Billy Ray (Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter & Director) on The Hunger Games, Great Characters, and the Craft of Storytelling
Send Kevin a Text Message Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and director Billy Ray joins host Kevin Goetz for a wide-ranging conversation about what makes stories work and why emotion, character, and integrity sit at the center of great screenwriting. Ray's credits include Captain Phillips, The Hunger Games, Shattered Glass, Richard Jewell, State of Play, Breach, and Flightplan. He discusses the lessons he learned from writers and films that shaped him, the discipline that has sustained hi...
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