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Selected Books
David Ball. Backwards and Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1983.
John Basil with Stephanie Gunning. Will Power: How to Act Shakespeare in 21 Days. New York: Applause Books, 2006.
Michael Caine. Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Moviemaking. New York: Applause, 1997.
Julia Cameron. The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 1992.
Harold Clurman. The Fervent Years: The Story of the Group Theater and the Thirties. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1975.
Harold Clurman. On Directing. New York: Fireside Books, 1997.
David Craig. On Singing Onstage. New York: Applause, 1990.
Malcolm Gladwell. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 2000.
Malcolm Gladwell. Outliers: The Story of Success. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 2008.
Malcolm Gladwell. Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 2005.
Akiva Goldsman. A Beautiful Mind: The Shooting Script. New York: Newmarket Press, 2002.
Eva Le Gallienne. The Mystic in the Theatre: Eleonora Duse. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1966.
Sidney Lumet. Making Movies. New York: Vintage, 1996.
Larry Moss. The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor. New York: Bantam Books, 2005.
Stephen Nachmanovitch. Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 1990.
Brian O'Neil. Acting As a Business: Strategies for Success. New York: Vintage, 2009.
Joseph Papp and Elizabeth Kirkland. Shakespeare Alive! New York: Bantam Books, 1988.
Sheri Sanders. Rock the Audition: How to Prepare and Get Cast in Rock Musicals. New York: Hal Leonard, 2011.
David Seidler. The King's Speech: The Shooting Script. New York: Newmarket Press, 2011.
Jill Bolte Taylor. My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey. New York: Viking, 2006.
Mark W. Travis. Directing Feature Films: The Creative Collaboration Between Directors, Writers, and Actors. Studio City, CA.: Michael Wiese Productions, 2004.
Selected Films and Television Shows
About Schmidt, directed by Alexander Payne. Script by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, adapted from a novel About Schmidt by Louis Begley. New Line, 2002.
The Accused, directed by Jonathan Kaplan. Script by Tom Topor. Paramount Pictures, 1988.
All My Sons, directed by Jack O'Brien. Script by Arthur Miller. Public Broadcasting System, 1987.
The Apostle, written and directed by Robert Duvall. October Films, 1997.
As Good as It Gets, directed by James L. Brooks. Script by Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks. Gracie Films, 1997.
A Beautiful Mind, directed by Ron Howard. Script by Akiva Goldsman, adapted from the biography of the same name by Sylvia Nasar. Universal Studios, 2001.
Catch Me If You Can, directed by Steven Spielberg. Script by Jeff Nathanson, adapted from a book by Frank Abagnale, Jr., and Stan Redding. DreamWorks, 2002.
Cold Mountain, written and directed by Anthony Minghella, adapted from a novel of the same by Charles Frazier. Miramax Films, 2003.
CSI: NY, "Love Run Cold." Script by Timothy J. Lea. CBS, 2006.
Disclosure, directed by Barry Levinson. Script by Paul Attanasio and Michael Crichton, adapted from the novel Disclosure by Michael Crichton. Warner Bros., 1994.
Do the Right Thing, written and directed by Spike Lee. 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, 1989.
Donnie Brasco, directed by Mike Newell. Mandalay Pictures, 1997. Script by Paul Attanasio, adapted from the novel Donnie Brasco by Joseph D. Pistone and Richard Woodley.
Falling in Love (1984), directed by Ulu Grosbard. Script by Michael Cristofer. Paramount Pictures, 1984.
A Few Good Men, directed by Rob Reiner. Script by Aaron Sorkin, adapted from his play by the same name. Columbia Pictures, 1992.
The Fighter, directed by David O. Russell. Script by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson. Paramount Pictures, 2010.
Fool for Love, directed by Robert Altman. Script by Sam Shepard. Cannon Group, 1985.
Get Low, directed by Aron Schneider. Script by Chris Provenzano and C. Gaby Mitchell. Sony Pictures Classics, 2009.
Good Morning, Vietnam, directed by Barry Levinson. Script by Mitch Markowitz. Touchstone Pictures, 1987.
Good Will Hunting, directed by Gus Van Sant. Script by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. Miramax Films, 1997.
The Heiress, directed by William Wyler. Script by Augustus Goetz and Ruth Goetz, adapted from the novella Washington Square by Henry James. Paramount Pictures, 1949.
The House of Mirth, directed by Terence Davies. Script by Terence Davies, adapted from the novel The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. The Arts Council of England, 2000.
The Ice Storm, directed by Ang Lee. Script by James Schamus, adapted from the novel of the same name by Rick Moody. Fox Searchlight Pictures, 1997.
Inglourious Basterds, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures, 2009.
The Insider, directed by Michael Mann. Script by Eric Roth and Michael Mann, adapted from an article "The Man Who Knew Too Much" by Marie Brenner. Touchstone Pictures, 1999.
Into the Wild, written and directed by Sean Penn, adapted from a novel of the same name by Jon Krakauer. Paramount Vantage, 2007.
Killer Joe, director William Friedkin. Script by Tracy Letts, adapted from his play of the same name. VVS Films, 2011.
The Lightship, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. Script by William Mai, adapted from a novel of the same name by Siegfried Lenz. CBS Productions, 1985.
Michael Clayton, directed by Tony Gilroy. Castle Rock Entertainment, 2007. Script by Tony Gilroy.
Misery directed by Rob Reiner. Script by William Goldman, adapted from a novel by the same name by Stephen King. Columbia Pictures,1990
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), a film from Argentina, scripted by Jose Rivera, adapted from both Ernesto "Che" Guevara's actual diaries and a book about his youth by Alberto Granado,
Please Give, written and directed by Nicole Holofcener. Sony Pictures Classics, 2010.
The Remains of the Day, directed by James Ivory. Columbia Pictures, 1993. Script by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and Harold Pinter, adapted from a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Saturday Night Fever, directed by John Badham. Script by Norman Wexler. Paramount Pictures, 1979.
Scent of a Woman, directed by Martin Brest. Script by Bo Goldman. Universal Studios,1992
Sense and Sensibility, directed by Ang Lee. Script by Emma Thompson, adapted from the novel Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. Columbia Pictures, 1995.
The Shawshank Redemption, written and directed by Frank Darabont. Adapted from the novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King. Castle Rock Entertainment, 1994.
Sleepless in Seattle, directed by Nora Ephron. Script by Nora Ephron, David S. Ward, and Jeff Arch. TriStar Pictures, 1993.
Sophie's Choice, directed by Alan J. Pakula. Script by Alan J. Pakula, adapted from the novel Sophie's Choice by William Styron. ITC Entertainment, 1982.
The Trip to Bountiful, directed by Peter Masterson. Script by Horton Foote, adapted from his television play A Trip to Bountiful. Bountiful Film Partners, 1985.
United States of Tara, created by Diablo Cody and Steven Spielberg. Showtime, 2009–2011.
Venus, directed by Roger Michell. Script by Hanif Kureishi. FilmFour, 2006.
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