Tamara Jenkins Gets Savage
Oscar-nominated writer-director beats the sophomore slump
By David Fear
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/screenwriting/article/tamara_jenkins_the_savages_oscar_20080131/
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A moviemaker workshops a script through the Sundance Institute, the finished feature gets accepted into the prestigious festival and the critical hosannas start pouring in. Then he or she gets courted by a number of studios, several projects stall and years pass… Soon, the moviemaker is regrettably relegated to the “Where are they now?” files, along with a number of other indie film alumni who sprint out of the gate and then find it hard to get a follow-up made.