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When is Enough, Enough?

Doha Talks – Industry, DURATION: 60min

Event Description

The processes of film development, production and especially post-production can go on for what seems like forever. Nevertheless, everyone involved in the effort of bringing a film to the screen knows there's an optimal golden moment when the material sings – which hopefully also means satisfied audiences and overjoyed financiers. What does it take to find this anticipated sweet spot? How do we know when we've arrived?

An Award winning writer, director, producer and editor will share their experiences to help shed light on and embrace the process of story development from script to screen and beyond.

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  Jenny Borgars

  Moderator

  Head of UK Production, Studiocanal (UK)

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  Lisa Fruchtman

  Director, LIROfilm

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  Martin Katz

  President, Prospero Films

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  Mira Nair

  Filmmaker and Founder, Mirabai Films and Maisha Film Lab

  Born in Bhubaneswar, India, in 1957, Mira Nair made several documentaries before achieving international acclaim with ‘Salaam Bombay’, which won the Caméra d’Or at Cannes in 1988. Subsequent films, often focusing on cultural identity, have included ‘Mississippi Masala’ (1991), ‘My Own Country’ (1998), ‘Monsoon Wedding’ (which won the Golden Lion in Venice in 2001), ‘Vanity Fair’ (2004) and ‘The Namesake’ (2008).

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  Neal Purvis

  Screenwriter

  Neal Purvis and Robert Wade had their first success in 1991 with the screenplay of the controversial screen drama LET HIM HAVE IT.
  
  They have since worked in a variety of genres with screenplays such as THE WASP FACTORY, an adaptation of Iain Banks' novel and PLUNKETT & MACLEANE, starring Robert Carlyle and Liv Tyler.
  
  Between writing Bond films THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH and DIE ANOTHER DAY, they worked on THE ITALIAN JOB starring Mark Wahlberg and JOHNNY ENGLISH.
  For “CASINO ROYALE” they received two BAFTA nominations. They then co-wrote “QUANTUM OF SOLACE”, before adapting John le Carré’s “THE MISSION SONG” for Potboiler. They have also written and are producing “LITTLE RED CAR” a Parisian female buddy thriller, “THE BRAZILIAN JOB”, (sequel to ‘The Italian Job”) for Paramount and “ANTHROPOLOGY” for ImageNation. Their original mafia thriller “CORSICA ‘72” will be directed next year by Chan-wook Park.
  
  Their latest James Bond film “SKYFALL” has just been released worldwide.
  
  

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  Robert Wade

  Screenwriter

  Neal Purvis and Robert Wade had their first success in 1991 with the screenplay of the controversial screen drama LET HIM HAVE IT.
  
  They have since worked in a variety of genres with screenplays such as THE WASP FACTORY, an adaptation of Iain Banks' novel and PLUNKETT & MACLEANE, starring Robert Carlyle and Liv Tyler.
  
  Between writing Bond films THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH and DIE ANOTHER DAY, they worked on THE ITALIAN JOB starring Mark Wahlberg and JOHNNY ENGLISH.
  For “CASINO ROYALE” they received two BAFTA nominations. They then co-wrote “QUANTUM OF SOLACE”, before adapting John le Carré’s “THE MISSION SONG” for Potboiler. They have also written and are producing “LITTLE RED CAR” a Parisian female buddy thriller, “THE BRAZILIAN JOB”, (sequel to ‘The Italian Job”) for Paramount and “ANTHROPOLOGY” for ImageNation. Their original mafia thriller “CORSICA ‘72” will be directed next year by Chan-wook Park.
  
  Their latest James Bond film “SKYFALL” has just been released worldwide.
  
  

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