matthew cooper script writer – Page 24 – Script writer for hire and UK script consultant

At Close Range

23rd July 2016 @matcoop 0

As a UK script consultant I’ve often written scripts for clients that are based on true life stories. At Close Range from 1986 is a […]

They Live

17th July 2016 @matcoop 0

Stop wait, you mean I’ve never written a blogpost on They Live? Inconceivable, how did I overlook that? They Live was made back in 1988, […]

Trumbo

16th July 2016 @matcoop 0

Trumbo is a great film for writers and especially screenwriters. Following the later life of one of America’s greatest script writers for hire the film […]

My top five Walter Hill movies

12th July 2016 @matcoop 0

I’m a massive fan of the American writer/director Walter Hill. Here’s my top five movies by this cult auteur. To clarify, these are films that […]

Drugstore Cowboy

9th July 2016 @matcoop 0

In London Kills Me, a film set in the 90s about British druggies one of them comments that ‘druggies are boring, all the do is […]

Boogie Nights

2nd July 2016 @matcoop 0

When I first went to see Boogie Nights I expected something exploitive and titillating. I think half of the people in the cinema did. I’d […]

The American Friend aka Der amerikanische Freund

1st July 2016 @matcoop 0

I grew up watching The American Friend. I loved it, I loved the slowness, the stillness and the amazing photography. I liked the performances and […]

Sober

25th June 2016 @matcoop 0

In 1997/98 I wrote a script called Sober. Sober was the tale of two friends – one was a hard working young father; the other […]

Cellar Dweller

19th June 2016 @matcoop 0

As a UK script consultant I get a lot of work from low budget filmmakers who usually want me to look over their scripts for […]

What Mat did next!

18th June 2016 @matcoop 0

I’m just back from a great Holiday in Greece and ready to crack on with some script writing, filmmaking and blogging (I’ve also got an […]