Reel Life Lessons
Screenwriter Jeremy Brock brings The Last King of Scotland and Driving Lessons to the big screen
By Jennifer Straus
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/screenwriting/article/reel_life_lessons_2832/
Jeremy Brock has a knack for depicting the intimate lives of the very famous. Whether it's a grieving Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown or the infamous dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland, Brock manages to create complex, larger-than-life characters who are still somehow relatable. But Brock has more than just one trick up his sleeve, as the diversity of his projects attests. In addition to The Last King of Scotland, which is already attracting a healthy amount of Oscar buzz, Brock's first outing as a director, Driving Lessons, hit theaters this month.