confidential, and David Goldberg.

Screenwriter Mitch Glazer might have written one of the worst screenplays for a film released in 2015.

Named in honor of film director Stanley Kubrick, who co-wrote the screenplay for the film 2001: a Space Odyssey with Sir Arthur and directed the film version.

Montgomery produced, directed and co-wrote the screenplay for the film.

Jeremy and John - Henry Butterworth were named recipients of the Writers Guild of America West's 2011 Paul Selvin Award for their screenplay for the film Fair Game (2010), directed by Doug Liman and which starred Naomi Watts and Sean Penn..

Trumbo wrote the screenplay for a film about the meeting of Cortes and the Aztecs, originally titled Montezuma, in the 1960s.

John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky, and Johnny Knoxville wrote the screenplay for the film, which is about a daredevil who designs and operates his own theme park with his friends.

Moderator Neumier followed up with Nagy as to whether Highsmith was nervous about this novel becoming a screenplay for film:

Tina Gordon Chism (Drumline) builds her script on the original story by Antwone Fisher (yes, the same one that wrote the screenplay for the film that bears his name), with a good ear for the lingo and attitudes that represent the area.

It's appropriate that Ivory wore the shirt because, after all, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film.

Indiewire recently sat down with Black, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film, to talk about how the experience of making «Nice Guys» compared to directing «Iron Man 3» and what to expect from his upcoming project, the remake of 1987's «Predator» (in which Black had a supporting actor role).

writer Steven Zaillian turned in three screenplays for films of varying quality «The Falcon and the Snowman,» «Awakenings» and «Jack the Bear» that showcased the best and worst of his tendencies as a filmmaker.

Film screenwriter Bill Dubuque used his knowledge that he amassed while writing the screenplays for films such as The Accountant and A Family Man to co-create Ozark, a TV series starring Jason Bateman about a financial planner who launders money for a Mexican cartel in the Missouri Ozarks.

You've seen it all before, especially if you are familiar with William Douglas - Home's play, «The Reluctant Debutante,» which was also made into a movie back in 1958, and the screenplay for that film provides the backbone for What a Girl Wants (I assume the name change is meant to appeal to the aforementioned young girls familiar with the Christina Aguilera song of the same name.)

Based on the novel by Edward Bunker, Matthew Wilder writes the screenplay for the film.

Tim Burton hand - picked Caroline Thompson to write the screenplay for this film after he read one of her short stories.

It's partly about the Godard - Gorin British Sounds (1969) tour, with transcripts from some of the stops along the way, and it's also got the screenplay for a film about the Marin County shootout; it's dedicated to George Jackson.

When he finished a movie titled Creature from the Haunted Sea early, he decided that since he has a cast, crew and locations on hand why not ask a screenwriter to quickly throw together a screenplay for him film using that same cast, crew and locations!

(This doesn't take much acting on his part, as he really is the voice of A Prairie Home Companion, as well as the author of the story and screenplay for this film.)

J.K. Rowling teases fans about her progress writing the screenplay for the film sequel, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2.

Farr co-wrote the screenplay for the film version with Seth Lochhead.

The Chairman of the Arts Council, Pat Moylan has sent her congratulations to Irish writer Martin McDonagh who on Sunday night won a BAFTA award for best original screenplay for the film In Bruges.

Wilson also writes the screenplay for the film.

Ramsay was the only other woman to win a top non-acting award, earning Best Screenplay for her film, You Were Never Really Here; she shared the prize with Greek filmmakers Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou for their movie, The Killing of a Sacred Deer.

In the press release it also revealed the screenplay for the film was written by Allan Heinberg and Geoff Johns from a story by Zack Snyder & Weinberg.

Claiming best original screenplay for the film, McDonagh called Rockwell his muse.

The screenplay for the film is by Kelly Marcel.

The dramatic thriller is the third directorial effort from Billy Ray, who previously wrote and helmed Shattered Glass and Breach but is best known for penning the screenplays for films like The Hunger Games and Captain Phillips.

Neal Purvis and Robert Wade wrote the screenplay for the film, which is being billed as an action film.

In fact, the screenplay for the film had been written by first - time screenwriter Adam Cozad as a non-Jack Ryan thriller in 2007 called Dubai, but was later retooled with the help of David Koepp (Premium Rush, Angels and Demons) to conform to the Clancy series.

Unsurprisingly, Clowes is going to write the screenplay for the film himself, as he did with Ghost World, Art School Confidential, and the upcoming Wilson.

We went on to talk about his long term relationship with Danny Boyle, who directed SUNSHINE from Garland's script, and THE BEACH, from Garland's novel of the same name, though it was not Garland who wrote the screenplay for that film, and I asked him why that was.

Granik was nomimated for Best Adapted Screenplay for her film «Winter's Bone» in 2010.

A decade later, that film's writer and director, James Toback («Bugsy»), saw Downey on television after one of his drug arrests, and something about the actor's appearance inspired him to write the screenplay for this film in the space of a single week.

He was honored with an Oscar nomination for his original screenplay for the film, which won Academy Awards for Art Direction, Cinematography, and Makeup.

Owen co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation, released in the UK in 2011.

He is best known for writing the novels The Half - Life and Rain Dragon, and for writing the short stories and screenplays for the films Old Joy and Wendy and Lucy.

(And co-writer, with Steven Spielberg, of the screenplay for the film.)

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

Last night, the 31 - year - old won the prize for Best Screenplay and Best Director, with his film winning Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, and its stars, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, winning Best Actor and Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy.

Chambliss, an aspiring film writer working on his second screenplay, acknowledges that life has written a script for him: He's No Chris Chambliss.

Earlier this week Bovada, one of the most popular offshore sportsbooks, posted odds for eleven of the fourteen film categories — omitting Best Screenplay, Best Original Score and Best Original Song.

Graham wrote the screenplay for a pilot episode but it was not picked up for filming.

Steven Spielberg crafted his landmark Holocaust story Schindler's List to look like a documentary, using black - and - white film to give it a newsreel authenticity and employing Steven Zaillian's straight - forward screenplay as a template that consistently rejects melodrama and lets the barbarity speak for itself.

Credited to three writers, «The Fighter» was directed by David O. Russell, who reportedly rewrote the screenplay during filming, adding humor to a project originally planned for Darren Aronofsky («The Wrestler,» «Black Swan»), who isn't exactly known for his light touch.