With contributions from established film scholars and accomplished screenwriters, this collection of original essays gives readers a comprehensive portrait of both the art and business of screenwriting. Examining the films of celebrated writer-directors from Preston Sturges to Alexander Payne, while also revealing the work of journeyman writers and “script doctors” who toil in obscurity, Screenwriting charts the ever-evolving roles that screenwriters have played, from the dawn of Hollywood to the age of YouTube.
With contributions from established film scholars and accomplished screenwriters, this collection of original essays gives readers a comprehensive portrait of both the art and business of screenwriting. Examining the films of celebrated writer-directors from Preston Sturges to Alexander Payne, while also revealing the work of journeyman writers and “script doctors” who toil in obscurity, Screenwriting charts the ever-evolving roles that screenwriters have played, from the dawn of Hollywood to the age of YouTube.
Introduction Julian Hoxter Chapter 1: Machine to Screen: The Evolution toward Story, 1895–1928 J. Madison Davis Chapter 2: Classical Hollywood, 1928–1946 Mark Eaton Chapter 3: Postwar Hollywood, 1947–1967 Jon Lewis Chapter 4: The Auteur Renaissance, 1968–1980 Kevin Alexander Boon Chapter 5: Screenwriting in Another “New Hollywood,” 1980–1999 Julian Hoxter Chapter 6: Screenwriting in the Modern Entertainment Marketplace, 2000–present Mark J. Charney Academy Award Winners for Screenwriting Notes Selected Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
Introduction Julian Hoxter Chapter 1: Machine to Screen: The Evolution toward Story, 1895–1928 J. Madison Davis Chapter 2: Classical Hollywood, 1928–1946 Mark Eaton Chapter 3: Postwar Hollywood, 1947–1967 Jon Lewis Chapter 4: The Auteur Renaissance, 1968–1980 Kevin Alexander Boon Chapter 5: Screenwriting in Another “New Hollywood,” 1980–1999 Julian Hoxter Chapter 6: Screenwriting in the Modern Entertainment Marketplace, 2000–present Mark J. Charney Academy Award Winners for Screenwriting Notes Selected Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
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