Zach Helm’s World of Wonder
Stranger Than Fiction screenwriter makes his directorial debut
By Cristy Lytal
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/zach_helm_mr_magoriums_wonder_emporium_20071113/
Zach Helm’s life may not be stranger than fiction, but it is sweeter than a fairytale. Plucked out of the playwriting scene in Chicago in 1997 to participate in a writers’ program at Fox 2000, he dreamt up Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium as a writing sample.