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Robert McKee is a creative writing instructor known for his influential screenwriting bible Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting and for his popular Story Seminars which take place across the globe.
He graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature. He has worked with major film and television production companies including, Paramount, Disney, 20th Century Fox, as well as NASA, Microsoft, and television news departments. His lectures are attended regularly by creative and writing staff from Nickelodeon, Disney, ABC, Miramax, PBS and Paramount.
The interview below was conducted with Robert in September 2014.
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