From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marilyn Horowitz
Marilyn Horowitz
Marilyn Horowitz is an American script doctor, writing Talent Development Scholarship Grant. Horowitz is also
coach, and producer. Horowitz is the founder of the the associate producer on two upcoming feature films,
Horowitz Center for Screenwriting, an industry that trans- “The One” and “Found in Time.”
forms scripts into market-ready screenplays. Horowitz is She won the New York University Award for Teach-
also the creator of the Horowitz System, a writing system ing Excellence in 2004. Horowitz regularly conducts
that proposes a new and effective way. Horowitz is the screenwriting seminars for New York Women in Film and
author of several books that include, “How To Write A Television (NYWIFT), Film and Video Arts, WGA East, In-
Screenplay in 10 Weeks,”[1] “The Four Magic Questions of dependent Feature Project (IFP), HBO and Montage En-
Screenwriting”[2] and the upcoming “How To Sell Your tertainment, and the Lake Placid Film Festival. Horowitz
Screenplay in 30 Days Using New and Social Media.” has also made frequent presentations of her writing sys-
Most screenwriting methods often focus on structure tem at professional conferences that include the Great
and not enough on story. These methods can help you American Pitch Fest and Author 101. Her students in-
write a screenplay but Horowitz teaches what was previ- clude, published novelists, screenwriters and award-win-
ously thought to be “un-teachable”- how to be a better ning filmmakers. Brad Winters, a writer for HBO’s “Oz”
writer. Horowitz shows students how to develop a good is among her former students. Melinda Metz and Sally
concept, create memorable, three-dimensional charac- Mendez are among the novelists she has worked with
ters and craft a well-structured and emotionally satisfy- throughout the years. Marilyn has contributed articles to
ing story. “Screenwriter,”[5] “Hollywood Scriptwriter” and “Script
Magazine.”[6] Horowitz’s most recent writing is featured
in “Now Write!”[7] A screenwriting anthology published
Early Years by Tarcher and Penguin on January 6, 2011.
Marilyn Horowitz was born and raised in New York City.
Horowitz’s love affair with film began when she was 8
Educational Impact
years old. Her father, a General Counsel for Columbia Pic- Horowitz is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the New
tures, would often bring home movies. But it was Jim- York University.[8] She has written six books teaching
my Stewart’s “Mr. Smith Goes To Washington,” that would her method, including books for college, high school and
pique Horowitz’s interest in understanding how to devel- middle school. The college version is a required textbook
op good characters and make a difference through story- at New York University, and two of her books provide the
telling. Horowitz received a B.A. from NYU’s Tisch School text for the “Lights, Camera, Literacy!” program taught
of the Arts, and later went on to make a short film “Night to over a 1,000 children in Maryland’s Montgomery
Hawks At the Diner,” which was screened on Showtime. County Public Schools, which recently received the “Mal-
After years as a struggling writer, Horowitz optioned colm Baldrige National Quality Award” for the outstand-
her first novel and was hired to adapt it. The process of ing performance of a school system.
making the story screen-ready to please producers was
so difficult that she ended up creating her own writing
method, The Horowitz System® [3]
References
[1] How to Write a Screenplay in 10 Weeks ISBN
0979908914 The Amazon, retrieved April 26, 2011
Professional Accomplishments [2] The Four Magic Questions of Screenwriting: How
In 1996, Horowitz co-founded ArtMar Productions,[4] a To Structure Your Screenplay Fast ISBN
screenwriting consulting and education company. Later, 0979908949 The Amazon, retrieved April 26, 2011
ArtMar expanded to include film production and film- [3] About The MH Website, retrieved May 2, 2011
making workshops. The company went on to produce [4] Some Can Do. Some Can Teach. We Can Do Both!
“Caleb’s Door” in 2009 and several short films. Horowitz Art Mar Production, retrieved May 2, 2011
served as the script consultant in 2007 for the Warner [5] Marilyn Horowitz (November 2007). Write A
Bros. film, “And Then Came Love,” starring Vanessa Wil- Treatment - Jumpstart Your Screenwriting Career
liams. She was also the script consultant and associate Movie Outline, retrieved May 2, 2011
producer on 2004’s “The Reawakening,” an independent
feature film produced under the auspices of the ABC New
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marilyn Horowitz
[6] Marilyn Horowitz (Jul-Aug 2004). Working Villain • Official Website
First: 10 Ways to Create Fascinating Villains Art Mar Persondata
Production, retrieved May 2, 2011
Name Marilyn Horowitz
[7] Now Write!: Fiction Writing Exercises from Today’s
Best Writers and Teachers by Sherry Ellis ISBN Alternative names Marilyn Ida Horowitz
1585425222 The Amazon, retrieved September 17, Short description
2011 Date of birth 1957
[8] Faculty The NYU SCPS Website, retrieved December
Place of birth New York City
26, 2011
Date of death
External links Place of death
• Marilyn Horowitz (IMDb) Profile
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Categories:
• Living people
• American screenwriters
• New York University faculty
• People from New York City
• Tisch School of the Arts alumni
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