Interview: Julia Hart (2012 Black List)

Julia Hart’s original screenplay “The Keeping Room” put her on the Black List in 2012. The movie is in pre-production starring Olivia Wilde, Hailee Steinfeld, and Nicole Beharie, directed by Daniel Barber. In addition, Hart’s screenplay “Miss Stevens” recently landed Anna Faris to star and Ellen Page to direct. Plus Hart is adapting the Jamie McGuire novel “Beautiful Disaster” for Warner Bros.

Here are links to the six installments of my interview with Julia:

Part 1: “If you really believe in it despite what conventional wisdom says, just write it.”

Part 2: “I deeply love women and in this type of movie, in an active thriller, the intimate complexity of female relationships is rarely explored.”

Part 3: “The first draft was 65 pages. I was like, ‘I think I’m done, but this is really [laughs] short.’”

Part 4: “I think the one thread thus far is that they all have complex female protagonists. I love writing about them. I love figuring out what they do and what they say.”

Part 5: “Character development for me is all through dialogue. I think about the idea of who this person is, what their job is, where they live, what they look like… figuring out what they say and how they say it.”

Part 6: “Story is ultimately innate. And being aware of what’s innate, I think it’s so important when it comes to writing.”

Julia is repped by WME and Anonymous Content.

Thanks, Julia, for the interview. We look forward to tracking the progress of your unfolding screenwriting career!

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