Screenwriter News--3.28.12

L.A. screenwriter comes to town in a Minnesota state of mind, you betcha Bellingham Herald By CJ - Star Tribune (Minneapolis) LA-based screenwriter Wendy Kout left the Twin Cities with a batch of "YA, SURE ... JEW BETCHA" T-shirts. Kout's movie, "Dorfman," has already been screened at the Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival, which is showing ... See all stories on this topic »

Masterclass with Hollywood screenwriter The Kerryman HOT on the heels of the Dingle International Film Festival over St. Patrick's weekend, an upcoming masterclass hosted by an acclaimed Hollywood screenwriter is set to turn the spotlight on the town's cinematic heritage once again. See all stories on this topic »

AFF Conversations in Film: Writer Ted Tally and 'Silence of the Lambs' Slackerwood The most recent Conversations in Film session, on Sunday, March 25, at the Harry Ransom Center, featured Academy Award-winning screenwriter Ted Tally (White Palace, The Silence of the Lambs, All the Pretty Horses) and was moderated by Alvaro Rodriguez ... See all stories on this topic » Slackerwood

Summit Hires Newcomer To Adapt Storming Las Vegas Cinema Blend Screenwriter Chuck MacLean has built some serious buzz in Hollywood by penning a string of promising spec scripts. So Summit Entertainment has entrusted the scribe to translate John Huddy's shocking crime tale Storming Las Vegas: How a Cuban-Born, ... See all stories on this topic » Cinema Blend

David Simon of 'The Wire': Former high school muckraker Washington Post (blog) Author, screenwriter and producer David Simon. (Courtesy of the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation) When a high school friend forwarded him Paul Farhi's story about the B-CC Tattler, Simon, an alum of the school and former editor of the same ... See all stories on this topic »

Jean-Pierre Dardenne to Preside Over Festival de Cannes Cinefondation and ... Hollywood Reporter The Belgian director, screenwriter and producer will fly solo this year after gracing the Palais red carpet steps several times with his brother and co-director Luc. The Dardenne brothers have won the coveted Palme d'Or twice – in 1999 for Rosetta then ... See all stories on this topic » Hollywood Reporter

NALIP 2012: Diverse Voices, Universal Content Sacramento Bee The conference begins Friday, with keynote speaker, film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor and musician, Robert Rodriguez. Rodriguez's films, which range from sleeper hit EL MARIACHI to FROM DUSK TILL DAWN and SIN CITY as well ... See all stories on this topic »

Kenneth Branagh to Direct Untitled Jack Ryan Movie Reelz Like its predecessor, the Untitled Jack Ryan movie is intended to be a reboot, and has seen its fair share of screenwriters come and go through its years-long development, before David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible) was hired to rewrite the ... See all stories on this topic »

'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' Writer Peter Straughan on Adaptations & Surprise ... Screen Rant We interview Peter Straughan, the BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated screenwriter of 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, which has just been released in the US on DVD and Blu-ray, was a critical and commercial success during its ... See all stories on this topic » Screen Rant

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Screenwriter » Farewell Ulu Grosbard By Donald Clarke Ulu Grosbard, who has died at the age of 83, is one of those directors who fell through the cracks. He had an awesome reputation as a theatre director — directing Dustin Hoffman, Robert Duvall and Jon Voight in a production of Arthur Miller's ... Screenwriter