| 词条 | Alex Epstein (writer) |
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| name = Alex Epstein | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|01|26}} | birth_place = New York City | death_date = | residence = Montreal, Canada | nationality = American | citizenship = American, Canadian | alma_mater = Yale University UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television | occupation = Film writer, television writer, video game writer, fiction writer, film producer, film director, educator | notable_works = Bon Cop, Bad Cop We Happy Few | spouse = Lisa Hunter Epstein | awards = Canadian Comedy Award }} Alex Epstein (born January 26, 1963) is a dual citizen American Canadian writer, film producer, director, and educator. CareerAlex Epstein began his writing career as an author of short stories for literary magazines.[1] In Hollywood, he worked as a development executive for independent films, including with his own and Angelique Gulermovich Epstein's company Muse of Fire, and as a vice-president of Blue Rider Pictures.[1][1] His first film writing credit was for 1994's Warriors. In Montreal, he co-created and co-wrote the comedy television series Naked Josh and co-wrote the buddy cop crime film Bon Cop, Bad Cop.[2] He was head writer (executive story editor) for the second half of the sci-fi series Charlie Jade with writer credit on three episodes.[3][4] He has also written and directed several short films,[5][6][7] and wrote young adult historical fantasy novel The Circle Cast: The Lost Years of Morgan le Fay.[8] Epstein has worked in the video game industry as the story and voice director of Contrast by Compulsion Games.[9] For Spearhead Games' The Path of Destinies, he was brought in to assist with the branching storylines and to add humor.[10] He returned to work for Compulsion Games as the narrative director of We Happy Few.[11] Selected writing credits
AwardsHe was part of the writing team along with Patrick Huard, Leila Bason and Kevin Tierney that was nominated for the Prix Iris (Best Screenplay)[13] and won the Canadian Comedy Award (Best Writing) for Bon Cop, Bad Cop in 2007.[14] Naked Josh which he co-wrote with Laura Kosterski and the short film Role Play which he co-wrote with Lisa Hunter, have been nominated for the WGC Screenwriting Awards in 2005, 2006, and 2014.[15] The Circle Cast was shortlisted for the Quebec Writers' Federation Awards (QWF Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature) in 2011.[16] EducationIn addition, Epstein is also a screenwriting teacher. Crafty Screenwriting: Writing Movies That Get Made, published in 2002, is a screenwriting manual for feature films, derived from his career in development. In 2006, he wrote Crafty TV Writing: Thinking Inside the Box, focusing on his experiences in television and guiding writers in creating series and pilots. He also has a tie-in blog, "Complications Ensue".[17][18] Personal lifeRaised in New York, Epstein graduated from the Yale in 1985 in Computer Science and English and has lived in France for a year. Afterwards he graduated from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and has worked in Los Angeles for a decade, before eventually moving to Montreal, Canada.[19] References1. ^{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/news/exec-shuffle-292-1116677643/|title=Exec Shuffle|date=1997-05-30|work=Variety|access-date=2018-07-27|language=en-US}} 2. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/pitching/breaking-into-television-my-interview-with-alex-epstein|title=Breaking into Television: My Interview with Alex Epstein {{!}} WritersDigest.com|date=2008-12-28|work=WritersDigest.com|access-date=2018-07-07|language=en-US}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.popcritics.com/2008/07/exclusive-interview-with-charlie-jade-headwriter-alex-epstein/|title=EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Charlie Jade Headwriter Alex Epstein|website=www.popcritics.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-24}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.charliejade.net/about/|title=About the Podcast : Charlie Jade Verse|website=www.charliejade.net|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-25}} 5. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.nsi-canada.ca/2012/06/you-are-so-undead/|title=You Are So Undead {{!}} National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI)|date=2012-06-09|work=National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI)|access-date=2018-07-07|language=en-US}} 6. ^{{Cite news|url=https://akahammer.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/interview-with-lisa-hunter-and-alex-epstein-about-you-are-so-undead/|title=Interview with Lisa Hunter and Alex Epstein about "You Are So Undead"|date=2011-06-20|work=David "The hammer" Martel|access-date=2018-07-07|language=en-US}} 7. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.nsi-canada.ca/2013/05/tartine/|title=Tartine|date=2013-05-31|work=National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI)|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en-US}} 8. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/reviews/the_circle_cast_by_alex_epstein_book_review/|title=The Circle Cast by Alex Epstein — book review|date=2011-08-06|work=The British Fantasy Society|access-date=2018-07-07|language=en-US}} 9. ^{{cite web | title=About Us | website=Compulsion Games | date=2017-08-08 | url=http://compulsiongames.com/en/2/about-us | access-date=2018-07-30}} 10. ^{{Cite web|url=http://gamingtrend.com/feature/previews/taking-the-road-less-travelled-with-stories-path-of-destinies/|title=Taking the road less travelled with Stories: Path of Destinies – GAMING TREND|last=Allen|first=Eric Van|website=gamingtrend.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-25}} 11. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/13/we-happy-few-preview/|title=We Happy Few's dystopia is held together by drugs and denial|work=Engadget|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en-US}} 12. ^{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/gaming/features/we-happy-few-interview-1202854412/|title=The Evolution of 'We Happy Few' From Survival Sim to Story-Driven Adventure|last=Valdes|first=Giancarlo|date=2018-06-22|work=Variety|access-date=2018-07-24|language=en-US}} 13. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.filmsquebec.com/prix-jutra-2007-recapitulatif/|title=Prix Jutra 2007: récapitulatif |last=Ramond |first=Charles-Henri |work=Films du Québec|date=December 26, 2008|access-date=2018-08-18|language=fr-FR}} 14. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadiancomedyawards.org/archives.php?year=2007|title=Nominations & Awards Archives {{!}} Canadian Comedy Awards|website=www.canadiancomedyawards.org|access-date=2018-07-07}} 15. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.omada.ca/artistes/alex-epstein|title=Artists - ALEX EPSTEIN - Omada|last=|first=|date=|website=www.omada.ca|language=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-07-07}} 16. ^{{Cite web|url=http://hour.ca/2011/10/27/governor-general-and-qwf-literary-awards-the-2011-finalists/|title=Governor General and QWF Literary Awards: the 2011 finalists - Hour Community|website=hour.ca|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-27}} 17. ^{{Cite web|url=http://complicationsensue.blogspot.co.uk/|title=Complications Ensue: The Crafty Game, TV and Screenwriting Blog|website=complicationsensue.blogspot.co.uk|access-date=2018-07-07}} 18. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/best-screenwriting-blogs/|title=Read Your Way To Success: The Best Screenwriting Blogs|date=2014-06-03|work=Student Resources|access-date=2018-07-07|language=en-US}} 19. ^1 2 {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.pl/books?id=RtNSjjE7btIC|title=Writer's Guide to Hollywood Producers, Directors, and Screenwriter's Agents, 1999-2000|last=Press|first=Skip|date=1998-10-28|publisher=Prima Pub.|isbn=9780761514848|language=en}} External links
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