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Nov 20, 2023 · In the spring of 2019, Samy Burch went into the closet—a coat closet in her Los Angeles apartment that she’d spruced up with wallpaper and a desk the size of an airplane tray table.
- Lisa Wong Macabasco
Feb 7, 2024 · In the spring of 2019, she shut herself in a makeshift office — the coat closet in her apartment— with the goal of writing a script that would get her representation and help her pivot away from her day job in casting.
Nov 30, 2023 · In today’s episode, No Film School’s GG Hawkins speaks with screenwriter Samy Burch to discuss: Spending time in audition rooms as the daughter of a casting director. Making sure no actor got cut from this film. How Samy was able to tackle such a complicated and sensitive story.
Jan 14, 2024 · Starring Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, and Charles Melton, and directed by Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven, I’m Not There, Carol), the screenplay was written by Samy Burch (story by Burch and her husband Alex Mechanik who also edited the movie). Here are some excerpts from an interview Burch did with The Hollywood Reporter.
Jan 28, 2024 · That screenwriter is Samy Burch. Starring Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, and Charles Melton, here is a plot summary of May December: Decades after their scandalous relationship made headlines, a couple starts to unravel when a famous actor arrives to research them for her new film.
Dec 11, 2023 · Reflecting on her unexpected trajectory from casting director to screenwriter, Burch revealed that May December changed everything for her. “My goal in writing this screenplay was to get an agent or a manager,” she told Casting Networks, “but this freight train veered off course and led me to unexpected places!”
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I felt trusted and my vision respected,” says Burch. “ One of my favorite notes that really had a big impact overall, was he said to ‘Add More Fog.’ It was a lot of the work in some ways because the rewrites became about subtraction, especially in dealing with Joe.
