Brian Helgeland: 2012 BAFTA Screenwriters’ Lecture

On Sunday 29 September, Tony Gilroy (The Bourne Series, Michael Clayton), gave a fascinating screenwriting lecture at BFI Southbank, where he revealed how he changed from a music to a writing career, the importance of carefully editing your work and the relationship between writing and directing.

View photos from Scott Frank's BAFTA Screenwriters on Screenwriting lecture at BFI Southbank on Wednesday 26 September.

William Nicholson is one of today's most successful scriptwriters yet it was almost by accident that he moved into writing for screen. Early in his career, earned the writer both a BAFTA award and an Oscar nomination, thrusting him on to the world stage.