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Kathleen Butler (screenwriter)
Kathleen Butler was a British screenwriter who worked on the scripts of over 40 films. She also worked as assistant director on four films. Butler was part of a group of women given increasing control over the writing of scripts in British cinema of the time, writing ''The Temptress'' (1949) alone.Harper p.177 She worked for much of her career for the production company Butcher's Film Service. Selected filmography Screenwriter * '' The Right Age to Marry'' (1935) * ''Old Faithful'' (1935) * '' The Happy Family'' (1936) * '' A Touch of the Moon'' (1936) * ''The Heirloom Mystery'' (1936) * '' Nothing Like Publicity'' (1936) * '' A Wife or Two'' (1936) * '' The Shadow of Mike Emerald'' (1936) * '' Twice Branded'' (1936) * '' Not So Dusty'' (1936) * '' Strange Adventures of Mr. Smith'' (1937) * '' Why Pick on Me?'' (1937) * '' Busman's Holiday'' (1937) * ''His Lordship Regrets'' (1938) * '' Darts Are Trumps'' (1938) * ''Weddings Are Wonderful'' (1938) * ''Miracles Do Happen'' (1939 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. Terminology In the silent era, writers now considered screenwriters were denoted by terms such as photoplaywright, photoplay writer, photoplay dramatist and screen playwright.Steven Maras. ''Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice.'' Wallflower Press, 2009. pp. 82–85. Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown and argues that they cannot be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief "scenario", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed. Profession Screenwriting is a freelance profession. No education is required to be a professional scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
