Del Toro began his speech by saying he considers himself a writer first. “There was a desire to really build something very carefully and strongly.”Ĭlosing out the virtual ceremony was Nightmare Alley director and co-writer Guillermo del Toro, a two-time Oscar winner who was honored with the Hall of Fame Award. “I could feel the structure there, that it would not be too difficult to pull out the presence, the forward-running story structure of it,” Campion said, noting that she omitted many of the book’s flashbacks to the beguiling (but, in the film, unseen) character of Bronco Henry. Joined by writer-director Rebecca Miller, Campion discussed how blown away she was when she read Savage’s book, particularly by its structure. Writer-director Jane Campion continued her winning streak for Netflix’s The Power of the Dog, earning the inaugural Trailblazer Award for her adaptation of Thomas Savage’s novel. It was extremely fun to do, but it gave me a visceral insight into what was happening with him.” “We did a session in which I was Richard Sackler, and she was asking me questions. “I started talking about the character to get a psychological understanding of Richard Sackler, and then she said, ‘Well, do you want to roleplay?'” Strong recalled of the therapy session. To get into the mindset of Purdue’s former chairman and president Richard Sackler, Strong turned to a therapist friend who had “a deep understanding of drama”: the wife of his friend Anthony McCarten, a four-time Oscar nominee who joined Strong in conversation for the Final Draft Awards. Two-time Emmy winner Strong received the Storyteller Award (TV) for Hulu’s Dopesick, which depicted the opioid crisis in America from different vantage points, ranging from those who became addicted to pain medication to the Sackler family, whose Purdue Pharma initiated the crisis with the production of Ox圜ontin. People will say, ‘Was that cathartic, because you got that out?’ No, it wasn’t, but it was really thrilling to do.” I am happy to make fun of myself and put all my problems out there - things that I want to learn from myself, but even I don’t learn anything. “The spark is very personal, and come from my life and my friends’ lives and things that I find really curious and interesting,” said Holofcener. Storyteller Award (Film) honoree Holofcener, who co-wrote 20th Century Studios’ The Last Duel with stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, joined playwright Bess Wohl in conversation and spoke about where she finds her ideas. It will all make sense after you come back on it and turn it around.” … When you feel blocked, and you have nothing to write, use your fingers - put pen to paper, and write anything. We were literally right on the block, and we had to write to get off of it. “We didn’t really have a choice to get writer’s block. A realization came to him early in his childhood, in which he lived in “the hood, so to speak,” of West London. “I don’t have to do much else but tell stories,” said Samuel. Writer-director Samuel, whose Netflix Western The Harder They Fall (co-written with Boaz Yakin) earned him the New Voice Award (Film), also reflected on his writing process and how he combats the dreaded writer’s block. Sometimes it’s writing monologues that you end up cutting out because they formed something that you discovered about characters.” Even if it is an outtake or something that gets cut, I feel like I get to know the character better.”Īdded Lyle: “You have to trust the process that takes you there is going to be the process, and sometimes that means that you spend 80 percent of your time on the first 10 pages. My favorite part - of the part that is my least favorite, which is words on the page - is how much things change there and how much you’ve learned. “There is use in any articulation of a thought, to refine it and distill it. Speaking of the writing that happens in a script that does not make it into the final product, Nickerson said it’s all beneficial and part of the process. In a break from tradition, honorees were paired with another writer for 15-minute conversations about the craft and process of screenwriting and the challenges they faced on their respective projects.ĭisney's 'Moving' Sweeps Busan Film Festival's Asia Contents Awards Television honorees included Dopesick creator/showrunner Danny Strong and Yellowjackets creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson. The 17th annual Final Draft Awards took place Wednesday with a virtual ceremony, during which filmmakers Jane Campion ( The Power of the Dog), Guillermo del Toro ( Nightmare Alley), Nicole Holofcener ( The Last Duel) and Jeymes Samuel ( The Harder They Fall) earned honors for their screenwriting.
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