Monday, 13 April 2015

Professional Studies- Successful Screenwriters

With it getting close to start my upcoming report I decided to gather some basic research that will become helpful when I start my in depth research. The report is focusing on screenwriting and turning it into a career so I thought it would be best to look into some of my favourite screenwriters and some popular screenwriters to see how they started out and how often they create and sell there stories and scripts. Also to look into some screenwriters who have wrote popular and successful films who haven't wrote any scripts after that. I've also found that screenwriters tend to transition into directors as well so theres another aspect to the career for those who turned into screenwriters/directors and those who are only screenwriters.

Screenwriters to look into:
Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) - Transitioned into director
Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (Transformers, Star Trek) - Writing Duo
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street) Writing Duo and Directors
Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights) Writer/Director
Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained, Pulp Fiction) Writer/Director
Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network, Moneyball) Writer- Film & TV
Brad Bird (The Iron Giant, The Incredibles) Writer/Director
John Logan (The Aviator, Rango) Writer

Highest Paid Screenplays:
Deja Vu - Terry Rossio and Bill Marsilii- $5 million
The Long Kiss Goodnight- Shane Black- $4 million
The Sixth Sense- M Night Shyamalan- $2.5 million
A Knights Tale- Brian Helgeland- $2.5 million




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