About Me
“Music remains one of my most reliable inspirations for story, and I strive to find the same complexity, rhythms and lyrical clarity in my writing as any great Dylan or Mozart piece might have.”
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Six years ago I decided to give screenwriting a shot. It seemed like a natural metamorphosis from fiction and poetry, while keeping the best of both: writing visually and embracing brevity.
The biggest challenge was ‘de-novelizing’ the writing style. A screenplay isn’t something one reads by the fire with a glass of wine (though I highly recommend it). It’s a working document that gets a crew out of bed at four in the morning to assemble a sequence of moving images. I had to come to grips with that first and foremost.
To date, I have written over 200 short and feature screenplays, and have had several short films produced. There are currently a number of short and feature films in production or pre-production for 2010 and beyond
Over these six years, I have had the pleasure and gratitude to write for filmmakers all over the world, from Nepal, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Singapore, India and China, to Latvia, Lithuania, Canada, United States, Ireland, England, Australia, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Romania, and The Republic of Georgia.
In addition to writing cross-cultural films, I also write strong roles for children, with an emphasis on exploring the darker sides of childhood, and strong lead and supporting roles for women, with an emphasis on the dichotomies of being fem.
You can peruse numerous samples of my short and feature work on this site.
Feel free to contact me at alexwhitmer@gmail.com to discuss your projects.
A few favorite, award-winning (or nominated) films
The Scent of a Woman – Al Pacino
Dead Poets Society – Robin Williams
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge – Halle Berry
Amelie – Audrey Tautou
A Beautiful Mind – Russell Crowe
As Good as it Gets – Jack Nicolson and Helen Hunt
On Golden Pond – Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn
To Kill a Mockingbird – Gregory Peck
Silence of the Lambs – Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster
In the Time of the Butterflies – Selma Hayek
Jerry Maguire – Cuba Gooding
Cold Mountain – Renèe Zellweger
Brokeback Mountain – Heath Ledger
The Last Samurai – Ken Watanabe
Red Corner – Ling Bai
Erin Brockovich – Julia Roberts
Rain Man – Dustin Hoffman
Million Dollar Baby – Morgan Freeman and Hillary Swank
And anything Kubrick!
Alex, good to see ya here! thanx for your picture.
Hi, my pseudonym is Lea Stone. I am a fourteen year old writer, and have been writing since I was three. I have been writing serious stuff since I was ten. I am currently working on a series (not in the typical sense) of books.
I don’t know if you’d be interested in all at helping critique my work. I mean, if you can’t or don’t want to, it’s fine, but you seem to have some really great writing stuff on here. Like How to Describe Space-that’s a good one. I think I’m really progressing well as far as developing real characters, but I’m a bit shaky with description and fight scenes, and I need to develop those oh so much.
Be happy to look at your work. Email me dirrectly at
alexwhitmer@yahoo.com
Thanx for stopping by!
Alex
Really nice site you have here. I’ve been reading for a while but this post made me want to say 2 thumbs up. Keep up the great work
All Total Network Security said this on October 12, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Great site and good job… Keep on keeping on….Sky is the limit.. Stay blessed bruv..
I have to say.. your much taller then i imagined
Anyways thanks for putting Ashtyn on your page and helping me out with all the questions I have and being so kind to my children. I am very humbled to have met you.
Amazing that you’ve written 200 screenplays. That’s a lot!
Happy Thanksgiving! Hope to hear from you soon!
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