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The writers in it...
Cricket Abbott
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Miles Beauchamp
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David Brin
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Jocelyn Brody
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Mark Clements
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Ashley Butler Geist
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Michael Steven Gregory
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Nancy Holder
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Sharon Ihle
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Betty Abell Jurus
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Ken Kuhlken
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Mike MacCarthy
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Bill Martinez
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Cory J Meacham
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Alijandra Mogilner
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Bert Monroe
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Matthew J Pallamary
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Leroy V Quintana
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Judy Reeves
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Alan Russell
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Quincy Troupe
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Joseph Wambaugh
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Gene Wentz
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Kathy Wong
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Tom Youngholm
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Making the Movie
How We, The Writer Came to Happen
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Producer, Director, Editor: Michael Steven Gregory
Co-Producer, Camera Operator: Ted Erdahl
Number of Writers Interviewed: 25
Number of Hours of Interviews Filmed: 27
Years Spanning Filming to General Release: 4
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Initially funded with a $500 donation from writer colleagues, production of We, The
Writer began after writer and independent filmmaker Michael Steven Gregory was
approached by journalist Cory J. Meacham to contribute to a literary experiment he
was spearheading to benefit the Friends of the Public Library in San Diego, California.
The experiment, consisting of 100 local authors selected to write one page of a story in
24 hours based only on the two pages immediately preceding their own contribution,
resulted in the surrealist novella
The
Exquisite Cadaver.
"Excellent!"
As for his reason in making the film Gregory said, "The stereotypical impression of the
writer is that of the very serious, pinched-brow soul too wrought by some internal angst
to fit comfortably with the crowd. But all the writers I know who're any good remain among
the most colorful, funny, engaging, and optimistic people I know. The beauty of
what we do is that, whether it's writing a 500-page novel or a 120-page screenplay or a
short story or a poem, the process we share in spinning something magical from a blank,
glaring page is as deeply individual as the spirit behind it. For writers—and
readers—everywhere, We, The Writer allows us, in our own language, to address
point-blank the questions of who, why, and what we are."
"Moves as many [documentaries] don't."
Midway through production a TV network affiliate restructured its in-house-only production
policy to provide completion funding for Gregory to finish his quest. The resulting film
paints a frenetic portrait of the diverse, complicated, and often times contradictory
personalities and approaches behind practioners of "The Great White Art" unlike any
other.
"A winner all the way from concept to execution."
The follow-ups to We, The Writer include the second and third
installments of an intended 5-part "We Write" series. Again under the
helm of Michael Steven Gregory, We,
The Screenwriter is the latest with Me, The Producer
slated to start production next year.
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