Andrew Horton is the Jeanne H. Smith Professor of Film and Video Studies at the University of Oklahoma. His many books include Laughing Out Loud: Writing the Comedy-Centered Screenplay (California, 2000), Writing the Character-Centered Screenplay (second edition, California, 2000). He is an award-winning screenwriter who has written for American, Greek, New Zealand, Russian, Hungarian, and Norwegian productions.

• Foreword by Bernard Gordon Acknowledgments Introduction: Drink Locally, Write Globally PART 1. AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY WAYS Chapter 1. Have Laptop and Passport, Will Travel: Personal Takes on Worldwide Screenwriting Chapter 2. The Hollywood Influence on Worldwide Screenwriting and International/Independent Influences on Hollywood Chapter 3. Eight Worldwide Projects Up Close PART 2. A CARNIVAL OF WORLDWIDE SCREENWRITERS Chapter 4. New Zealand: Moving Beyond a National Cinema--Andrea Bosshard Chapter 5. After Naked Men and Wedding Bells: Screenwriting in the United Kingdom in a New Century--Phil Parker Chapter 6. Through a Mythic Lens--Randy Redroad-Snapp Chapter 7. Screenwriting (and Filmmaking) in the Balkans--Slobodan Sijan Chapter 8. American TV Writing: Musings of a Global Storyteller--Karen Hall Chapter 9. Lew Hunter's Worldwide Screenwriting 434--Lew Hunter Chapter 10. Building a Screenplay: A Five-Act Paradigm, or, What Syd Field Didn't Tell You--Rachid Nougmanov Chapter 11. "I Want Movies to Surprise, Stimulate, and Shock Audiences": An Interview with Terry Gilliam--Andrew Horton Fade Out: Conclusions, New Beginnings Appendix 1. Print Resources Appendix 2. The Internet and Screenwriting: FADEIN.com Appendix 3. Americans Reaching Out Appendix 4. Hooking into Hollywood and Beyond from Overseas Appendix 5. Finding an Agent, Producer, or Guardian Angel Appendix 6. A Recipe for Worldwide Salmon Out of Water Bibliography List of Contributors Index