FRANCIS VEBER et STEVE KAPLAN

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Presented by Screen Australia, in association with MIFF 37ºSouth Market, Accelerator and Sue Maslin/Film Art Media, this in conversation event was held on 6 August 2011 in Melbourne.

Oscar-nominated writer and director Francis Veber ('The Dinner Game', 'The Closet' and 'La Cage Aux Folles') speaks with comedy expert Steve Kaplan (a consultant and script doctor to some of the biggest names in the business such as DreamWorks, Disney, HBO, Paramount and Touchstone) about the art of mastering comedy.

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 Francis Veber (The Man with One Red Shoe, La cage aux folles) describes his encounter with his idol, Billy Wilder, and the most important thing he's learned about screenwriting. Veber's comments were recorded at the Writers Guild Foundation's event "Writers on Writing."