"Memento," which came next, was a critical smash, and with Steven Soderbergh's endorsement, he landed his first studio assignment: directing Al Pacino and Hilary Swank in "Insomnia" (2002) on a $50 million budget.
Not just because it is rare in the age-obsessed movie industry for a 69-year-old director to score a major studio assignment, but also because Mr. Friedkin would be making yet another movie at the studio where his wife, Sherry Lansing, is the chairwoman.
But back to the studio, and assignments -- specifically, one that took him off West 37th Street.
He builds Raymond's costumes in a cluttered Manhattan studio between assignments for Broadway shows and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Such a gift will make your spec scripts shine brighter than the rest, thanks to an entertaining and engaging read, and will increase your chances of being considered for key studio writing assignments.
Subsequent chapters focus on studio processes, assignment contents, pedagogical and tutorial achievements.
AOL is trying to achieve this goal by employing its own journalists (more than 500 on staff, thousands on contract), and filling in the rest with crowdsourced articles and videos through its Seed and Studio Now story assignment platforms.
When Lucy Fisher ran Sony's Columbia Pictures in the 1990's, there was grumbling because her husband, the producer Douglas Wick, had a deal with the studio and multiple producing assignments there.
You can see that in back-to-back assignments, mastering studio interviewing, something she hadn't done before the 7 30 hosting role, and then immediately launching into a demanding three-part political documentary series.
