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Things I’ve Learned As A MovieMaker

Always make movies for yourself. Never try to second-guess the public in any sort of way because you will always fall flat on your face. (No comments yet)


Shooting on Instinct

An Interview with Michael Radford

Oscar-nominated moviemaker Michael Radford has explored the worlds of George Orwell (1984) and Pablo Neruda (Il Postino); Africa (White Mischief) and Scotland (Another Time, Another Place); and now the exotic world of a San Fernando Valley strip club known as The Blue Iguana. (No comments yet)


Crime Pays for Writer Alan Sereboff

A Conversation with Alan Sereboff

It's hard to write one screenplay at a time, let alone more than one! Here, Hollywood's newest scribe, Alan Sereboff, talks about making it in Hollywood and how he handles the pressure of adapting Adrenalynn, Snowblind and Omerta, while his own script,The Payback All-Star Revue, is in development. (2 comments)


Ed Harris’ Artist’s Sensibility

Ed Harris on Pollock - The Man and the Film

Ed Harris has long been heralded as one of the better actors of our time, and he's gotten two Oscar nods to prove it (Apollo 13; The Truman Show). Along with taking on the title character in the new film Pollock, Ed Harris has turned auteur by adding two new titles to his resume: director and painter? (No comments yet)


Michael Berenbaum: Things I’ve Learned As A Moviemaker

First and foremost, you have to trust yourself, not let anyone talk you out of what you want. You have to trust your heart. (No comments yet)


James Schamus’ Kung Fu Writing

A Conversation with James Schamus

When it comes to independent film stalwarts, James Schamus has worked with some of the biggest. For Ed Burns' breakthrough film, The Brothers McMullen, Schamus served as executive producer and he helped to produce that film's follow-up, She's The One. (No comments yet)


Cutting and Painting with Editor Michael Berenbaum

The Career of Michael Berenbaum (So Far)

In his career as an editor, Michael Berenbaum has shown a tendency to collaborate with directors who look to film as something other than a commercial vehicle. (No comments yet)


Writing A Screenplay With A Full Deck

It only takes a deck of index cards and a ballpoint pen to start your screenplay

All it takes is a stack of index cards and a ballpoint pen to start your screenplay. (4 comments)


Funny Business

Successful screenwriters discuss what it takes to write great comedy

Some of today's most celebrated comedy writers talk about what it takes to be funny-and get paid for it. (No comments yet)


White (Makes Some) Noise

Screenwriter and sometimes actor Mike White takes on the School of Rock

Charlie Kaufman may get all the ink, but you could make a strong case for Mike White as Hollywood's most idiosyncratic screenwriter. (No comments yet)


Ask Mr. Hollywood

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John Cullum

John Cullum looks beyond Northern Exposure and discusses collaborating with his wife, Emily Frankel, on her new play. (No comments yet)


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It’s Official—Pre-production Begins

“I never ask people for permission to make a film. Instead, I present them with the fact that I’m making a film. If they’re wise, they’ll get in on it early.”
—Francis Ford Coppola


Last week our unit production manager for Rufus Rex officially started work and I paid UPS an astounding amount of money to deliver a letter to the Republic of Georgia officially inviting our lead actress to the United States. We’re also officially in pre-production on the grassroots (my preferred term, since I dislike “microbudget”—no art should be defined by its budget) movie Rufus Rex, which my 15-year-old son, Nick, and I wrote together last winter.

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