🎙️ INTERVIEW: Creating Captivating Love Stories & Writing for the Screen with 'Before Sunrise' Writer Kim Krizan
​** This is a LIVE interview with author and screenwriter Kim Krizan about the craft of writing and reality of building a writing career. Attendees will be sent a recording after the interview. **
​What makes a love story on the screen authentic and captivating? How can we use dialogue to forward the plot? What makes characters memorable?
​Three decades on and Kim Krizan’s Before Sunrise films (co-created with Richard Linklater) remain one of the most realistic and compelling portrayals of love and romance in film history. Since then, Kim has gone on to publish Spy in the House of AnaĂŻs Nin, an examination of long-buried material Krizan found while doing archival work in Nin's Los Angeles. Today, she teaches at UCLA and online.Â
​Join us for a conversation with Kim as we discuss her writing journey, the craft behind her classic films, and her battles with Hollywood.
​We’ll also discuss:
​Her collaboration with director Richard LinklaterÂ
​Her study of femme fatales
​Insights into Kim's inspirations and creative process
​Techniques for honing writing style and voice
​The intersection of writing and filmmaking
​Her decades-long fascination for Anaïs Nin
​About Kim KrizanÂ
​Kim Krizan is the Academy Award-nominated writer of the films “Before Sunrise” and “Before Sunset.” Her book Original Sins: Trade Secrets of the Femme Fatale is a tongue-in-cheek examination of history’s dangerous women. She is also the author of Spy in the House of Anais Nin, an analysis of the life of the 20th-century rule-bending diarist. Krizan’s work has been hailed as insightful, penetrating, and profound. She lives and writes in Los Angeles, California. You can find her on Instagram and Patreon.
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