Welcome back, Everyone! This week I am delighted to be featuring, author, filmmaker, and screenwriter, Burt Weissbourd. Burt began a finance program at the Northwestern University Graduate School of Business but left to start his own film production company in Los Angeles. He managed that company from 1977 until 1986, producing films including "Ghost Story" starring Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, John Houseman, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Patricia Neal, and "Raggedy Man" starring Sissy Spacek and Sam Shepard, which The New York Times called "a movie of sweet, low-keyed charm." In 1987, he founded an investment business, which he still runs today.
Today Burt and I discuss Burt’s path to being an author and producer, what it was like to develop screenplays with “Robert Redford, Lily Tomlin, Goldie Hawn, Sally Field, and Jill Clayburg…and even Al Pacino, and..keeping your kids grounded amidst a lot of wealth & much more!
Remember, if you’d like to be featured on an episode, feel free to send a message below, or on any of my social media platforms. Have a great week, and see you next Thursday!
Shownotes:
[04:25] Meet Burt Weissbourd!
[04:30] From Business School to Filmmaker
[07:55] The Process of Developing Screenplays: Al Pacino & Diane Keaton
[08:14] Being Character Driven in Filmmaking
[08:37] Writing Novels or Directing Movies?
[17:40] Building Strong Roles for Women in Films
[17:50] Burt’s Influences: Jane Fonda in Klute
[18:52] From L.A to Bainbridge Island
[22:56] Writing a Novel: No Creative Constraints & More Complexity
[25:36] Paying Screenwriters More: Good? Bad?
[32:39] Thrill of Writing Stories
[33:41] Writing What You Know
[41:29] The Meaning of Where You Live
[42:20] Moving to NYC As A Serious Writer
[51:02] Conclusion: Read Burt’s Inside Passage Now
Burt's Socials:
Website: https://burtweissbourd.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/burtweissbourd/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Weissbourd
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weissbourd/
Scott’s Socials:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpvGlN5DqsOo7x6ZKj3YRWw/featured
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottharrisnyc/
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrisresidential/
Website: https://scottharris.net/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottieharris/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HarrisResiTeam
