All posts by Lauri Donahue
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From War Games to Word Play: Ashley Miller’s Unified Field Theory of Screenwriting
Ashley Miller got his start as a screenwriter on the TV series Andromeda and as a co-writer on Agent Cody Banks. He’s... -
Austin Film Festival and Writer’s Conference for Virgins: Get the Most Out of Your Experience
The four-day Writer’s Conference at the Austin Film Festival, held every October since 1993, is for many the social, networking, educational and...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8