Sentences with phrase «script writer living»

David (Jesse Plemons), a TV script writer living in New York City, returns to Sacramento in order to help take care of his mother, Joanne (Molly Shannon), who has been diagnosed with cancer.

58 is the new 48 in the life I lead as a pioneering Rainwater System Builder by day, budding script writer living a small - is - beautiful life nights and weekends.

Not exact matches

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

Sitcom characters have a team of writers controlling the narrative structure of their dating lives, while those of us who live nonfictional lives require technology companies to provide a script for us.

Lucy V Hay is a script reader / editor and writer living in Exeter, UK.

My idea of a film that is worth watching, one that is consistent with our experiences of the way life really is, and devoid of script writer hyperbole of what they think is required to be engaging.

Even if the movie's multiple script writers had provided Dwayne Johnson with smarter lines, he couldn't deliver barbed wit to save George the gorilla's life.

Much more comfortable as the perpetually cheery lifeguard in last summer's Baywatch, the actor just can't hide his natural affability and, even if the movie's multiple script writers had provided him with smarter lines, he couldn't deliver barbed wit to save George's life.

Lee directed a script by «12 Years A Slave» writer John Ridley, who would have been showrunner, «Entourage» mastermind Doug Ellin was also producing, and the show was based on the early life of Mike Tyson (boxing having been HBO's bread - and - butter back in the day).

And while there's clearly a lot of riffing going on, 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live writer Paula Pell's script provides a trampoline of wordplay for the actors to bounce off of, packed with smart, amusing details like a dog named Polenta and semi-comatose sales associate Brayla.

Scripted by I'm Not There writer Oren Moverman, Love and Mercy focuses on two periods in the singer's life — the mid-1960s and the late 1980s — and will see the icon played by two very different Hollywood stars, Paul Dano and John Cusack.

While the script does present a realistic take on the chaos of life with little ones as far as this writer can tell (full disclosure: I am nobody's mother), it still conforms to the tired comedy mandate that at least a half - dozen contemporary pop - culture references must be inserted into the average feature - length script.

Emma Freud, a script editor for the film who's also married to the Love Actually writer and director Richard Curtis, recently live - tweeted during a midnight screening of the holiday classic.

While We're Young is, I think, the best film yet from Noah Baumbach, writer - director of The Squid and the Whale, Frances Ha, Greenberg, and occasional collaborator with Wes Anderson, for whom he scripted The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Patriots» Day is based on the account of Boston Police commissioner Ed Davis, with the producers securing his life rights and setting Bridge Of Spies writer Matt Charman to work on the script.

There are a few gems in the script - including the line, «Life is a comedy written by a sadistic comedy writer» - but the screenwriter is conflicted over whether he's writing a noir, a satire or a romantic comedy.

Frank Berry and Will Collins are nominated for their scripts for «I Used to Live Here» and «Song of the Sea» alongside writer / directors Gerard Barrett and Terry McMahon.

From a script by Bjorn Olaf Johannessen, the film tells the story of a writer (James Franco), who loses control of his life after a car accident which kills a young boy.

While original writer James Toback grounded his 70s script in autobiography (he was both teacher and gambler), Monahan exhibits an uncharacteristic tin ear for the film's wordy milieu, leaving the cast (including a sorely served Brie Larson) to wrestle with toe - curling am - dram speeches about the nature of life, love and learning.

With a script by longtime Saturday Night Live writer Paula Pell, Sisters looks like dumb, nostalgic fun.

With both Vaughn and Scott experienced in creating concept dramedies, and Pursuit of Happiness / Secret Life of Walter Mitty writer Steve Conrad on the script, one would think this film would be a perfect storm of creative humor and genuine sentiment.

Adapted from Jonathan Harr's hefty bestseller by writer - director Steven Zaillian (who penned «Schindler's List»), the script is built from the facts of a real - life case, which took place in the»80s in Woburn, Mass..

The story about a sex addict living in New York City would strike most writers as the chance to dive into a raunchy comedy that parades half - dressed women around (the word «half» defined loosely), while several awkward but hilarious scenarios litter the script.

But since it's based on the most wildly popular book in the bunch, a book that every article will tell you was «unfilmable» before Ang Lee came along, Life of Pi seems to have safe chances here, even if such an assumption puts little faith in the writer's branch, who should know better than to reward David Magee's horridly bookended script.

Writer - director Joshua Marston (who scripted the film along with Andamion Murataj) chronicles the psychic toll of a blood feud in the Albanian countryside; as in his debut feature Maria Full of Grace, we see young people with richly textured lives and full of aspirations, before they're corralled into a system much larger than they are, one they're forced to submit to in order to survive.

The big star here though is writer Will Reiser and his very brave script based on his own life and his relationship with his friend Seth Rogen.

Now, 45 years later, the Fiction Factory documentary COP STORIES: THE MAKING OF RICHARD FLEISCHER»S THE NEW CENTURIONS, featuring new filmed interviews with writer Joseph Wambaugh, star Stacy Keach, technical advisor Richard E. Kalk (Wambaugh's real - life LAPD partner) and assistant cameraman Ronald Vidor, chronicles the production of that landmark film in all its stages from script to screen.

The Nest script was penned by Paula Pell, who was a writer at Saturday Night Live during the comediennes» tenure on the U.S. sketch comedy show.

Writer - director Betts joined producer Celine Rattray of Maven Pictures for an Oct. 25 Backstage Live to discuss the secret to a good script, the best ways to work with actors as a director, and the advice they have for actors across all stages of their careers.

From a script - writer for the mini-series of my life.

The story goes behind the scenes of her hit sitcom, where writers Tony and Bill, director Dennis and Sophie's male co-star, Clive, are enjoying the success — until some of the scripts start to bear too much of a resemblence to real life.

I, too, am a writer who has made a good living in advertising, marketing, speechwriting, whitepaper development, video scripts, web - writing and other complex projects hammered out in the corporate garrets.

The spotlight is put on the narrators, producers, script writers and how music plays a strong role in bringing the final product to life.

... Now I find that after reading your «artful, most fruitful, most sincere post on your pitfalls of becoming recognised» i too want to follow you in your author - footsteps of publication... I find Russell your true - to - life script of becoming a recognised author inspires my inner burning desire (my writers eye) with the passion my work needs in order to become (eventually) a success.

In addition to enjoying great gameplay and audio - video from the original show, players can defend the planet Arus in a Story Mode inspired by the classic animated series and scripted by two writers who know a thing or two about bringing epic giant robot adventures to life: James McDonough and Adam Patyk of THE ENEMY (Transformers, Custom Robo and more)!

The next quarter's production calendar is under wraps, as usual, but the live tech that makes working at the OM London studio so exciting for writers, directors and actors has gone live for the first time with a trans global script team.

As the journey got higher and harder I realised I could make it a positive experience to symbolise my life's passion and to begin pursuing it (being a script writer).

Out now from Triple Canopy, Andy Warhol: The Series contains two previously unpublished television scripts by the writer Hilton Als for a series on the life of Andy Warhol.

It was there that she spoke to artnet News about the exhibition, which features darkly political large - scale works from 1986 to 1989; finding renewed success late in life; and the endurance of a career that has seen her excel at everything from teaching at the renowned Iowa Writers» Workshop to authoring Emmy and Obie award - winning scripts and plays to touring the country as a professional wrestler.

Lucy V Hay is a script reader / editor and writer living in Exeter, UK.