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15 Great Alfred Hitchcock Quotes

October 30, 2018

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15 Great Alfred Hitchcock Quotes The Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock was a genius who needs no introduction. He cut his teeth in the UK with early thriller masterpieces like THE 39 STEPS, but the move to ...

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15 Paul Feig Quotes Writers and Filmmakers Can Learn From

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September 28, 2018

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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 Rogen, Jason Segel) first appeared. For ...

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15 Spike Lee Quotes Writers and Filmmakers Can Learn From

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August 17, 2018

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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 GOTTA HAVE IT, a lighthearted comedy,...

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Chris McQuarrie Quotes For Writers, Directors & Producers

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July 30, 2018

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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 ...

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Taylor Sheridan Quotes For Writers, Directors & Producers

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June 27, 2018

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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 transitioned this experience into screenwrit...

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Vince Gilligan Quotes For Writers, Directors & Producers

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May 29, 2018

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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 its spin-off, BETTER CALL SAUL. Fo...

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15 Greta Gerwig Quotes for Writers and Filmmakers

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February 28, 2018

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Already one of the key, iconic actresses of the American indie scene, appearing in the likes of FRANCES HA, MISTRESS AMERICA and 20TH CENTURY WOMEN, Greta Gerwig made her solo directing debut with LADY BIRD, a ...

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10 Jordan Peele Quotes Writers and Directors Can Learn From

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January 29, 2018

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Jordan Peele, one half of the sketch comedy duo KEY & PEELE, burst onto the cinema scene with the highly acclaimed and successful "social thriller" GET OUT, which he wrote and directed. At the 90th Academy ...

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14 Quotes Proving Writers Need Script Coverage Now

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December 29, 2017

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Script Coverage is Needed The times they are a' changing, as Bob Dylan once said. Who'd have thought a few years ago that full blown movie stars would be appearing on TV? And within the most important part (sc...

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15 Inspiring Dee Rees Quotes for Writers & Filmmakers

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November 20, 2017

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Screenwriter and director Dee Rees' debut feature film PARIAH was met with positive critical acclaim and since then, her Emmy Award-winning HBO series BESSIE and her feature film MUDBOUND have impressed both au...

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31 Writing Lessons From Iconic Author Kurt Vonnegut

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July 28, 2017

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31 Writing Lessons From Iconic Author Kurt Vonnegut With his deceptively simple prose style, novelist, playwright and essayist Kurt Vonnegut, jr. (1922 - 2007) bridged sci-fi and literary fiction. Novels like ...

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15 Edgar Wright Quotes for Screenwriters and Filmmakers

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June 30, 2017

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15 Edgar Wright Quotes for Screenwriters & Filmmakers Edgar Wright quotes aren't hard to find: the celebrated writer-director is as open about his process, inspiration and influences as any Hollywood direc...

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20 Kathryn Bigelow Quotes For Writers & Filmmakers

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May 19, 2017

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Alongside an eclectic filmography that includes vampires in NEAR DARK, surfing in POINT BREAK, and war in THE HURT LOCKER (though as yet fails to combine them), Kathryn Bigelow is the first (and, as of ...

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John Carpenter Quotes and Lessons for Screenwriters

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May 15, 2017

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15 John Carpenter Quotes Writers & Filmmakers Can Learn From John Carpenter entered film wanting to make cowboy films. He claims that horror as a genre found him, not the other way round. Ironically, tho...

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50 Quotes About Defiance Every Screenwriter Should Live By

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March 27, 2017

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Defiance is a Rule to Live By Screenwriting often runs the risk of turning into plate-spinning – following narrative rules; trying to appeal to an audience; trying to appeal to a producer; trying to be origina...

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25 Francis Ford Coppola Quotes For Writers & Filmmakers

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September 13, 2016

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Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola is one of the greatest writer-directors to come out of the so-called "New Hollywood" wave of filmmaking, having made THE GODFATHER, THE GODFATHER PART II, THE CONVERSA...

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20 Great James Cameron Quotes on Storytelling

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September 7, 2016

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20 Great James Cameron Quotes on Storytelling With a filmography that boasts the likes of THE TERMINATOR, ALIENS, and THE ABYSS, James Cameron is undoubtedly one of the finest genre filmmakers and storytellers...

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20 Great Ingmar Bergman Quotes on Storytelling

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July 31, 2016

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One of the most influential auteurs of all time, Ernst Ingmar Bergman was born in Sweden and worked as a director, producer and writer across and theatre and screen. He directed over sixty films and document...

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15 Classic John Ford Quotes about Storytelling

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June 18, 2016

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The legendary director John Ford enjoyed a remarkably long and successful career, working on over 140 films and winning four Academy Awards for Best Director. His most well known films include: STAGECOACH, THE ...

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15 Great Scorsese Quotes on Storytelling

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March 24, 2015

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Scorsese and Storytelling Martin Scorsese needs little introduction. The visionary director behind a lengthy list of iconic films from Taxi Driver to Raging Bull, Goodfellas, and through to The Wolf of Wall St...

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30 Quotes about Screenwriting from A-List Directors & Actors

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December 4, 2014

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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 of the screenp...

Paul Thomas Anderson Quotes for Filmmakers

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10 Great PT Anderson Quotes for Screenwriters & Filmmakers

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September 22, 2014

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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 a two-decade career for his own, original brand of cinema. Li...

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15 Anthony Minghella Quotes for Screenwriters & Filmmakers

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August 9, 2014

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ANTHONY MINGHELLA will be best remembered for THE ENGLISH PATIENT, the film that won 9 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. But the biggest tribute one can pay him is that over a relative...

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10 Great Michael Mann Quotes for Screenwriters & Filmmakers

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July 30, 2014

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"You work really hard. No you work harder. No you...you...you!" Michael Mann Michael Mann started out writing for TV in the 1970s but made his feature directorial debut with THE JERICHO MILE in 1979. Seve...

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10 Akira Kurosawa Quotes for Screenwriters & Filmmakers

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July 25, 2014

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Akira Kurosawa Probably most famous for his epic, THE SEVEN SAMURAI, Akira Kurosawa was often seen as more popular in the West than in his native Japan. His big breakthrough came with RASHOMON, the film tha...