Script Girls: Women Screenwriters in Hollywood

Script Girls: Women Screenwriters in Hollywood
ISBN-10
0851704778
ISBN-13
9780851704777
Category
Drama / American / General
Pages
172
Language
English
Published
1994
Publisher
British Film Institute
Author
Lizzie Francke

Description

Women have been writing for movies since the earliest days of the industry. Tracing the history of women in the screenwriting profession - from Gene Gauntier's 1911 version of Ben Hur to Callie Khouri's Thelma and Louise - this work looks at the lives and fortunes of the women who put pen to screen. Complete with extensive interviews with women working today - including Nora Ephron, Callie Khouri and Caroline Thompson - plus filmographies, this book aims to put women back into the Hollywood picture.

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