Daniel Clowes Goes Back to 'Art School' *
May 14th, 2006 · The artist and screenwriter behind the dark and endearing film Ghost World, finds a new comic palette in Art School Confidential. Clowes talks with Liane Hansen about the film.
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Oscar? It's All in the Screenwriting ***
Mar 4th, 2006 · Want a solid barometer of film quality? Take note of the screenwriter. Critic David Kipen tells Susan Stamberg about his book The Schreiber Theory: A Radical Rewrite of American Film History. "Schreiber" is Yiddish for writer.
Recalling the Art of Screenwriter Ernest Lehman *
Jul 6th, 2005 · Robert Siegel talks with actress Eva Marie Saint, and her husband, producer/director Jeffrey Hayden. Saint and Hayden talk about the recent death of Hollywood screenwriter Ernest Lehman. Saint co-starred in North by Northwest which Lehman wrote, and she and her husband were close friends of Lehman's.
Film Producer Ismail Merchant Dies
May 25th, 2005 · Film producer Ismail Merchant died Wednesday after a long illness. Merchant, the man who raised the money to get Merchant-Ivory films made, worked with director James Ivory and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala to create gorgeous-looking literary adaptations made on a shoestring. The team's films included A Room With A View, The Remains of the Day and Howard's End.
After Success, a Writer Turns to a Novel Challenge
Apr 17th, 2005 · William Nicholson has had a broad artistic career, as a playwright and screenwriter. He has received numerous Tony awards and multiple Academy Award nominations. Yet despite his film and theater successes, his heart lay in the one medium he could never conquer: novels.
Sidney Howard and Hollywood's Golden Age **
Jan 26th, 2005 · In this week's Day to Day book bag, critic David Kipen remembers screenwriter and national literary figure Sidney Howard. Howard wrote the screenplay for Gone With The Wind and other acclaimed films from the golden age of Hollywood.
Scenes I Wish I Had Written
Dec 28th, 2004 · We all have scenes in our minds from television, film and theater, moments that just seem to stick. For a Morning Edition series, Scenes I Wish I Had Written, NPR's Susan Stamberg asks some major stage and screenwriters to pick their favorites.
Buckle Up for 'All About Eve'
Dec 21st, 2004 · All About Eve is a true Hollywood classic, an insider's look at the theater world that won Oscars for best screenplay and best director. And it also has one of screenwriter Paul Attanasio's favorite scenes.
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