At The Santa Fe International Film Festival, Variety’s Screenwriters To Watch Reveal How They Use Personal Inspiration to Tell Powerful Stories
variety.comTodd Gilchrist editor On Friday, Oct. 19, Variety partnered with the Santa Fe International Film festival to celebrate its 10 Screenwriters to Watch.
All 10 recipients gathered at Santa Fe’s Lensic Performing Arts Center for a lively conversation about their path to screenwriting and the work that earned them their place on Variety’s annual list of the most promising up-and-coming scribes in the entertainment industry.
The panel began with a conversation about the films that first made them want to be screenwriters — and in some cases, exposed them to the idea that writing for film and television was a job they could pursue.
Among their responses, “Fancy Dance” co-screenwriter Miciana Alise named John Huston’s “Annie” (“Carol Burnett just takes up the whole screen”), while her partner Erica Tremblay remembered “The Last Emperor” making a lasting impression; Noah Pink (“Eden”) said “Jurassic Park;” Tory Kamen (“Eleanor the Great”) and Nora Garrett (“After the Hunt”) agreed that “Juno,” and the work of Diablo Cody in particular, was pivotal; and Patrick Cunnane (“Eternity”) credited “Home Alone,” “Beauty and the Beast” and the Sinbad comedy “Houseguest.” Additionally, Dan Brier (“Sweethearts”) indicated that “Napoleon Dynamite” changed his life; Jocelyn Bioh (“Once on This Island”) picked “Coming to America” (“I’d never heard people speaking even remotely close to my parents ever on a TV screen or in a movie”); Chandler Baker (“Oh.
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