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For other people named Alex Epstein, see Alex Epstein.

Alex Epstein (born January 26, 1963) is a dual citizen American Canadian writer, film producer, director, and educator.

Career

Alex Epstein began his writing career as an author of short stories for literary magazines.[1] In Hollywood, he worked as a development executive for independent films, including with his own and Angelique Gulermovich Epstein's company Muse of Fire, and as a vice-president of Blue Rider Pictures.[1][2] His first film writing credit was for 1994's Warriors.

In Montreal, he co-created and co-wrote the comedy television series Naked Josh and co-wrote the buddy cop crime film Bon Cop, Bad Cop.[3] He was head writer (executive story editor) for the second half of the sci-fi series Charlie Jade with writer credit on three episodes.[4][5] He has also written and directed several short films,[6][7][8] and wrote young adult historical fantasy novel The Circle Cast: The Lost Years of Morgan le Fay.[9]

Epstein has worked in the video game industry as the story and voice director of Contrast by Compulsion Games.[10] For Spearhead Games' Stories: The Path of Destinies, he was brought in to assist with the branching storylines and to add humor.[11] He returned to work for Compulsion Games as the narrative director of We Happy Few.[12]

Selected writing credits

Awards

He was part of the writing team along with Patrick Huard, Leila Bason and Kevin Tierney that was nominated for the Prix Iris (Best Screenplay)[14] and won the Canadian Comedy Award (Best Writing) for Bon Cop, Bad Cop in 2007.[15] Naked Josh which he co-wrote with Laura Kosterski and the short film Role Play which he co-wrote with Lisa Hunter, have been nominated for the WGC Screenwriting Awards in 2005, 2006, and 2014.[16] The Circle Cast was shortlisted for the Quebec Writers' Federation Awards (QWF Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature) in 2011.[17]

Education

In addition, Epstein is also a screenwriting teacher. Crafty Screenwriting: Writing Movies That Get Made, published in 2002, is a screenwriting manual for feature films, derived from his career in development. In 2006, he wrote Crafty TV Writing: Thinking Inside the Box, focusing on his experiences in television and guiding writers in creating series and pilots. He also has a tie-in blog, "Complications Ensue".[18][19]

Personal life

Raised in New York, Epstein graduated from the Yale in 1985 in Computer Science and English and has lived in France for a year. Afterwards he graduated from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and has worked in Los Angeles for a decade, before eventually moving to Montreal, Canada.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Press, Skip (1998-10-28). Writer's Guide to Hollywood Producers, Directors, and Screenwriter's Agents, 1999-2000. Prima Pub. ISBN 9780761514848.
  2. ^ "Exec Shuffle". Variety. 1997-05-30. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  3. ^ "Breaking into Television: My Interview with Alex Epstein | WritersDigest.com". WritersDigest.com. 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  4. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Charlie Jade Headwriter Alex Epstein". www.popcritics.com. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  5. ^ "About the Podcast : Charlie Jade Verse". www.charliejade.net. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  6. ^ "You Are So Undead | National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI)". National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI). 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  7. ^ "Interview with Lisa Hunter and Alex Epstein about "You Are So Undead"". David "The hammer" Martel. 2011-06-20. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  8. ^ "Tartine". National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI). 2013-05-31. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  9. ^ "The Circle Cast by Alex Epstein — book review". The British Fantasy Society. 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  10. ^ "About Us". Compulsion Games. 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  11. ^ Allen, Eric Van (8 December 2015). "Taking the road less travelled with Stories: Path of Destinies – GAMING TREND". gamingtrend.com. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  12. ^ "We Happy Few's dystopia is held together by drugs and denial". Engadget. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  13. ^ Valdes, Giancarlo (2018-06-22). "The Evolution of 'We Happy Few' From Survival Sim to Story-Driven Adventure". Variety. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  14. ^ Ramond, Charles-Henri (December 26, 2008). "Prix Jutra 2007: récapitulatif". Films du Québec (in French). Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  15. ^ "Nominations & Awards Archives | Canadian Comedy Awards". www.canadiancomedyawards.org. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  16. ^ "Artists - ALEX EPSTEIN - Omada". www.omada.ca. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  17. ^ "Governor General and QWF Literary Awards: the 2011 finalists - Hour Community". hour.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  18. ^ "Complications Ensue: The Crafty Game, TV and Screenwriting Blog". complicationsensue.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  19. ^ "Read Your Way To Success: The Best Screenwriting Blogs". Student Resources. 2014-06-03. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
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