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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.
Feb 22, 2024 · Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik had a busy 2023. The pair got married, and in May, a film they had plotted together, and which Burch had scripted, premiered at Cannes Film Festival.
Nov 21, 2023 · The screenplay by Samy Burch, a casting director making her first foray into feature writing, offers a prism-reflection of the Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau case, major tabloid fodder in...
Feb 7, 2024 · Samy Burch's biggest aspiration was to get an agent. 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.
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.
Nov 16, 2023 · Director Todd Haynes and screenwriter Samy Burch joined the actor for a conversation about his breakout performance in the Netflix film with IndieWire's Marcus Jones.
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!”
