My 2023 #LauraAtTheMovies journey is a list of screenwriters I love and why they inspire me as a writer, competition juror, and fan.Screenwriter: Aline Brosh McKennaBest Known For: The Devil Wears Prada, Cruella, Annie (2014), Laws of Attraction, I Don’t Know How She Does It, We Bought a Zoo, 27 Dresses, Three to TangoAwards & Nominations: The Devil Wears Prada earned five nominations including BAFTA and WGA, and won an award from the Women Film Critics Circle. She won a Gotham Award for the series, My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.About the writer: After graduating magna cum laude from Harvard, she sold her first screenplay at 26 ...

My 2023 #LauraAtTheMovies journey is a list of screenwriters I love and why they inspire me as a writer, competition juror, and fan.Screenwriter: Amy Holden JonesBest Known For: The Resident (TV series), Indecent Proposal, Beethoven (and its SEVEN sequels!), Mystic Pizza, The Slumber Party Massacre.Awards & Nominations: 1975 AFI National Student Film Festival, first place1993 Razzie Award, screenplay Indecent Proposal2019 Sentinel Award, Best Serial DramaAbout the writer: Women in film owe this fearless trailblazer a debt of gratitude. She majored in art history at Wellesley College while concurrently taking filmmaking classes at MIT, and her student documentary short won first place at ...

My 2023 #LauraAtTheMovies journey is a list of screenwriters I love and why they inspire me as a writer, competition juror, and fan.Screenwriter: Leslie DixonBest Known For: Mrs. Doubtfire, Hairspray, Just Like Heaven, Freaky Friday (2003), Pay It Forward, The Thomas Crown Affair, Overboard (1987 & 2018), Outrageous Fortune.Awards & Nominations: Saturn Award nomination for Best Writing (Freaky Friday)About the writer: On her journey to becoming a screenwriter, she was hired as a script reader. She used her work experience as a masterclass in studying script structure, formatting, genre mechanics, audience appeal, and what made a producer or studio buy a ...

My 2023 #LauraAtTheMovies journey is a list of screenwriters I love and why they inspire me as a writer, competition juror, and fan.Screenwriter: Kazuo IshiguroBest Known For: Living, The Remains of the DayAwards & Nominations: 2 wins & 12 nominations, most recently, Academy Award and BAFTA nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay (Living). He's been highly honored by Britain, France, and Japan. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to literature (1995), Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government (1998), Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd Class, Gold and Silver Star by the ...

My 2023 #LauraAtTheMovies journey is a list of screenwriters I love and why they inspire me as a writer, competition juror, and fan.Screenwriter: Tony KushnerBest Known For: West Side Story, Lincoln, Munich, The FabelmansAwards & Nominations: 26 wins, 85 nominations including for 4 Oscars. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his play, "Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes."About the writer: Tony Kushner has collaborated on multiple projects with director Stephen Spielberg, as well as several books with children's author/illustrator Maurice Sendak. He's also written several critically acclaimed plays.Why I love their work: Musical, historical drama, children's lit, and biographical drama? I ...

My 2023 #LauraAtTheMovies journey is a list of screenwriters I love and why they inspire me as a writer, competition juror, and fan.Screenwriter:  Steven de SouzaBest Known For: Knight Rider, Die Hard, Die Hard 2, The Running Man, 48 Hrs.Awards & Nominations: First, not every writer is an "Oscar writer" but that doesn't mean they aren't wildly successful. He's had 4 wins and 2 nominations, and none were part of the golden derby (Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, Emmy, People's Choice, Independent Spirit, etc). However he is one of a small group of writers to bank over $2 billion at the box ...

My 2023 #LauraAtTheMovies journey is a list of screenwriters I love and why they inspire me as a writer, competition juror, and fan.Screenwriters:  Todd Field Best Known For: TarAwards & Nominations: He's got 135+ nominations and 36 wins...most recently Tar was up for several Oscars and made its way through the golden derby of major nominations. About the writer:  Field began as an actor and just as he was on the precipice of A-list roles, decided to switch to directing and writing. A bold move that has paid off. He's got credits in television, shorts, and features for acting, directing, writing, and crew, ...

This Sunday is the 95th Academy Awards, which will hopefully be an inspiring, entertaining show. With Jimmy Kimmel hosting, it's highly likely the "slap incident" from last year will be a punch line through out the evening. I hope not. But it might be funny if he ends the show with one of those workplace safety signs, "The Oscars have been incident-free for 1 year."Here are 5 moments I’m hoping to see:1. Ke Huy Quan accepts Best Supporting Actor with, "Goonies Never Say Die!"2. Jamie Lee Curtis accepts Best Supporting Actress and thanks all of us Halloween fans for supporting ...

My 2023 #LauraAtTheMovies journey is a list of screenwriters I love and why they inspire me as a writer, script supervisor, competition juror, and fan.Screenwriters:  Sarah PolleyBest Known For: Women Talking (2022), Stories We Tell (2012), Take This Waltz (2011)Awards & Nominations: So far, 86 wins & 125 nominations, including for Best Adapted Screenplay (Women Talking). In the spirit of what's most important to Sarah, rather than list all of her amazing nominations and awards, I'd like to honor that she's an incredible political activist and I expect she'll continue to use her writing and directing skills to open our hearts ...

My 2023 #LauraAtTheMovies journey is a list of screenwriters I love and why they inspire me as a writer, competition juror, script supervisor, and fan.Screenwriter: Martin McDonaghBest Known For: The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), In Bruges (2008)Awards & Nominations: So far 88 wins, over 170 nominations for dozens of film festival, guild, and critic awards and honors for best picture, writing, and directing. He's earned four Golden Globes, six BAFTAs, three Olivier Awards, five Tony awards, and an Academy Award (Best Live Action Short Film for Six Shooter in 2004). This year, The Banshees of Inisherin is nominated for ...