How Filmmaker Niclas Larsson Used A Simple Setting Of A Furniture Store To Make ‘Mother Couch’
Niclas Larsson was a child actor who got interested in directing short films around age twelve. “I watched cheap American movies from the 90s,” says the Swedish writer/ director, “And I loved them. I didn’t get into serious cinema until maybe fifteen or sixteen, but I didn’t like them until I was probably twenty.” Comedies […]
“Can Men & Women Just Be Close Friends?” Creators Nicholas Stoller & Francesca Delbanco on ‘Platonic’
“The idea really came from my own life because I am a person who had a lot of very close male friends in college and remained close to a lot of them,” says Francesca Delbanco. “But a moment happened when people started getting married and coupling up and having children, when I noticed I was […]
“Writing is Discovery & Problem Solving” Michael Sarnoski on ‘Pig’ and ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’
“Initially, I never thought film was a career option. I grew up in Wisconsin,” says Michael Sarnoski. “And I didn’t have a lot of artistic, creative people around me or outlets to share in. I think storytelling, doodling, writing, and drawing comics — that was my hobby, my secret.” Over time, Sarnoski met other kindred […]
“Emotions Are Parents Or Caretakers To Riley” Meg LeFauve & Dave Holstein on ‘Inside Out 2’
“Honestly, and I know it sounds sentimental, but when I became a writer, I held Pixar out as my beacon,” says Meg LeFauve. “At the time, I thought some of the best storytelling was coming out of Pixar and I had heard about the Brain Trust room. I thought the scariest, most thrilling thing I […]
“Walking the Line of Caper and History” Jim Hecht and Janine Sherman Barrois on ‘The Big Cigar’
“I always wanted to tell stories about black people,” says screenwriter Janine Sherman Barrois, who has credits on Claws and ER. “I didn’t see enough of [those stories] on the air, growing up. I didn’t always see the stories my parents told – that was my drive.” “Writing is something you have to do,” she […]
