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Screenwriter Profile: Marti Noxon
The Writer: Marti Noxon is one of the most powerful women in Hollywood. She has written for such acclaimed television series as Grey’s Anatomy, Mad Men, Glee, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She’s also...
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Screenwriter Profile: Joel & Ethan Coen
The Writers: Often referred to simply as the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan Coen are the creative force behind such cult classics and acclaimed cinematic feats as Fargo, O Brother Where Art Thou?, The...
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Screenwriter Profile: Cameron Crowe
The Writer: Cameron Crowe is responsible for some of the most iconic films of the last thirty years. He started his writing career when he was just 15 years old and submitted articles about music to...
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Screenwriter Profile: Aaron Sorkin
The Writer: Aaron Sorkin is a widely renowned screenwriter, television writer, and playwright. He’s the creative force behind such political classics as A Few Good Men, The American President, and The...
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Screenwriter Profile: Charlie Kaufman
The Writer: Charlie Kaufman is one of my screenwriting heroes. People either hate his movies or love them, and I fall into the latter category. His stories and style exhibit a rare genius not often...
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Screenwriter Profile: Melissa Mathison
The Writer: Melissa Mathison is the creative mind behind such acclaimed films as The Black Stallion, E.T the Extra-Terrestrial, and Kundun. An activist, good friend of the Dalai Lama, and one of the...
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Screenwriter Profile: Diablo Cody
The Writer: Diablo Cody has proven herself as one of the most sought-after female screenwriters working in Hollywood today. The one-time stripper has said, “Stripping toughened my hide, but exposing...
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Screenwriter Profile: Ben Hecht
The Writer: Ben Hecht won the first ever Oscar given for screenwriting (at the time the category was called “Best Original Story”) in 1927 for his gangster drama Underworld. He has one of the longest...
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Screenwriter Profile: Joe Eszterhas
The Writer: Joe Eszterhas is one of the most financially successful screenwriters of all time. After a bidding war, his script for Basic Instinct sold for $3 million, a record at the time — not to...
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Screenwriter Profile: Stanley Kubrick
The Writer: Stanley Kubrick is widely considered one of the best writers and directors of all time and is particularly respected for his ability to master an obscenely wide range of film genres. His...
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Screenwriter Profile: William Goldman
The Writer: William Goldman gave a great interview in which he talks about how little talent he had as a young writer trying to sell short stories. He was rejected countless times and had to take other...
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Screenwriter Profile: Kirsten Smith & Karen McCullah
The Writers: Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith and Karen McCullah are the powerhouse duo behind some of the biggest ”chick flicks” of the last fifteen years. Several of their films, however, have transcended the...
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Screenwriter Profile: Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio
The Writers: Writing team Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio are the highest grossing screenwriters of all time. They’ve written a number of films for Disney including Shrek, Aladdin, and The Pirates of the...
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Screenwriter Profile: Frank Darabont
The Writer: Frank Darabont has been consistently successful in this industry for the last 30 years. His scripts tend toward monster movies (often based on Stephen King novels), with such credits as The...
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Screenwriter Profile: Emma Thompson
The Writer: Emma Thompson is usually thought of primarily as an actress, but she is also one of the most successful female screenwriters out there. In fact, she’s the only person (not just woman) to...
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Screenwriter Profile: Harold Ramis
The Writer: Harold Ramis passed away a few days ago, and the world got a little less funny. You probably remember Ramis as one of the Ghostbusters, but you may not know that Ramis co-wrote the...
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Screenwriter Profile: David Peoples
The Writer: David Webb Peoples is the writer behind three of my favorite films of all time: Blade Runner, 12 Monkeys, and Unforgiven. His resume is on the short side compared to some, but his scripts...
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Screenwriter Profile: Akiva Goldsman
The Writer: Akiva Goldsman is one of the more prolific writers working in Hollywood today. He’s been writing hit films since the early 90s, and now also produces many of his own films. On occasion, he...
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Screenwriter Profile: Michael Arndt
The Writer: Michael Arndt has one of those careers that I think most screenwriters would love to emulate. He was a Nicholl semifinalist in 1991 and 2001 before winning the Best Screenplay Oscar for...
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Screenwriter Profile: Joss Whedon
The Writer: Joss Whedon is one of the most inventive writer/directors working in Hollywood today. He’s known for his strong female characters, his love of monsters, and the clever way he mashes genres...
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