Writing for Film

Wednesday 5 May 2010, 6:30PM - 8:00PM

Presented by: Andy Cox and Mac Gudgeon
Rating: All levels
Type: Panel

These distinguished screenwriters discuss the process of the pitch, the collaborative role of the screenwriter within screenplay production and what it takes to be a success in the film industry.

Andy Cox has worked as a writer, rewriter, editor and script consultant in theatre, feature film and documentaries for the last 20 years in the UK, US, Europe, Australia and Southeast Asia. His most recent feature film, Lucky Country, was released in 2009. He plays the banjo to relax and occasionally invents board-games and bamboo instruments.

Mac Gudgeon is a freelance writer of film, television and theatre. His feature film credits include Ground Zero (co-written with Jan Sardi and which won four Australian Film Institute awards), The Delinquents and Wind (the Francis Ford Coppola/Zoetrope production). His most recent feature film, Last Ride, directed by Glendyn Ivin, was released in 2009.

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