Director, Producer, Writer Eva Saks [evasaksmovies.com] notes in this clip, “You want to be acknowledged, you want to participate in the reward. It’s kind of unprecedented to even question whether a writer should have the right to participate.”
This video in support of the WGA strike is from a new series hosted on aworkingwriter.com, and on [...]
Entries from December 2007
Eva Saks: You want to be acknowledged
Screenwriter Nancy Oliver: “Is this what I’m supposed to be doing?”
At the 2007 Toronto Film Festival, “Lars and the Real Girl” received a standing ovation. Screenwriter Nancy Oliver was recently interviewed for the Los Angeles Times by Jeff Goldsmith, and expressed her perspectives on a number of challenges facing writers and other artists. Here is an excerpt:
When Alan Ball offered you a staff writing job [...]
Philip Pullman: write to please yourself
The movie based on his story The Golden Compass is about to open.
On his site, Philip Pullman addresses a number of questions about his life and work as a writer:
Were you encouraged to be creative?
No, I was ignored. When anyone took any notice it was to point out what a twit I was, and laugh [...]
