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Screenwriters -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3419 Collections and/or Records:

Screenplay with Renata’s script notes and packing inventory, July 1978

 File — Box 3, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Produced works comprise the bulk of the collection.  It consists of screenplays, notes, publicity, and other production material for the films Bad Company, Kramer vs. Kramer, Still of the Night, Nadine, Places in the Heart, Billy Bathgate, and Nobody’s Fool.

Dates: July 1978

Screenplay, Wolfgang numbered copy, April 3, 1986

 File — Box 8, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Produced works comprise the bulk of the collection.  It consists of screenplays, notes, publicity, and other production material for the films Bad Company, Kramer vs. Kramer, Still of the Night, Nadine, Places in the Heart, Billy Bathgate, and Nobody’s Fool.

Dates: April 3, 1986

Screenplays, 1989-1996

 Sub-Series
Series Description From the Series:

Arranged by genre (articles, books, sound recordings, screenplays, short stories and teleplays), most of the works in this series are based on or inspired by Shepard’s works. Authors mailed the works to Shepard for his comments, and many items include typescripts annotated by Shepard and correspondence.

Dates: 1989-1996

Screenplays, 1988

 File — Multiple Containers
Series Description From the Series:

The Boyfriend School is a comic novel based both on Bird's experience as a romance novelist and her experience working on the independent Austin magazine, Third Coast. This series contains ten folders that include drafts of the novel and several copies of the screenplay. The movie based on the screenplay, entitled Don't Tell Her It's Me, was released in 1991.

Dates: 1988

Screenplays, 1986-1991, undated

 Sub-Series
Series Description From the Series: This series surveys Harrigan's creative works from his work as ad writer at the University Co-op to the publication of his book, Water and Light. It includes manuscript drafts, notes, notebooks, galley proofs, correspondence, magazines, clippings, financial and legal papers, screenplays, photographs and artifacts. In some cases Harrigan added notes and inscriptions describing the materials and providing background information....
Dates: 1986-1991, undated

Screenplays, 1992-1993, undated

 Sub-Series
Series Description From the Series:

Drafts, manuscripts, and typescripts of Hauptman’s plays, teleplay, screenplays, short stories, poetry, novel, articles and criticism are located in this series. Titles under each genre are filed alphabetically. Related correspondence, reviews, clippings, publicity, and playbills are filed after the draft or script for each title.

Dates: 1992-1993, undated

Screenplays and scripts , 1957, undated

 Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection: These papers represent drafts of several of Gipson’s short stories, screenplays, and one nonfiction autobiographical piece, arranged by genre and in chronological order, with dates ranging from 1948-1957, and many items having no date. For each item there is typically one annotated typescript and one final draft typescript, along with a custom made folding box for the items related to each title. Of particular note is the 1957 shooting script for the Walt Disney film production of Gipson’s...
Dates: 1957, undated

Screenplays/Teleplays, 1971-2002, undated

 Series
Series Description This series is also divided into Produced and Unproduced work. The Produced sub-series is arranged by production date. It contains similar materials: drafts, correspondence, contracts, promotional materials and press clippings. The three projects Shrake was most closely involved with — Kid Blue, Songwriter and Pair of Aces — contain the most materials. The Beverly Hills Cop II folders...
Dates: 1971-2002, undated

Screenplays/Teleplays – Unproduced, 1973-2001, undated

 Sub-Series
Series Description From the Series: This series is also divided into Produced and Unproduced work. The Produced sub-series is arranged by production date. It contains similar materials: drafts, correspondence, contracts, promotional materials and press clippings. The three projects Shrake was most closely involved with — Kid Blue, Songwriter and Pair of Aces — contain the most materials. The Beverly Hills Cop II folders...
Dates: 1973-2001, undated

Screenwriters and their Craft videotapes, 1990

 File — Box 360, Folder: 5
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: The Sundance Institute for Film and Television was founded by Robert Redford to foster emerging talents, often found outside the mainstream of the traditional entertainment industry. For six years during the 1980s, Bill Wittliff served on the Board of Trustees for the Institute, working in particular on the Selection Committee. He also donated his time as a writer's mentor during the June Workshop at Sundance Resort near Provo, Utah and at the Writer's Workshop held during the January...
Dates: 1990

Screenwriting, 1973 - 1995

 Series
Series Description

The Screenplays are arranged chronologically according to when they were written. The order does not reflect the order in which the films were released. The date following the title in parentheses is the release date. Photographs, film, and videotape may not be duplicated without permission from the Wittliff estate.

Dates: 1973 - 1995

Script and loose pages (2 folders), undated

 File — Box 32, Folder: 1-2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The works by others in this series are from Sullivan Street (by Walter Bernstein), Hoffa (by David Mamet), and The Homesman or Seeing the Elephant (by Naomi Foner).

Dates: undated

Script and post script

 File — Box 29, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers of filmmaker and writer Severo Perez span 1972-2010 and document his career in film and television, and as a writer. The collection is arranged into six series: 1) Film; 2) Television; 3) Plays; 4) Books; 5) The National Endowment for the Humanities; and 6) Audio and Video Materials. Perez also donated an extensive amount of audiovisual material which includes film reels and prints for …and the earth did not swallow him as well as many of...
Dates: 1996-1997

Script and supervisor’s notes

 File — Box 7, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers of filmmaker and writer Severo Perez span 1972-2010 and document his career in film and television, and as a writer. The collection is arranged into six series: 1) Film; 2) Television; 3) Plays; 4) Books; 5) The National Endowment for the Humanities; and 6) Audio and Video Materials. Perez also donated an extensive amount of audiovisual material which includes film reels and prints for …and the earth did not swallow him as well as many of...
Dates: 1990-1991

Script by Lawrence Wright and Stephen Harrigan, undated

 File — Box 12, Folder: 6
Series Description From the Series: This series surveys Harrigan's creative works from his work as ad writer at the University Co-op to the publication of his book, Water and Light. It includes manuscript drafts, notes, notebooks, galley proofs, correspondence, magazines, clippings, financial and legal papers, screenplays, photographs and artifacts. In some cases Harrigan added notes and inscriptions describing the materials and providing background information....
Dates: Copyright: undated

Script draft handwritten and typed

 File — Box 38, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers of filmmaker and writer Severo Perez span 1972-2010 and document his career in film and television, and as a writer. The collection is arranged into six series: 1) Film; 2) Television; 3) Plays; 4) Books; 5) The National Endowment for the Humanities; and 6) Audio and Video Materials. Perez also donated an extensive amount of audiovisual material which includes film reels and prints for …and the earth did not swallow him as well as many of...
Dates: 1980-1987

Script, first draft, March 8, 1988

 File — Box 29, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series consists of scripts/screenplays and notes from projects that have not been produced, and a manuscript for the unpublished novel “Lover – A Novel of Suspense.” The unproduced works are “Hubba-Hubba or Will the Big Bands Ever Come Back?,” “The Coast,” “Stardust,” and “Magic Hour.”

Dates: March 8, 1988