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Nic Pizzolatto about True Detective - how he wrote ALL THREE Seasons
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Nic Pizzolatto about True Detective - how he wrote ALL THREE Seasons

Nic Pizzolatto about his inspiration, youth, his passion for literature and writing, and how he approached his process of creating True Detective (Season 1 - Season 3). He's interviewed by Oscar winning Writer/Producer Nick Vallelonga ("Green Book") in this amazing conversation about the art of storytelling. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - 01:25 Introduction 01:26 - Background and Upbringing 02:40 - I was a visual artist... 04:00 - In UNIVERSITY... 05:25 - I started publishing short stories.... and I was a reader 06:10 - What I really loved was story... I had the sense the world ran on stories 07:50 - The DEPTH of your writing ... 09:15 - I did always like the Police & Crime Drama 10:15 - What do I need to do to become a showrunner? 11:15 - But I WAS HUNGRY 12:58 - My idea for the novel... 15:23 - It was a conscious design by you.... to break into the tv/movie business 16:10 - What interesting about all three seasons...it was like I was reading a book... 17:05 - It came so easy.. within those restrictions you can do a lot of really interesting stuff 18:43 - I tend to direct on the page but it seems to work for the actors 19:40 - When I write action ... I write every beat of that action 20:55 - How did you get TRUE DETECTIVE up and running ? 29:27 - Yea... cuz it's MINE... we're only going if I am the SHOWRUNNER 30:10 - Showrunners get fired all the time... as a creator, actors are your best advocates 32.00 - How was your relationship to the DIRECTOR? 33:00 - Season 2 with a lot more cooks in the kitchen 36:09 - Season 3 how did you come up with the STORYLINE 40:00 - "He's gonna forget he solved it.... but what he's gonna gain is himself" 43:00 - Watching Season 3 for me... You brought it all together 47:34 - Your choice of an actor 50:23 - That was entirely Mahershala Ali's extremely meticulous performance 53:26 - WHAT is your PROCESS? 58:50 - "Very special moment" .... "I liked that the DETECTIVE had to go and asked the lost girl..." 59:39 - AFTER three noir tv shows and living in degrees of darkness... 1:00:35 - I have new projects with actors attached 1:03:00 - What kind of advice would you give aspiring storytellers and writers? 🔽 CONNECT WITH US - Official website:https://www.tvseriesfestival.de - LinkedIn: TV SERIES FESTIVAL - Twitter: @berlinseries - TikTok: @berlinseries - Instagram: tvseriesfestival Join our newsletter: https://www.tvseriesfestival.de/register Film Submissions: https://www.tvseriesfestival.de/official-competition Masterclasses: https://www.tvseriesfestival.de/masterclasses IG: @tvseriesfestival Twitter: @berlinseries TikTok: @berlinseries #truedetective #writer #story #tvseries #series
Lee Daniels ("Precious", "The Butler") about his beginnings
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Lee Daniels ("Precious", "The Butler") about his beginnings

Excerpt on how Lee Daniels started out, what he always knew he wanted and his background. Lee Daniels is an American film and television producer, director and screenwriter. His first producer credit was Monster's Ball (2001), for which Halle Berry won the Academy Award for Best Actress, making Daniels the first African-American film producer to solely produce an Oscar-winning film. He made his directorial debut with Shadowboxer in 2005 and has since then directed the films Precious (2009), The Paperboy (2012, which he co-wrote), The Butler (2013) and The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021). Of these, Precious was the most critically acclaimed, and was nominated for six Academy Awards, including two nominations for Daniels, for Best Director and Best Picture. #leedaniels #writer #producer #series

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