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Writer Archive
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Jason Watkins & Debbie Isitt – Nativity!
British writer-director DEBBIE ISITT and actor JASON WATKINS join forces for the second time on Christmas movie NATIVITY! Like their first collaboration Confetti, Nativity! is improvised by its stars including Watkins (Being Human), Martin Freeman (The Office), Ashley Jensen (Ugly Betty), and Marc Wootton (Shirley Ghostman). Watkins plays actor-turned-teacher Gordon Shakespeare who indulges his love of the theatre by staging his school’s nativity play each year. While Shakespeare’s efforts are always greeted with success, fellow... -
Jan Dunn (writer-director) – The Calling
In writer-director JAN DUNN’S third feature film THE CALLING, a young university graduate has to make a difficult decision between the comfortable life set up for her and the longing to fulfil her childhood desire to become a nun. Against the wishes of friends and family, she joins a closed order (Susannah York, Brenda Blethyn, Pauline McLynn, Rita Tushingham). However, things aren’t quite what she expected. DUNN chats to film journalist Jan Gilbert about the coincidences... -
Momoko Ando (writer-director) – Kakera: A Piece of Our Life
Kakera: A Piece of Our Life is Japanese writer-director MOMOKO ANDO’s first feature film. Based on the manga Love Vibes by Erika Sakurazawa, the film follows the lives of two very different young women who meet by chance in a cafe. The more shy college student Haru gets to know Riko, a confident medical artist, the more she starts to see life differently. But will that include dumping her two-timing boyfriend and giving her new relationship... -
Bob Larbey (writer) – The Good Life
Thirty-five years ago when BOB LARBEY’s latest sitcom with writing partner John Esmonde hit the small screen, he had no idea that over three decades later it would still hold such a fond place in the nation’s heart. That sitcom, which became a British TV comedy classic, was THE GOOD LIFE. Starring Richard Briers as 40-year-old Tom Good and Felicity Kendal as his wife Barbara, the series follows the pair as they pack in... -
Warwick Thornton (writer-director-cinematographer) – Samson & Delilah
When WARWICK THORNTON sat down to write his first feature film, Samson & Delilah, he wanted not only to make a beautiful film, but also to highlight the neglect of aboriginal teenagers like his characters who are viewed as nothing but trouble by their communities and government. With six Australian Inside Film Awards and the Cannes Film Festival’s Camera d’Or under his belt, it looks like he’s succeeded. My Movie Mundo caught up with Thornton... -
Jean-Pierre Jeunet (writer-director) – Micmacs
French director JEAN-PIERRE JEUNET’s films are known for their distinctive style, from Delicatessen (1991) to Amélie (2001) to his latest work, Micmacs (OUT ON DVD NOW). The tale of a video store clerk who sets out to destroy two weapons manufacturers, Micmacs is a visual feast with bucketfuls of humour. Jeunet chats to film journalist Jan Gilbert about the recurring theme of orphans fighting monsters in his films, his visit to a Belgian weapons factory,... -
Peter Jackson (writer-director) – The Lovely Bones
PETER JACKSON talks about ghostly goings-on, working with Brian Eno, and his biggest challenge yet – adapting Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones for the big screen. MMM: You’ve described this film as your biggest challenge yet – can you elaborate on this statement? For someone who did that little trilogy of yours, it’s quite sth to say. Jackson: I don’t think we thought it would be as difficult as it was when we started, but... -
Eric Schlosser (writer, producer) – Food, Inc
Inspired by writer ERIC SCHLOSSER’s Fast Food Nation, new documentary Food, Inc lifts the veil on the food industry. Film journalist Jan Gilbert caught up with Schlosser during his recent trip to London where he chatted about veggie libel laws, the huge cost of legal bills, and Polish hog factories. MMM: How much of an issue was finding funding to make Food, Inc Schlosser: Funding was a difficulty because we really... -
David Sington (writer-director-producer) – In the Shadow of the Moon
British documentary filmmaker DAVID SINGTON has an enviable track record, with a host of producer credits for prime-time factual programmes broadcast around the world, a Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism, and a Grierson Award for Best Science Documentary to his name. Sington talks to film journalist Jan Gilbert about his film In the Shadow of the Moon, which won the World Cinema Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and brings together... -
Jamie Jay Johnson (director) – Sounds Like Teen Spirit
BAFTA-nominated British director JAMIE JAY JOHNSON has made short films about the MiniGolf World Championships, holidaying in his bedroom, and Eric the Eel, the slowest swimmer in Olympic history. But for his first feature film, Sounds Like Teen Spirit, he turned his attention to Junior Eurovision, the world’s biggest annual song contest for young people. Johnson talks to Movie Mundo about backing losers and shedding tears. MMM: With so many countries and contestants involved in...