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A groundbreaking interview series that pulls the
curtain back on the fascinating craft of screenwriting.


 
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Mike De Luca
Jay A. Fernandez


Paul Haggis
Stuart Beattie
Sheldon Turner
David Goyer
Jim Uhls
Ted Griffin
Ganz & Mandel
Jose Rivera
Scott Rosenberg
Callie Khouri
John Hamburg
Nick Kazan
Marshall Herskovitz
Nia Vardalos
Billy Ray
Paul Attanasio
Susannah Grant
Bruce Joel Rubin
Kurtzman & Orci
David Seltzer
Simon Kinberg
Jeff Nathanson
Ed Solomon
Peter Tolan
The Farrelly Bros.
Jonathan Hensleigh
Robin Swicord

 
 


"So much of dialogue shouldn't be spoken. It's one of the mistakes that new writers make. They think anything they think of should be spoken"

- David Seltzer

David Seltzer knows Hollywood. He knows the business, the tricks of the trade and all the hidden truths. He’s got the stories from working with Jacques Cousteau, penning the horror classic The Omen and adapting Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. In addition to writing Dragonfly and My Giant, Seltzer also wrote and directed the coming-of-age story Lucas and Punchline. He can tell you why writing is like love-making and why there is no such thing as fiction. His advice about directing? Wear comfortable shoes. In this interview, you’ll learn that and more, including what recent screenplay is the most elegant he has ever heard spoken on-screen and why you don’t win arguments with movie stars.

 

Buy Collections Featuring David Seltzer:

Running Time: 78 minutes
DVD Chapters
1. Intro
2. How Many Pieces Are in a Pizza?
3. The Devil Could Wind Up in the White House
4. There Are Not Three Acts in a Screenplay
5. The Nobility of the Loser
6. Kids Are Scary
7. Each One is Its Own Animal
8. There's Always Hollywood
9. There's More in the Lasagna
10. Absolutely Demonic and Diabolical
11. The Band Does Not Have Fun There
12. Just Let Me Feel The Damn Thing
13. Every Minute of Every Day
14. Wear Comfortable Shoes
15. Writing is Like Love-Making
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