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Jay Durrwachter
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Biography
Jay Durrwachter wrote and directed Love Like Neruda, an official selection of the 2009 Cleveland International Film Festival and the 2009 College Film Tour.

His feature film script, "The Reckoning," was recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a top 20 script in the Nichol Fellowship competition.

Jay has scripts under consideration at production companies including: This Is That, Corp. (Ted Hope), Payaso Entertainment (at Paramount), The Steve Tisch Company (at Sony), FR Productions (Fred Roos), Cine Mosaic (Lydia Dean Pilcher), Ballyhoo, Inc. (at Mandalay Pictures), Manifest Film Company (The People vs. Larry Flynt), Amy Robinson Productions (Autumn in New York), among others.

Jay has developed visual concepts on feature films for directors including Alan Pakula, Gus Van Sant, John McTiernan, Danny Devito, Nicholas Hytner, Irwin Winkler, Harold Becker, James Foley, George Wolff, and Mick Jackson; on features including Lackawanna Blues, The Devil's Own, The Thomas Crown Affair, Finding Forrester, Death to Smoochy, Object of My Affection, At First Sight, and City Hall.

He won an Art Director's Guild Award for his work on Live From Baghdad for HBO.



Screenwriting Symposium Events
Seminar   SCREENPLAYS THAT SELL -- Beyond the Three-Act Structure
Seminar Description: Three-Act Structure is easy - beginning, middle, and end - we're done, right? WRONG! In this Seminar you'll discover how act structure really works, why it's important to know, and how it can improve your writing and your ability to discover what's not working. And you'll find out why many of the most popular films are in 4 acts, even 5, 6, and 7.

And then there are the rare 2-act films. Not a simplistic template, act structure is the heart and soul of quality film storytelling, and a deeper knowledge of it can be used to propel the story forward, deepen character development, make your story satisfying, and finally, help you sell your script.

Not for use in European art films, "Screenplays That Sell" is for those wanting to write compelling, provocative, audience-satisfying, sell-ready scripts.
Thursday, Jun 3        5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Friday, Jun 4        3:15 PM - 4:45 PM