NICK KAZAN - Writer
4/22/20261 hr 4 min
SEASON 2 - EPISODE 188 - Nick Kazan - Writer
In this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast, we speak with writer Nick Kazan (BICENTENNIAL MAN, MATILDA, DREAM LOVER). Nick has been writing professionally for decades, and we spend much of our conversation with him discussing what he finds to work and not work in a screenplay. Nick also shares his relationship to a script after it's entered production, and we discuss how changes made during production can enhance a scene. We also learn how he's balanced writing spec scripts with assignments, what his opinion of the three act structure is, what he needs to know before he begins writing, and when he recognizes his writing is working. Nick also shares how a Harold Pinter play inspired him to begin writing in the first place, and we learn how he's been chasing the experience of writing for the very first time ever since. Plus, Nick reveals why he didn't leverage his the reputation of his father (director Elia Kazan) to build his own career, and we ask Nick: "What makes a good writer?"
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This episode is sponsored by Aputure
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First 90 secondsJames Deakins· Host0:00
[instrumental music] Hi, and welcome to season two of the Team Deakins Podcast, a collection of informal conversations between Roger and James Deakins and a guest. We never know where the conversation will take us, so listen in and see where it goes. [instrumental music] This episode is sponsored by Aputure and its new Storm XT52, the industry's most powerful LED point source light. Brighter than a 6K HMI and powered by Aputure's revolutionary Blair Light engine, the Storm XT52 is both a tunable white light and also the brightest ever adjustable color LED. Storm XT52, unrivaled output only from Aputure. [instrumental music] Today we're speaking with a writer. His credits include Reversal of Fortune, Matilda, Fallen, and Bicentennial Man. We're pleased to welcome Nick Kazan. Nick, thank you for doing this.
Speaker 1· Host1:09
Hi.
Nick Kazan· Guest1:10
Oh, it's my pleasure.
Speaker 1· Host1:11
Great.
James Deakins· Host1:12
We'd love to start with our first question, which is how did you get to where you are today? Since your father was a director, was it assumed you'd go into the business? What's your story?
Nick Kazan· Guest1:23
No, not, not assumed I don't think. Uh, my mother was a writer,