TED TALLY, OSCAR WINNING SCREENWRITER FOR ‘THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS’ HEADLINES AT THE LONDON SCREENWRITERS’ FESTIVAL, TAKING US INTO THE CREATIVE HEART OF DARKNESS
▪ 90% of tickets already sold out for the world’s biggest event for professional screenwriters with more than 150 industry professionals and 800 delegates.
▪ Also leading festival sessions are legendary Screenwriters Lynda La Plante, William Nicholson (Gladiator, Les Miserables), David Reynolds (Finding Nemo) along with writers of internationally acclaimed films, TV shows and games including Made In Dagenham, The Crying Game, Starred Up, Southcliffe, Utopia, Have I Got News For You, Black Mirror and Dr Who.
LONDON – Monday 22nd September 2014. Ted Tally, writer of ‘Silence Of The Lambs’, one of the most universally acclaimed Oscar winning horror movies, has been announced today as this year’s special guest speaker at the 2014 London Screenwriters’ Festival (LSF), the world’s biggest event for professional screenwriters in film and television, to be held at the London School of Film, Media & Performance, 24-26 October.
Credited with having inventing the Serial Killer Thriller genre, Tally continued to adapt best selling novels including ‘The Juror’ and the Thomas Harris penned ‘Red Dragon’ which marked the return to the big screen of Hannibal Lecter.
Tally shared with Festival Director Chris Jones what he would ask new screenwriters starting out today, “Are you talented? Hardworking? Extremely tenacious? Because it will take all of that to succeed as a screenwriter.” These questions are at the heart of the London Screenwriters’ Festival, which actively encourages screenwriters to engage with networking, relationship building and entrepreneurial thinking. “Screenwriters’ need to think like producers in todays market, and learn to leverage every relationship and networking opportunity to get their work produced” adds Jones.
During the course of three days, a line-up more than 150 leading writers, development executives, producers and directors working in film, television and games will be taking part as industry experts in a variety of pitching, performance workshops with directors and actors as well as script labs.
Festival Creative Director Chris Jones, who is also a filmmaker and author, says “Now in its fifth year, the London Screenwriters’ Festival is now the world’s biggest gathering of emerging and established screenwriters and is unparalleled in creating an environment for writers to immerse themselves in the great shared enterprise of making film, television, radio and new media content. It is simply the most inspiring, exhilarating and impactful three days of the year for screenwriters.’
For more information:
http://www.londonscreenwritersfestival.com
