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Gordy Hoffman\'s \\xa0first produced feature screenplay, Love Liza, won the prestigious Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award when it premiered at Sundance. The film also featured a memorable performance from his brother, Philip Seymour Hoffman, his first starring role in a film.\\xa0
Dog Bowl, a short film that Gordy wrote and directed, also premiered at Sundance, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. Gordy has also taught writing at prominent film institutions around the country including USC and UCLA. His background as an accomplished working writer gives his BlueCat Screenplay Competition some credibility, as does BlueCat\'s 20 year history of discovering and developing writers who gone on to find success in Hollywood.
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I had a number of takeaways from the conversation and things I wanted to expand upon, so I recorded my commentary as a separate track, which you can hear below or next in the podcast feed.
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If you\'d like to hear another thoughtful conservation about screenwriting and story development, you might appreciate this\\xa0interview with Golden Globe-winning producer Lindsay Doran, who helped develop icon films\\xa0This Is Spinal Tap, Ferris Bueller\\u2019s Day Off, and Ghost.
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Music for the show provided by Rob Costlow.
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