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108 | The Importance of Flexibility as a Writer/Director w/ Matthew Gentile

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

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Film School Conservatory Experience

"My introduction to screenwriting came when I was 12 after seeing dog day afternoon. And that was the first time I ever read a script," he said. "I realized, oh, this is what a screenwriter does. How incredible is that?" He went on to work at William Morrison Deaver in the mailroom for six months and became a talent assistant for others eight months before landing his big break with Luke Skywalker.

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