On Screen Writing

Edward Dmytryk (1908-1999) was an Oscar-nominated American filmmaker, educator, and writer. Over an acclaimed forty-year filmmaking career, Dmytryk directed over fifty award-winning films, including Crossfire (1947), The Caine Mutiny (1954), Raintree County (1957), and The Young Lions (1958). Entering academic in the 1970s, Dmytryk lectured on both film and directing, first at the University of Texas at Austin and later at the University of Southern California. He is the author of several classic books on the art of filmmaking, including On Film Editing, On Screen Directing, On Screen Writing, On Screen Acting, and Cinema: Concept & Practice, all published by Focal Press/Routledge. Mick Hurbis-Cherrier (contributor) is a working screenwriter and filmmaker and has been a professor of screenwriting and film production for many years. He has taught at New York University, The University of Michigan, and is currently at Hunter College of the City University of New York. He is the author of Voice & Vision: A Creative Approach to Narrative Filmmaking, the co-author of Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics, 5th Edition (with Michael Rabiger), and a contributing author for Documentary Voice & Vision: A Creative Approach to Non-Fiction Media Production, all published by Focal Press/Routledge.

Edward Dmytryk: A Short Biography

Introduction by Mick Hurbis-Cherrier






First Steps



In the Beginning . . .



Who?



See How They Grow



Adaptation Continued . . .



The Image Is the Reality



Point, Counterpoint



The Art of Weaving



No Piece Without War



Clearing the Way



The End



The Tag

Filmography of Edward Dmytryk

Chapter Notes by Mick Hurbis-Cherrier

Index