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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...