Before becoming an independent producer and story consultant, filmmaker Rona Edwards spent several years working in creative development for production shingles headed by the likes of John Larroquette (the Emmy-winning actor) and Michael Phillips (the Oscar-winning producer.) Since striking out on her own, Edwards has had her own projects set up in both television and feature film at places like NBC, USA Network, Warner Bros, HBO and Lifetime TV.
With business partner Monika Skerbelis, Edwards also co-wrote the books The Complete Filmmaker’s Guide to Festivals: Your All Access Pass to Launching Your Film on the Festival Circuit and I Liked It, Didn’t Love It: Screenplay Development from the Inside Out, currently in its 3rd edition. (Check out our interview earlier this year with Monika Skerbelis here.)
We asked Edwards to take us through the in’s and out’s of bringing stories—particularly those based on real life—to the screen,...
With business partner Monika Skerbelis, Edwards also co-wrote the books The Complete Filmmaker’s Guide to Festivals: Your All Access Pass to Launching Your Film on the Festival Circuit and I Liked It, Didn’t Love It: Screenplay Development from the Inside Out, currently in its 3rd edition. (Check out our interview earlier this year with Monika Skerbelis here.)
We asked Edwards to take us through the in’s and out’s of bringing stories—particularly those based on real life—to the screen,...
- 11/1/2023
- by Su Fang Tham
- Film Independent News & More
Anne Beatts, one of the original writers on Saturday Night Live, has died at the age of 74. Former SNL cast member Laraine Newman first tweeted news of Beatts’ death Wednesday, “Our Anne- an Og SNL writer passed away yesterday.”
Film producer and Beatts’ friend Rona Edwards confirmed the writer’s death to the Hollywood Reporter. Beatts died Wednesday at her home in Los Angeles, but no cause of death was provided.
“Anne was a pioneer – she truly paved the way for women in comedy and female comedy writers in particular...
Film producer and Beatts’ friend Rona Edwards confirmed the writer’s death to the Hollywood Reporter. Beatts died Wednesday at her home in Los Angeles, but no cause of death was provided.
“Anne was a pioneer – she truly paved the way for women in comedy and female comedy writers in particular...
- 4/8/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Anne Beatts, a pioneering comedy writer who helped launch “Saturday Night Live” and created the 1980s cult-favorite sitcom “Square Pegs,” died Wednesday at her home in West Hollywood. She was 74.
Beatts’ death was confirmed by her longtime friend Rona Edwards.
Beatts was a revered figure in comedy circles given her long resume. She and then-writing partner Rosie Shuster were among the very few women to work on “SNL” at the time of its debut in 1975 on NBC. Beatts was also the first female contributing editor to National Lampoon.
In the early 1980s, Beatts created the CBS comedy “Square Pegs,” which was a launching pad for Sarah Jessica Parker. The series that revolved around a group of awkward high school students was embraced by critics as a breath of fresh air for TV at the time, reflecting the burgeoning youth culture of the 1980s. But the show was canceled due to...
Beatts’ death was confirmed by her longtime friend Rona Edwards.
Beatts was a revered figure in comedy circles given her long resume. She and then-writing partner Rosie Shuster were among the very few women to work on “SNL” at the time of its debut in 1975 on NBC. Beatts was also the first female contributing editor to National Lampoon.
In the early 1980s, Beatts created the CBS comedy “Square Pegs,” which was a launching pad for Sarah Jessica Parker. The series that revolved around a group of awkward high school students was embraced by critics as a breath of fresh air for TV at the time, reflecting the burgeoning youth culture of the 1980s. But the show was canceled due to...
- 4/8/2021
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Anne Beatts, the creator of CBS sitcom Square Pegs and an original writer of Saturday Night Live, has died. She was 74.
Beatts died on Wednesday, Laraine Newman, an original castmember of SNL, wrote in a tweet Thursday. “Our Anne — an Og SNL writer passed away yesterday,” Newman wrote.
“Anne was a pioneer — she truly paved the way for women in comedy and female comedy writers in particular who may not have had their shot if Anne hadn’t come before them — but overall, she was my friend — my heart is completely broken,” film producer Rona Edwards, a ...
Beatts died on Wednesday, Laraine Newman, an original castmember of SNL, wrote in a tweet Thursday. “Our Anne — an Og SNL writer passed away yesterday,” Newman wrote.
“Anne was a pioneer — she truly paved the way for women in comedy and female comedy writers in particular who may not have had their shot if Anne hadn’t come before them — but overall, she was my friend — my heart is completely broken,” film producer Rona Edwards, a ...
Anne Beatts, the creator of CBS sitcom Square Pegs and an original writer of Saturday Night Live, has died. She was 74.
Beatts died on Wednesday, Laraine Newman, an original castmember of SNL, wrote in a tweet Thursday. “Our Anne — an Og SNL writer passed away yesterday,” Newman wrote.
“Anne was a pioneer — she truly paved the way for women in comedy and female comedy writers in particular who may not have had their shot if Anne hadn’t come before them — but overall, she was my friend — my heart is completely broken,” film producer Rona Edwards, a ...
Beatts died on Wednesday, Laraine Newman, an original castmember of SNL, wrote in a tweet Thursday. “Our Anne — an Og SNL writer passed away yesterday,” Newman wrote.
“Anne was a pioneer — she truly paved the way for women in comedy and female comedy writers in particular who may not have had their shot if Anne hadn’t come before them — but overall, she was my friend — my heart is completely broken,” film producer Rona Edwards, a ...
Authors Rona Edwards and Monika Skerbelis discuss and sign their guide to film festivals June 21 at 7 p.m., offering filmmakers a bird's-eye view of what it takes to have a successful festival experience. Practical, hands-on information, with examples and exercises to help the filmmaker, include targeting the right festivals, creating a press kit, promoting and branding your film, promoting and branding yourself, filling out entry forms, creating a log line, and much more. Book Soup, 8818 W. Sunset Blvd., L.A. Free. www.booksoup.com.
- 6/20/2012
- by help@backstage.com ()
- backstage.com
Scribe Liz Brixius has been tapped to pen Warner Bros. Pictures' Matchmakers, a project based on the real-life romance of an Oregon couple who met through the America Online personals and later tied the knot. The project -- picked up by Warners in June 2001 for low-six figures -- will be loosely based on the story of Kevin and Clair Wiles, who met after Clair Wiles' ninth-grade students secretly posted an ad for their teacher at love@aol.com. Kevin Wiles was one of several dozen men who answered the ad, and the two soon started dating and were married in May 2001 in Clair Wiles' high school auditorium in Eugene, Ore. Their story was brought into the studio by Roy Lee, who will produce along with management-production company Benderspink and television producer Rona Edwards. At Warners, the project is being shepherded by Courtenay Valenti and Dan Lin. Brixius, repped by WMA, also penned the Warners project The Sprinkler Queen, which Sandra Bullock is attached to star in and produce, and the project Bridesmaids, set up at Revolution Studios.
- 10/28/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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