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Wordplay (website)
Wordplay is a film website created in 1997 by screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. It was one of the first websites run by professional film writers with the goal of sharing the techniques of their craft. The site features: columns by Rossio (and occasionally Elliott) on the business and craft of screenwriting; guest columns by industry professionals such as Frank Darabont, Walter Parkes, Zak Penn and Stephen King; and a discussion board open to industry professionals and aspiring writers alike. Notable participants in the discussion board have included Charles Pogue, Josh Olson, and Cheryl Heuton Cheryl Heuton is an American television writer and producer. Along with her husband and writing partner Nicolas Falacci, she co-created the television series ''Numb3rs'' (2005–2010). The couple created the show, a mathematics-centered departure .... External links Wordplayer.com American film websites Internet properties established in 1997 {{film-website-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Elliott (screenwriter)
Ted Elliott (born July 4, 1961) is an American screenwriter and film producer. Along with his writing partner Terry Rossio, Elliott has co-written the films ''Aladdin'' (1992), '' The Mask of Zorro'' (1998), ''Shrek'' (2001) and the '' Pirates of the Caribbean'' series (2003–11). He was attached to write a feature version of '' Monkey Island'', which failed to materialize. In 2004, he was elected to the board of directors of the Writers Guild of America; his term on the board ended in 2006. In 2005, Elliott ran for president of the Writers Guild of America West, but lost to animation writer and historical figurine maker Patric Verrone Patric Miller Verrone (born September 29, 1959) is an American television writer and labor leader. He served as a writer and producer for several animated television shows, most notably ''Futurama''. Schooling and pre-television career Verron .... Verrone received 1301 votes; Elliott received 591. Filmography (partial listing) Other cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Rossio
Terry Rossio (born July 2, 1960) is an American screenwriter and film producer. He co-wrote the films ''Aladdin'', '' The Mask of Zorro'', ''Shrek'', and all five of the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' series. For ''Shrek'', he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and won the Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production and BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He often collaborates with fellow screenwriter Ted Elliott. Life and career Rossio was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. After graduating from Saddleback High School in Santa Ana, California, he went on to study at California State University, Fullerton where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Communications, with an emphasis in radio, television and film. He is the founder of Wordplay, also known aWordplayer.com one of the premier screenwriting sites on the Internet. Along with his writing partner Ted Elliott, Rossio has written some of the most successful American films of the past 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Darabont
Frank Árpád Darabont (born Ferenc Árpád Darabont, January 28, 1959) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In his early career, he was primarily a screenwriter for such horror films as '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'' (1987), '' The Blob'' (1988), and '' The Fly II'' (1989). As a director, he is known for his film adaptations of Stephen King novellas and novels, such as ''The Shawshank Redemption'' (1994), '' The Green Mile'' (1999), and '' The Mist'' (2007). Darabont also developed and executive-produced the first season and first half of the second season of the AMC horror drama series '' The Walking Dead'' (2010–2011). He is set to direct two episodes of the fifth and final season of the Netflix science fiction horror drama series Stranger Things. Early life Darabont was born in a refugee camp in 1959 in Montbéliard, France. His parents had fled Hungary for Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Parkes
Walter F. Parkes (born April 15, 1951) is an American producer, screenwriter, and media executive. The producer of more than 50 films, including the ''Men in Black'' series and '' Minority Report,'' he is the co-founder and co-chairman of Dreamscape Immersive. Parkes and his wife and business partner, producer Laurie MacDonald, helped to build DreamWorks, with Parkes the head of its motion picture division, and the two later moved to Amblin Entertainment, where Parkes served as president. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards, receiving his first nomination as the director/ producer of the 1975 documentary '' The California Reich''; his second for co-writing the original screenplay for '' WarGames''; and his third as a producer of '' Awakenings''. Parkes and MacDonald created the Parkes + Macdonald production company (P+M, P+M Image Nation) in 2010, collaborating on the productions of a number of films, including films that Amblin has released. Life and career Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zak Penn
Zak Penn (born March 23, 1968) is an American screenwriter. Penn wrote and directed '' Incident at Loch Ness'' and '' The Grand'', wrote the script for ''The Incredible Hulk'', co-wrote the scripts for '' X2'', '' X-Men: The Last Stand'', and the story for '' The Avengers''. With Michael Karnow, Penn is the co-creator of the television series '' Alphas'' on the Syfy network. Early life Penn was born in New York. He is the son of New York businessman and lawyer Arthur Penn, who led the acquisition of the Capital Markets Assurance Corporation from Citicorp. Zak Penn graduated from Wesleyan University in 1990. His screenplay for '' PCU'' was based on his experiences at the Eclectic Society house. Career Films that Penn has been involved in writing include '' Last Action Hero'', '' X2'', '' X-Men: The Last Stand'', and '' Elektra''. Penn wrote early drafts of ''Hulk The Hulk is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror novels and has also explored other genres, among them Thriller (genre), suspense, crime fiction, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery fiction, mystery. Though known primarily for his novels, he has written approximately Stephen King short fiction bibliography, 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections.Jackson, Dan (February 18, 2016)"A Beginner's Guide to Stephen King Books". Thrillist. Retrieved February 5, 2019. His debut novel, debut, ''Carrie (novel), Carrie'' (1974), established him in horror. ''Different Seasons'' (1982), a collection of four novellas, was his first major departure from the genre. Among the films adapted from King's fiction are Carrie (1976 film), ''Carrie'' (1976), The Shining (film), ''The Shining'' (1980), The Dead Zone (film), ''The Dead Zone'' and Christine (1983 film), ''Christine'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Edward Pogue
Charles Edward Pogue Jr. (born January 18, 1950) is an American screenwriter, playwright and stage actor. He is best known for writing the screenplays of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' (1983), ''Psycho III'' (1986), '' The Fly'' (1986) and ''Dragonheart'' (1996). Early life Pogue was born on January 18, 1950, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Charles Edward Pogue Sr. (1921–1994) and Ruth Elizabeth Hick (1921–2010). He grew up in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, and graduated from Highlands High School in 1968. He earned a degree in theater arts from the University of Kentucky in 1972 where he was active in theatre productions. Career Pogue began writing plays and screenplays after moving to Los Angeles, California. He has worked in the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and thriller genres, and he has also scripted several Sherlock Holmes adaptations: ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', '' The Sign of Four'', and '' Hands of a Murderer''. His most well-known work to date is probably ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Olson
Joshua R. Olson is an American screenwriter and podcaster, known for writing the 2005 film ''A History of Violence''. Career Olson wrote and directed the low budget horror film ''Infested'' in 2002. He wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film ''A History of Violence''.. He was nominated for the British Academy Award, the Writer's Guild Award and the Academy Award. In 2006, Olson collaborated with Harlan Ellison on an adaptation of the author's short story "The Discarded" for ABC's series ''Masters of Science Fiction''. He worked on Peter Jackson's film based on the ''Halo'' video game series, but the project was later cancelled. Olson wrote the first draft of the movie ''Jack Reacher'', for Paramount Pictures. Ultimately, the movie was written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Olson wrote two seasons of the audio drama, '' Bronzeville'', which is produced by and stars Laurence Fishburne and Larenz Tate. He is one of the hosts of the film interview podcast, "The Movies That ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheryl Heuton
Cheryl Heuton is an American television writer and producer. Along with her husband and writing partner Nicolas Falacci, she co-created the television series ''Numb3rs'' (2005–2010). The couple created the show, a mathematics-centered departure from standard-fare Hollywood programming, to combat anti-intellectualism. Falacci and Heuton were awarded the Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science in 2005 and, with ''Numb3rs'', the National Science Board's Public Service Award in 2007. Heuton and Falacci also co-wrote the TV movie ''The Arrangement'' (2013), an adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s story “When the Women Come Out to Dance.” Early life and education Cheryl Heuton grew up in northern San Diego County. She credits her pro-science and pro-mathematics outlook (later demonstrated in her work on ''Numb3rs'') to her upbringing in a “community that had a lot of professors from UCSD in it, and … an early exposure to a lot of science and thinking.” Heuton als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Film Websites
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
