Category Archives: Film

Uncovering the woman behind Mary Poppins

Posted on November 16, 2006 by Aurel

The easy answer is that she was the author of the Mary Poppins books that resulted in a beloved Disney movie and a Broadway musical.But Travers played other roles during her 96 years: she was an actress and a journalist in Australia and the U.K.; she wrote propaganda for the U.S. during the Second World War; she was a poet respected by the great Irish poets.

Read the full article on The Chronicle Herald.

Posted in Articles, Authors, Book Release, Children's books, Film |

$50,000 Kairos Prize Deadline Dec. 15th

Posted on November 15, 2006 by Aurel

Final Deadline for the 2nd Annual $50,000 John Templeton Foundation Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays is approaching.

MOVIEGUIDE® and The John Templeton Foundation have announced the 2nd Annual Kairos Prize after a tremendously successful first year. The primary purpose of the prize is to further the influence of moral and spiritual values within the film and television industries. The prize has been set up to help inspire first-time screenwriters to produce compelling, entertaining and spiritually uplifting scripts. Last year’s winner was read by the top executives in the industry including Jeffrey Katzenberg of Dreamworks, Amy Pascal of Sony, Dick Cook of Disney and Jeff Robinoff of Warner Bros.

FINAL DEADLINE FOR ENTRY: December 15th, 2006

PRIZES:

Grand Prize: $25,000
1st Runner Up: $15,000
2nd Runner Up: $10,000

For complete information please visit http://www.kairosprize.com

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Interview with film-producer-turned-novelist Frank Beddor

Posted on November 5, 2006 by Keren

Q: When did you start to really focus on your writing?

A: “About seven year ago but I didn’t tell people. In Hollywood writing a book is like a step down and for five years I literally fell off the face of the planet while I worked on this book. People were surprised that I was not producing any more movies and would ask me what I was doing. I’d just tell people I was working on lots of different films and that satisfied them. I didn’t want questions about writing a book because as a first time author I could not take that pressure.

It took me about two years just to sort out the logic, the rules of this world. I needed to understand how the pieces would fit together before I could write the narrative. But this really has now become my real love.”

Q: What is the appeal of writing for the young teen market?

A: “Eleven and 12 year olds don’t come into the room with their arms crossed waiting to be entertained. They are interested and get involved. When I speak to schools I will say I’m about to make my book into a movie and do they know anyone who might be interested in playing in the main roles? Hands shoot up and I get them up on stage, reading out of the book and playing the characters.”

Read the full interview at Yahoo News here.

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