“How to Write a Saga” Michael Green & Amber Noizumi on Netflix’s ‘Blue Eye Samurai’
“I love antiheroes,” declares screenwriter Amber Noizumi. “As a woman, this idea of the goody two shoes girl next door has always annoyed me. The girl who looks and acts perfect. I don’t relate or find it interesting unless I’m rooting for her and against her at the same time.” “I’m more selfish about it,” […]
“You Can’t Write Only on the Page” Emerald Fennell on ‘Saltburn’ & ‘Promising Young Woman’
“I’ve spent my life writing,” says Emerald Fennell. “It’s something I’ve done ever since I was a child. It’s something I would be doing whether I could make films or write books or not.” After University, Emerald wrote a pile of spec scripts to “find her voice.” During the hiatus of BBC’s Call the Midwife, […]
“Less About Issues, More About People” Hallmark Screenwriter Rick Garman on ‘Christmas on Cherry Lane’
Rick Garman moved to Los Angeles at the age of eighteen to be an actor. “I got out as soon as I was sure my parents couldn’t send a sheriff to bring me back,” he jokes. “I went to acting school, worked a bunch of jobs, and landed at a theater company called The Colony […]
“Small, Real, Relatable” Lee Eisenberg on ‘Lessons in Chemistry,’ ‘The Office,’ and ‘Jury Duty’
“I moved out to LA in 1999 with my best friend from high school. Every summer in college, we would write a screenplay. We were waiters during the day and then at night we would write,” says Lee Eisenberg. “Primarily, we would write comedies, or at least, what we were attempting to be comedies.” Eventually, […]
“Grounded with a Bit of Magic” Kelly Younger on Eddie Murphy Comedy ‘Candy Cane Lane’
“The origin story feels pretty far away from where I am now,” says screenwriter Kelly Younger. “I started out in archeology. Truth be told, I wanted to be a Goonie,” he jokes. “I’m from a working class Irish family. My family went through a hard financial time. We actually lost our house when I was […]
