15 Motivating Jon Favreau Quotes on Filmmaking
Where to start with a filmmaker, actor, producer and writer as malleable and prolific as Jon Favreau? The multi-talented director behind Iron Man, the Mandalorian and The Lion King has …
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A series of articles on the US film and TV industry.
The Insider Interviews – Steve Matthews (HBO Europe)
This latest iteration of our Insider Interviews Series is with Steve Matthews, currently VP Executive Producer for Drama Development at HBO Europe. Steve has had a wide-ranging career since getting started in …
Reboots: RIGHTS and WRONGS of Writing a Reboot
What is a Reboot? In the realm of movie-making, a reboot is a reimagining of an existing franchise that rebrands or restarts the established fictional world. The most notable franchises …
15 Guillermo Del Toro Quotes You Can Learn From
Since his debut film, Cronos, Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has been captivating audiences with a unique blend of fantasy and realism. We’ve compiled 15 Guillermo del Toro quotes that …
10 Filmmakers That Show HOW a Filmmaker Can BEST Tackle a Script
How Do Filmmakers Approach a Script? The screenplay is the spine of the movie. But the way it is interpreted for the screen is the key to turning a great …
David Mamet Masterclass Review: Is It Worth It?
David Mamet MasterClass Scores for the David Mamet MasterClass: Lessons- 9/10 Workbook- 8/10 Community- 7/10 Value- 8/10 Overall Verdict– Thumbs Up! Who is David Mamet? Pulitzer Prize winner, David Mamet, …
Why Nailing Your Elevator Pitch Can Massively Help Your Screenplay
It’s any screenwriter’s fantasy to come across an acclaimed director or producer out of the blue and pitch them their passion project. Enter the infamous elevator pitch. Chances are, of …
Looking to the Future: How Video Game Logic Can Enhance Your Screenplay
This article will delve into the dynamic world of video games and video game logic. Many video games have been translated on-screen into video game movies, and the line between …
How to Write a Film Noir: Utilising the 8 Essential Pillars of Film Noir
This article will delve into what film noir is and its common tropes. We’ll offer pointers on how to write a film noir that both honours the traditions of the …
15 Phoebe Waller-Bridge Quotes Writers and Filmmakers Can Learn From
15 Phoebe Waller-Bridge Quotes Writers & Filmmakers Can Learn From Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s career is an inspiring tale of talent, perseverance and ultimate success. Starting her career primarily as an actor, …
Where Did The Romcom Go? by Tamzin Rafn
Where Did The Romcom Go? I have a question. Where did the romcom go, please? Has anyone seen it of late because I seek and ye does not find? Let’s …
15 Inspiring Ava DuVernay Quotes for Writers & Filmmakers
15 Inspiring Ava DuVernay Quotes for Writers & Filmmakers As the first black woman nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Director, Ava DuVernay is ushering in a new …
50 Hollywood Screenwriters Reveal Their Writing Process
What’s Your Personal Writing Process? In screenwriting, sometimes the biggest challenge is discovering the most effective writing process That Works For You. For example, each and every writer has a …
20 Great Patty Jenkins Quotes for Writers and Filmmakers
20 Great Patty Jenkins Quotes for Writers & Filmmakers Filmmaking didn’t come easily to Patty Jenkins. After many years working as a painter she realised her true passion was …
How to Definitively Nail Your Movie Theme – The ULTIMATE Guide
How to Nail Your Movie Theme: What is Your Screenplay Actually About? What is your screenplay about? What is your movie’s theme? These may seem like obvious questions. But …
Save the Cat! Analysis Series: THE WEDDING SINGER (1998)
One of the world’s most popular screenwriting books, Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat has brought clarity and a sense of direction to thousands of screenwriters, many of whom were looking for the logical …
The Insider Interviews: Rob Sprackling
This month’s featured industry guest at The Insider Interviews is Rob Sprackling. A screenwriter known for his work on THE QUEEN’S CORGI (2019) and GNOMEO AND JULIET (2011) The Insider Interviews series …
The Insider Interviews – Tom Daley
This month’s featured industry guest at The Insider Interviews is Tom Daley of eOne Entertainment. The Insider Interviews series started in 2010 as a set of recorded interviews, featuring the likes …
ORIGINAL CHARACTERS Series: Part 1 – Tony Soprano
ORIGINAL CHARACTERS Series: Part 1 Welcome to Original Characters, an ongoing series of articles that will examine the most original characters to appear in both TV and film. What …
15 Inspiring Russo Brothers Quotes for Writers & Filmmakers
15 Inspiring Russo Brothers Quotes for Filmmakers The career of the Russo Brothers has been anything but conventional. From independent cinema, through award-winning TV to shattering box office records …
GENIUS CHARACTER REVEALS: Nick Dunne (GONE GIRL)
In our Genius Character Reveals series we examine scenes and moments where a film or TV show reveals a tremendous amount of character information in a compressed amount of screen …
The Insider Interviews: Doug Mankoff
This month’s featured industry guest at The Insider Interviews is Doug Mankoff of Echo Lake Entertainment. The Insider Interviews series started in 2010 as a set of recorded interviews, featuring …
VIDEO ESSAY: Cameron Frye in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Legendary writer-director John Hughes was responsible for a string of iconic teen films from the 1980s onward. And yet without the characters feeling like real teenagers (with Cameron Frye in …
Writing and Filmmaking Lessons from BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)
BACK TO THE FUTURE Video Essay Not content with dominating blockbuster filmmaking as a director, the ’80s saw Steven Spielberg become a producing powerhouse. He brought his Amblin touch …
Late Risers: 40 Filmmakers Over 40 When They Hit It Big
There are so many stories of wunderkinds and overnight successes that it can become dispiriting for filmmakers still plugging away. However, some of the world’s most renowned filmmakers didn’t start …
15 Paul Feig Quotes Writers and Filmmakers Can Learn From
15 Great Paul Feig Quotes Paul Feig has had a unusual career. He created the cult comedy FREAKS & GEEKS, where many of the Judd Apatow stable (James Franco, Seth …
Writing & Filmmaking Lessons From LA Confidential (1997)
LA CONFIDENTIAL LA CONFIDENTIAL put a modern spin on the hard-boiled noir, reinvigorating the genre and leading to an Oscar win for Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson for Best Adapted …
15 Spike Lee Quotes Writers and Filmmakers Can Learn From
15 Great Spike Lee Quotes Spike Lee, with 32 years of film experience, is a figure that any aspiring writer and filmmaker can learn from. His breakthrough debut film SHE’S …
Chris McQuarrie Quotes For Writers, Directors & Producers
Christopher McQuarrie After an inauspicious few years working at a detective agency, Christopher McQuarrie broke out as a screenwriter with two collaborations with director Bryan Singer. PUBLIC ACCESS won the …
Taylor Sheridan Quotes For Writers, Directors & Producers
Taylor Sheridan Taylor Sheridan got his start as an actor, his most notable role arriving in the form of Deputy Chief of Police David Hale in SONS OF ANARCHY. He …
Vince Gilligan Quotes For Writers, Directors & Producers
Vince Gilligan Vince Gilligan got his start as a writer for THE X-FILES, but these days he’s best known as the creator, showrunner, writer and director of BREAKING BAD and …
GENIUS CHARACTER REVEALS: Jim Hopper (STRANGER THINGS)
In our Genius Character Reveals series we examine scenes and moments where a film or TV show reveals a tremendous amount of character information in a compressed amount of screen …
Ryan Murphy Quotes For Producers, Writers & Directors
Ryan Murphy Quotes Ryan Murphy is one of the few super-producers working in TV, along with the likes of Shonda Rimes and Greg Berlanti. His run of hit shows includes NIP/TUCK, …
GENIUS CHARACTER REVEALS: Martin Brody (JAWS)
In our Genius Character Reveals series we examine scenes and moments where a film or TV show reveals a tremendous amount of character information in a compressed amount of screen …
Jason Blum Quotes For Producers, Writers & Directors
Jason Blum founded Blumhouse Productions in 2000, but it wasn’t until 2009 that it started getting its reputation for making some of the most profitable films of all time. The …
The 10 Best Literary Agents for Writers & Filmmakers
As a screenwriter, it can be confusing navigating the multitude of literary agents out there. Big or small, almost all literary agents won’t accept unsolicited material. Many specify that unsolicited …
12 Quotes about the Importance of Networking in Film & TV
12 Quotes about the Importance of Networking No matter if you are a producer, writer or director, a would-be executive or talent agent, if you want to crack film and TV …
Hossein Amini Interview Series Launches…
Hossein Amini Interview Industrial Scripts is pleased to announce the release of our first “Reflection Series” mini-courses, with a unique Hossein Amini interview. These weekly email sequences contain exclusive interview …
20 Must Know Hollywood Literary Management Companies
20 Must Know Hollywood Literary Management Companies Figuring out how to get a bona fide literary management company to represent you is complicated, especially if you’re new(ish) to the …
10 Hollywood Films Made from British IP
Hollywood Films and British IP The wider British public are usually treated, once-a-year or so, to a slick piece of PR spin usually including the phrase “British film is booming” …
The Smell of Fear in LA
I’ve spent the week in LA, (City of Angels & Devils) As I have previously mentioned, many times, I love LA and this time was no exception. I ate dinner …
30 Quotes about Screenwriting from A-List Directors & Actors
30 Quotes about Screenwriting from A-List Directors & Actors Whether they produce films, direct them, write them, or star in them, these iconic figures all agree on one thing: the importance …
Why Women Screenwriters should Stop Moaning and Just WIN
All Screenwriters LOVE Moaning Because there’s been quite a lot in the press lately about the plight (or otherwise) of women screenwriters, I’ve been thinking a bit lately about whether …
10 Hollywood Screenwriters Reveal Their Big Break
Most screenwriters would cite a moment in their careers that proved critical. It might be the day they signed with an influential literary manager, or the moment a key producer spotted something …
The Insider Interviews: Gareth Unwin
The Insider Interviews series started in 2010 as a set of recorded interviews, featuring the likes of Tom Hiddleston, Gareth Unwin, who produced THE KING’S SPEECH, Ben Wheatley and Hossein Amini, the Oscar-nominated writer of DRIVE and THE TWO …
10 Great PT Anderson Quotes for Screenwriters & Filmmakers
PT Anderson A man who, remarkably, made a film of the quality of BOOGIE NIGHTS at just 27 years of age, PT Anderson has won a host of admirers over …
10 Great Michael Mann Quotes for Screenwriters & Filmmakers
Michael Mann Michael Mann started out writing for TV in the 1970s but made his feature directorial debut with THE JERICHO MILE in 1979. Several films later he finally struck …
10 Great Tales of Screenwriting Determination
Where There’s a Will There’s a Way They say where there’s a will, there’s a way and if ever a profession needed to believe this mantra, it’s that of screenwriting. So …
Why The Holy Trinity of Monster Movies are Impossible to Top
With the arrival of GODZILLA at your local multiplex you might be thinking it’s time to get writing some monster movies of your own — how hard can it be, …
The World’s Highest Paid Screenwriters
The World’s Highest Paid Screenwriters As the title says, this article will explore the world’s highest paid Screenwriters working in the Film and Television industries. Screenwriting can mean seriously …