Talking candidly about his battles with the studio during the making of his cop thriller Jennifer Eight, his anger at the film which emerged from his explosive research into the development of the atomic bomb, Fat Man and Little Boy, and his growing pile of unmade projects stretching back to his days as a penniless actor, the man who once demonstrated How to Get Ahead in Advertising now explains how to get behind the camera and in front of a typewriter - and how to stay there!

Bruce Robinson Q & A

Owen, Alistair

Humor & Entertainment

Bloomsbury Pub Ltd

Bruce Robinson—cult director of the classic comedy Withnail &amp; I, Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Killing Fields, and bestselling author of the acclaimed autobiographical novel The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman—reveals the truth about his work and life in this forthright series of interviews. Talking candidly about his entire career—his acting, writing, and directing, and the many tussles he has faced with Hollywood moguls, this is Bruce Robinson as he’s never been heard before.

Smoking in Bed: Conversations With Bruce Robinson

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Acting is glamorous, and everyone wants to direct, but what about the most vital ingredient of all—the script? In this illuminating collection of interviews, Alistair Owen explores the often overlooked role of screenwriting. From Billy Elliot to James Bond, and from Notting Hill to Beverly Hills, ten leading British writers—including Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones’s Diary), Hossein Amini (The Wings of the Dove), and Simon Beaufoy (The Full Monty)—reveal the tricks of—and the truth about—the screen trade.

Story and Character: Interviews With British Screenwriters

Movies

Producers and audiences are hungrier than ever for stories, and a lot of those stories begin life as a book - but how exactly do you transfer a story from the page to the screen? Alistair Owen puts all key questions to some of the top names in screenwriting, including Hossein Amini (Drive), Jeremy Brock (The Last King of Scotland), Moira Buffini (Jane Eyre), Lucinda Coxon (The Danish Girl), Nick Hornby (An Education), and more.

The Art of Screen Adaptation: Top Writers Reveal Their Craft

Creative Essentials

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Books by Owen, Alistair

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Bruce Robinson Q & A

Smoking in Bed: Conversations With Bruce Robinson

Story and Character: Interviews With British Screenwriters

The Art of Screen Adaptation: Top Writers Reveal Their Craft