Film editor and author of "Editing & Post-production" (part of the Screencraft series)
Declan McGrath Declan McGrath served as Assistant Editor on such films as Dancing at Lughnasa, Brassed Off, Michael Collins and The Snapper. Since 1992 he has worked as a freelance editor on a number of short dramas and documentaries for Channel 4, the BBC and Italian television.
Film editor and co-director of Aisling Productions
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In-dept interviews with world-renown screenwriters about the craft
Full-color, oversized book with 450 color photographs
A show and tell of how words on the page transform into action on film.
The 13 screenwriters gathered together in this book are world-class
storytellers, whose skill at delineating plot and capturing character make them
internationally renowned and respected.
The contributors speak directly to the reader, allowing a rare insight into the
creative process of the screenwriter.
The interviews are illustrated with script excerpts, hand-written notes,
storyboards, film stills, and photographs from the screenwriters' own personal
collections.
Film-making is all about telling stories. While the director is the person
responsible for pulling all the aspects of film-making together, the
screenwriter creates the backbone of the film; suggesting location, forming and
sustaining plot and devising and building character.
The screenwriters in this book come from the US, Ireland, Poland, Italy, Japan,
France, Germany, and Canada.
Introduction
Paul Schrader: Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, American Gigolo..
George Axelrod: The Seven Year Itch, The Manchurian Candidate..
Steven Zailian: The Falcon and the Snowman, Schindler's List...
Jim Sheridan: My Left Foot, The Field...
William Goldman: All the President's Men, The Princess Bride...
Jean-Claude Carriere: The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Belle de Jour..
Kaneto Shindo: Will to Live, A Last Note..
Andrew Stanton: Monsters, Inc., A Bug's Life...
And more...
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Krzysztof Piesiewicz
Robert Towne
Suso D'Amico
Atom Egoyan
Picture Credits
Index
Readership: Screenwriters, writers, film directors & editors ; Students; film enthusiasts; amateur filmmakers & screenwriters
ISBN: 0240805127 Book/Paperback
Measurements: 9 X 11 3/4 in
Pages: 176
Imprint: Focal Press
Publication Date: 11 February 2003
ISBN: ISBN: 0240805127
UPC Code: 9780240805122
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