fiction.wikisort.org - ScreenwriterAlan Watt (born 1965) is a Canadian author, comedian, actor, lecturer, and screenwriter.[1][2]
Canadian writer
Alan Watt |
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Born | Aberdeen, Scotland |
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Occupation | - Author
- screenwriter
- comedian
- actor
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Nationality | Canadian |
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Notable works | Diamond Dogs |
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Career
He has appeared on various comedy shows such as Caroline's Comedy Hour and MTV's 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour, as well the Seinfeld episode The Gum in 1995.
He has taught a summer creative writing workshop at UCLA and has lectured across North America at places such as USC's MBA program and maximum security prisons. In 2002 he founded the L.A. Writers' Lab, where he teaches writers how to write the first draft of their novel in three months.
In 2011 he founded two publishing companies, The 90-Day Novel Press and Writers Tribe Books. His novel Diamond Dogs was optioned by Quad Films in 2012, with Alex Pettyfer set to perform as the lead character.[3]
In 2016 he wrote and directed the feature film Interior Night.[4] starring Riley Smith, Micah Hauptman, Erinn Hayes, and Christian Scherer. It was released to Amazon and iTunes on 30 January 2018.
The next year would see the release of Watt's second novel, Frontier Hotel, released by Latte in France.[5]
Bibliography
Fiction
- Diamond Dogs (2000)[6][7][8][9] (winner of France's Prix Printemps for best foreign novel)
- Frontier Hotel (2017)[10]
Non-fiction
- The 90-Day Novel (2010) (Writers Tribe Books)
- The 90-Day Rewrite (2012) (Writers Tribe Books)
- The 90-Day Screenplay (2013) (Writers Tribe Books)
- My First Novel: Tales of Woe and Glory (2013) (editor, Writers Tribe Books)
Filmography
Film
- Interior Night (2016, writer/director)
Television
- Friday the 13th (1987, as Howard in Hellowe'en)
- Seinfeld (1995, as "Attendant" in The Gum)[11]
- Comedy Now! Alan Watt: It's a Beautiful World (1999, as himself) [12]
- Just for Laughs (2005, as himself)
Awards and recognition
- 2001 YALSA Alex Award for Diamond Dogs[13]
- France's Prix Printemps (best foreign novel) for Diamond Dogs [citation needed]
- Boston Film Festival- Visionary Award 2016 for Interior Night[14]
- Catalina Film Festival- Best International Feature Film 2016 for Interior Night[15]
- New York Film and TV Festival - Best Feature 2017 for Interior Night
- Indie International Film Gathering - Best Drama/Comedy 2017 for Interior Night
- Breckenridge Film Festival - Best Drama 2017 for Interior Night
References
External links
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На других языках
- [en] Alan Watt (author)
[fr] Alan Watt (écrivain)
Alan Watt, né en 1965 à Aberdeen en Écosse, et naturalisé canadien, est un peintre, un acteur, un scénariste et un auteur de roman policier.
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