Jimmy McGovern – 29 September
Tickets are still available for the prestigious BAFTA and BFI Screenwriters’ Lecture Series event taking place in London in September and October. Now in its sixth year, the series celebrates screenwriters’ authorial contribution to film and gives esteemed writers a platform to share highlights and insights from their careers. THN have had the pleasure in the past of attending and it’s a wonderful insight into their talent and the process.
BAFTA and Oscar-nominated writer and novelist Nick Hornby (An Education, Wild) starts the season on Wednesday 23 September at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly, but unfortunately he’s sold out but there’s still time for you to book and see Screenwriter and playwright Andrew Bovell (Lantana, A Most Wanted Man), who takes to the stage at BAFTA on Friday 25 September.
Nancy Meyers – 26 September
Also *just* sold out is Golden Globe-nominated writer and director Nancy Meyers (Private Benjamin, It’s Complicated) on Saturday 26 September. But we’d highly recommend picking up tickets for BAFTA and Emmy award-winning writer and producer Jimmy McGovern (Hillsborough, The Street), who will speak on Tuesday 29 September at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly, before BAFTA, Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy nominated writer and showrunner Beau Willimon (The Ides of March, House of Cards) delivers the final lecture in the series on Saturday 3 October at BFI Southbank. All are sure to be very special events.
As part of both organisations’ commitment to learning, podcasts of all the lectures, including exclusive video content, will be available for free on BAFTA Guru, BAFTA’s online learning channel, and the BFI’s VOD service BFI Player, later in the year. Lectures from previous years of the series are available now at http://guru.bafta.org/craft/screenwriting and on http://player.bfi.org.uk/ (search for ‘Screenwriters’).
Booking information:
Public tickets for Andrew Bovell, Jimmy McGovern and Beau Willimon are available now at www.bfi.org.uk/whatson.
The series is funded by JJ Charitable Trust, one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts. The official airline to the series is United Airlines.
