169 | Oscar Winner Tom McCarthy (Spotlight, Alaska Daily) On Writing For & Working With Actors

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Having begun his career as an actor, and then transitioned to an Oscar-winning writer/director, Tom has worn MANY hats in this business. Because of that, he has a particularly unique point of view when it comes to writing. Today, Tom discusses how he embraces his multiple creative identities when approaching the blank page, especially he considers drafts that are going to producers, the studio, or actors. JOIN OUR PATREON: www.patreon.com/thescreenwritinglife

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome back to the Screen Writing Life. I'm Meg Lafour.
0:07.8	And I'm Lorian McKenna. And today we're talking with Oscar winning writer director Tom McCarthy.
0:13.4	I met Tom back when we were both doing Oscar campaigns for best writing and he won.
0:18.1	But he did let me hold his Oscar for a photo.
0:21.9	And after a successful run in front of the camera as an actor, Tom moved behind the
0:26.4	camera with his directorial debut, The Station Agent, with his screenplay being nominated for nearly 20
0:32.2	industry awards. In 2015 Tom won the Oscar
0:36.1	and BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay for Co-writing Spotlight. Tom has also
0:41.0	worked in TV as a writer, director, and a producer, and an actor, right?
0:46.0	You've also been an actor.
0:47.0	I have, yeah.
0:48.0	So hi, welcome to the show.
0:50.0	Hi, Tom.
0:51.0	Thank you guys.
0:52.0	Hi, it's great to be here.
0:53.8	Thank you so much for coming.
0:55.0	I'm, we're just such huge fans.
0:57.8	Likewise and pleasure to be on your show.
1:00.1	My wife and I are both huge fans of your show. Oh, thank you.
1:03.0	All right, before we jump into our conversation with Tom, we wanted to quickly mention our
1:06.8	Patreon, which is a great TSL experience.
1:11.2	Come on over.
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