The Busine$$ of Screenwriting by Ron Suppa
A Day in the Life—Excerpts from the diary of a first-time director.
Writer Beware! By Sean Kennelly
Cover Me—Everyone needs honest analysis of their work. So when looking for script coverage, who should you turn to and when?
Agent's Hot Sheet by Jim Cirile
Go Hyphenate Yourself!—A quick peek at the pros and cons of trying to be a writer-director.
Our Craft by Karl Iglesias
We Now Direct You To…—How to direct on the page without the reader (especially the director) noticing.
You've Got to Produce by Catherine Clinch
No Man Is an Island—Once the script is done, the team building begins. And remember, with great advisors come great responsibility.
The Buzz: The new filmmaker's guide to the Internet.—Anatomy of a Spec Sale: Ari Eisner was a new writer who had a very, very bad week. So he wrote a spec TV pilot that he sold to Warner Bros.—Lost Scenes: Out of Sight—Breaking In: Eric Enroth and Patricia Tait, Spencer Walker—People: Rick Fox and Jay Convente, Stephanie Lord—Why I Write: Douglas Coupland—Festival Report: Sundance—The Final Scene: The Lookout by Scott Frank
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FOR VOL. 14, #2—march/april 2007
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Dead Man's Curve: Quentin Tarantino Drives You to the Grindhouse
Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez are bringing back the '70s with Grindhouse's double bill of murder and mayhem. Here Tarantino tells you why you should love B-movies, the joy of writing quickly, and why his stalker car-chase movie Death Proof is a chick flick.
BY JEREMY SMITH
On the Lookout: Scott Frank's Directing Debut Mixes Crime, Identity, and a Little Advice from Mr. Spielberg
Scott Frank merges his interests in crime fiction and identity to create a story about a brain-damaged janitor pressed into service by bank robbers—a story that Frank turned into his feature-film directing debut.
BY JEFF GOLDSMITH
So You Want to Direct? Advice From Screenwriters Who Moved Behind the Camera
Five scribes step out from behind the keyboard to offer advice and anecdotes from their forays into the director's chair, and what writers helming their feature debut can expect the first time they call "Action!"
BY JASON DAVIS
From Author to Auteur: A Survey of Directing Classes, Workshops, Seminars, & Film Schools
So you've decided you want to direct. What skills do you need? And where do you go to get them? From two-day seminars to two-year MFAs, an overview of the paths you can travel to learn how to turn your words into pictures.
BY NANCY HENDRICKSON
So You Want to Make a Documentary? The Six Areas You Need to Explore
The co-author of The Documentary Film Makers Handbook leads you through the steps to create a documentary, with a few words of advice from people who have been there and lived to screen their films about it.
BY ANDREW ZINNES
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead creators put a British spin on the action genre.
BY JUDD BLOCH
The Last Mimzy
Bruce Joel Rubin writes the ending to a story he saw as a child.
BY PETER CLINES
300
Zack Snyder and Kurt Johnstad convert Frank Miller's bloody graphic novel into a CGI epic.
BY JEREMY SMITH
Away From Her
Actress Sarah Polley adapts Alice Munro for her first screenplay.
BY DANNY MUNSO
I Think I Love My Wife
Chris Rock and Louis C.K. turn Erich Rohmer's infidelity drama into a comedy.
BY DANNY MUNSO
Sunshine
Alex Garland's latest pits mankind against a dying sun.
BY DAVID MICHAEL WHARTON
Zodiac
Jamie Vanderbilt turns the unsolved case of the Zodiac killer into "the last serial killer movie" for Se7en's David Fincher.
BY JEREMY SMITH
Lucky You
Eric Roth's first original script in almost a decade focuses on poker, Las Vegas, and redemption.
BY DANNY MUNSO
