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Writer/Director Judd Apatow and Knocked Up star Seth Rogen prepare for their Script Factory Masterclass
Alongside more conventional training, The Script Factory stages Masterclasses, previews and other live events designed to encourage and inspire filmmakers in the audience and get them thinking about their own creative processes. Along the way, Script Factory events do their very best to entertain film fans!
Our next two events are a lively chat with Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges after a preview of Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging; and a chance to hear legendary director Nic Roeg in conversation with novelist Fay Weldon and screenwriter Dan Weldon following a preview of Puffball.
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John Turturro after his triumphant NFTS/Script Factory masterclass this March Our main programme is in partnership with our colleagues at the National Film and Television School and results in a series of joint masterclasses throughout the year. Supported by industry training body Skillset, and Warner Bros Studios through The Stanley Kubrick Foundation, this programme includes previews, extended Q&As and career masterclasses with some of the greatest movers in the international film business.
Our first events of 2008 were a preview of Son of Rambow plus a conversation with writer/director Garth Jennings; Doomsday plus an on-stage conversation with its Brit writer/director Neil Marshall; Gone Baby Gone with an on-stage from its star Casey Affleck; a preview of new Brit pic The Waiting Room with an onstage from its writer/director and producer; and a screening of The Edge Of Love followed by a conversation with John Maybury which was beamed live by satellite to 15 venues around the UK.
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Sydney Pollack gets last minute tips from Anthony Minghella, his Masterclass hostWe had a particularly busy 2007 staging Masterclasses with Wong Kar-wai, John Waters, Paul Schrader and others, plus numerous previews including the smash comedy Knocked Up with an onstage from its writer/director and star; Brit drama Notes on a Scandal with an onstage from Richard Eyre and Patrick Marber; Becoming Jane plus a chance to meet its director and screenwriter; The Science of Sleep plus a chance to meet its director Michel Gondry; and French thriller Tell No-One with a chance to meet its writer/director Guillaume Canet.
You can see a podcast of one of our recent events - a preview of Roger Michell's Venus followed by a Q&A with its screenwriter, Hanif Kureishi and producer, Kevin Loader, by clicking here - and you can read extracts from many of our masterclases. We're currently transcribing a range of recent events, so watch this space to read extracts from our 2007 masterclasses and click here to see what's posted already.
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The legendary John Waters joined us for a joint BFI/NFTS Script Factory masterclass in summer 2007 Don't forget to join our Mailing List to be sure of hearing about Script Factory masterclasses and previews before they happen.
Our 2006 Programme
During 2006 we previewed Proof plus staged a Masterclass with John Madden, Lady Vengeance with an onstage from writer/director Park Chan-wook, and Secuestro Express followed by a chance to hear its writer/director Jonathan Jakubowicz in conversation. We had a unique chance to hear BAFTA nominee Deborah Moggach on Adapting Classics, we met the incomparable John Turturro to hear about his eccentric comedy musical Romance & Cigarettes, and we staged a preview of the new Brit com Driving Lessons followed by a conversation with its director Jeremy Brock.
Stephen Frears & Peter Morgan collaborate on The Queen
We screened the only London preview of Stephen Frears' The Queen followed by a Q&A with its writer Peter Morgan, and we heard from Nicholas Hytner and met the cast of History Boys;
We met Anthony Minghella after a preview screening of his latest London-set feature, Breaking and Entering; and Tom Tykwer together with Ben Whishaw after a preview screening of Perfume - The Story Of A Murderer.
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Matt Stone & Trey Parker on stage with host, journalist Jason SolomonsDuring 2006 we were lucky enough to stage three grand-scale Skillset Stanley Kubrick Masterclasses which couldn't be more different from each other: the first a career masterclass with the wonderful Sydney Pollack, the second with the irreverent duo responsible for creating South Park; and the third with Oliver Stone & Seamus McGarvey in a conversation about collaborating on World Trade Centre.
Script Factory/NFTS Masterclasses are held in London throughout the year. In addition to these as part of our international programme of training and events at Film Festivals, we stage further exclusive Masterclasses in Edinburgh, London, Berlin, Gothenberg, Cannes, Warsaw and beyond.
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Wes Anderson & Anjelica Huston enjoy themselves after our masterclass
You can read extracts from many of our masterclass sessions by clicking here - a unique chance to see what artists from Wes Anderson and Jim Jarmusch, to Ken Adam and Wim Wenders have had to say to us, and more are being added as we go through each year. To keep up to date with new Masterclasses, you can join our mailing list now by clicking here or check the Calendar for details of upcoming events and training.
READ EXTRACTS FROM PREVIOUS MASTERCLASSES
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Julian Fellowes explores his move from writing to directing in his 2005 Script Factory MasterclassPREVIOUS SCRIPT FACTORY MASTERCLASSES HAVE BEEN GIVEN BY:
Ken Adam, Wes Anderson, Gilbert Adair, Robert Altman, Judd Apatow, Guillermo Arriaga, Tim Bevan, Susanne Bier, Danny Boyle, Jeremy Brock, Guillaume Canet, Michael Caton Jones, Gurinder Chadha, Charles Dance, Simon Channing Williams, Park Chan-Wook, Alfonso Cuaron, Stephen Daldry, Richard Eyre, Eric Fellner, Stephen Frears, Julian Fellowes, Mike Figgis, Mark Gatiss, Akiva Goldsman, Michel Gondry, Christopher Guest, Lasse Hallstrom, David Hare, Nicholas Hytner, Jonathan Jakubowicz, Jim Jarmusch, Julian Jarrold, Richard Jobson, Kevin Loader, Spike Lee, Mike Leigh, Eugene Levy, Patrick Marber, Deborah Moggach, Peter Morgan, Roger Michell, John Madden, Anthony Minghella, Fernando Mierelles, Mira Nair, Francois Ozon, Sydney Pollack, Alan Parker, Alexander Payne, Lynne Ramsay, Seth Rogen, Mogens Rukov, Lone Scherfig, Paul Schrader, Oliver Stone, Matt Stone & Trey Parker, Danis Tanovich, Tom Tykwer, John Turturro, Thomas Vinterberg, John Waters, Wim Wenders, Wong Kar-Wai, Joe Wright, and Saul Zaentz among many others...