Riding the Alligator: Strategies for a Career in Screenplay Writing (and not getting eaten) ** SIGNED **
Language: English
Published by Michael Wiese Productions, Studio City, CA, 2011
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Book explores screenwriting techniques and relates Hollywood filmaker Pen Densham's philosophies, triumphs (and failures ), revealing countless secrets that have carried him through 14 feature films and numerous TV series. (rear panel blurb) 243 pp. plus: Online Resources, Gator Glossary, About the Author. Inscribed and SIGNED by author in black ink. NOT a dedication copy! " Love from Pen/ we started together !!!/ Let's keep going. X X X " Bookseller's Inventory # 171571.
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- Title
- Riding the Alligator: Strategies for a Career in Screenplay Writing (and not getting eaten) ** SIGNED **
- Author
- Densham, Pen
- Publisher
- Michael Wiese Productions, Studio City, CA
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 193290784X
- ISBN 13
- 9781932907841
- Edition
- No Edition Stated, Presumed 1st
- Dimensions
- 9" X 6 "
- Seller catalogs
- Autobiography, Non-fiction, Signed
Riding the Alligator is different from other screenwriting books in that it takes a non-dogmatic approach to finding your own personal creative process, and shares Pen's best kept secrets for selling your creations and yourself.
Pen is your own, warm, funny, personal mentor as you read this book. Actress Robin Wright says: "It is like getting a UC screenwriting course for under $30!!!".
Pen draws from his own extremely simple breakthrough techniques, shares his inspiring philosophy of finding a personal well of creativity from your inner voice, to overcoming the many challenges in a unique business, managing stress, the real secrets to selling your work, finding the right agent and being true to one's nature to create a lasting and passion filled career.
The book is hailed by Hollywood luminaries like Ron Howard, Paul Haggis, Jeff Bridges, Morgan Freeman, as well as heads of major motion picture studios and academics from top film schools including USC, UCLA, NYU and AFI.
Also included are short, personal essays by A-List Hollywood scripters such as Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Eric Roth (Forrest Gump), Robin Swicord (Memoirs of a Geisha), Ron Shelton (Bull Durham/White Men Can't Jump), Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island/Avatar), Todd Robinson (White Squall/Phantom), Andrea Berloff (World Trade Center), Anthony Peckham (Sherlock Holmes) and more.
Additionally, Pen provides an 'Instant Library' summarizing 10 other popular books on Hollywood, as reviewed by his USC Film Students.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Pen Densham is an Oscar nominated writer-director-producer active in Hollywood today. He's produced 16 features and over 300 hours of TV series. He created the story for the revisionist Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and co-wrote and produced the screenplay with his Trilogy Entertainment Group partner, John Watson. He wrote and directed Moll Flanders for MGM, as well as writing and directing Houdini for TNT. Trilogy's latest is Phantom (2013).
He personally revived both the Twilight Zone and the Outer Limits series to TV. And is honored to work with talent like Ed Harris, David Duchovny, Jay Baruchel, Jeff Bridges, Bill Murray, Morgan Freeman, Ron Howard, Kevin Costner, Sylvester Stallone, Jodie Foster, Emile Hirsch, Mark Ruffalo, and Robin Wright.
Pen also shares his philosophies and techniques at several major academic film institutions like USC and the Canadian Film Center.
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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