Pride: “Prejudice Can’t Survive Proximity”
Stephen Beresford tells us all about when sexuality met politics.
By Holly Grigg-Spall. First time screenwriter of Pride, Stephen Beresford has a successful background in British theatre. He joined forces with Matthew Warchus (who previously wrote, directed and produced Simpatico based on Sam Shepherd’s play) to work on this very personal project some 20 years in the making. Pride details the formation in the early […]
America’s #1 Film Instructor
Dov Simens inspired Quentin Tarantino, Michael Jackson and Will Smith. Now he gives Creative Screenwriting his best advice.
By Holly Grigg-Spall. “Keep it simple stupid!” Filmmaking guru Dov Simens leads the notorious ‘2 Day Film School’ – an intensive course in how to write, direct, produce, and release a movie under any budget that inspired the likes of Quentin Tarantino, Guy Ritchie, and Chris Nolan, and gleans a string of A-List endorsements (just […]
Alex Drummond and The Shower
The writer/director/producer decides to make his own movie, showing them what he can do
by Holly Grigg-Spall After trying out the studio system for size and making some head way, screenwriter Alex Drummond decided to take a horror script and make it himself—over a summer, with his wife and co-workers in the restaurant business. Drummond directed and produced The Shower, a fun, entertaining, but thought-provoking movie about a group […]
Alex Karpovsky on D.I.Y.
Making movies in your spare time
by Holly Grigg-Spall Alex Karpovsky is best known for his performance as Ray, the grumpy barista in HBO’s Girls, and perhaps for his forthcoming role in the much-hyped Coen Brother’s Inside Llewyn Davis, but he’s also a prolific filmmaker with five features he’s directed, four of which he also produced and wrote, and three he […]
Going for Gold
Ari Gold’s Adventures of Power and the D.I.Y. life
by Holly Grigg-Spall Ari Gold might be best known as the inspiration for the name of Jeremy Piven’s character in Entourage. Google “Ari Gold,” and that’s what you’ll find first, but look a little closer and you’ll see the man behind, and in front of, the cult classic, air-drumming comedy Adventures of Power (which also […]
