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The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild
Miranda J. Banks
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Description for The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild
Hardback. .
Screenwriters are storytellers and dream builders. They forge new worlds and beings, bringing them to life through storylines and idiosyncratic details. Yet up until now, no one has told the story of these creative and indispensable artists. The Writers is the only comprehensive qualitative analysis of the history of writers and writing in the film, television, and streaming media industries in America.
Featuring in-depth interviews with over fifty writers—including Mel Brooks, Norman Lear, Carl Reiner, and Frank Pierson—The Writers delivers a compelling, behind-the-scenes look at the role and rights of writers in Hollywood and New York over the past century. Granted unprecedented access ... Read more
Screenwriters are storytellers and dream builders. They forge new worlds and beings, bringing them to life through storylines and idiosyncratic details. Yet up until now, no one has told the story of these creative and indispensable artists. The Writers is the only comprehensive qualitative analysis of the history of writers and writing in the film, television, and streaming media industries in America.
Featuring in-depth interviews with over fifty writers—including Mel Brooks, Norman Lear, Carl Reiner, and Frank Pierson—The Writers delivers a compelling, behind-the-scenes look at the role and rights of writers in Hollywood and New York over the past century. Granted unprecedented access ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813571386
SKU
V9780813571386
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About Miranda J. Banks
MIRANDA J. BANKS is assistant professor of visual and media arts at Emerson College. She is the coeditor of Production Studies Cultural Studies of Media Industries.
Reviews for The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild
"A monumental task—no one has ever tackled anything like this in writing about writers. Well done."
Mel Brooks “A comprehensive tome that will be appreciated by the film and TV writers who wrote, are still writing, or will someday write.”
Carl Reiner
Director, Writer, Actor
"A beautifully researched history. Miranda Banks digs deep into the archives ... Read more
Mel Brooks “A comprehensive tome that will be appreciated by the film and TV writers who wrote, are still writing, or will someday write.”
Carl Reiner
Director, Writer, Actor
"A beautifully researched history. Miranda Banks digs deep into the archives ... Read more