Award winning Israeli novelist and film-maker to speak at Dawson College Date:March 24, 2014 Time:4-6 p.m. Room :4C.1 Israel and Hollywood Ron Leshem, award-winning novelist and Academy Award nominee, will speak about Israel’s growing relationship with Hollywood over the past 19 years, as well as about his own novel Beaufort, which was the basis for the Oscar-nominated film of the same title. Leshem will also discuss shows like In Treatment and Homeland, both adapted from Israeli television, and how these shows are paving the way for that country’s young TV industry to expand globally. As an executive for one of Israel’s main TV networks, Leshem oversaw the development of Homeland and many other hit shows and is currently developing adaptations for his own shows as a writer for NBC Universal. He will share his thoughts on what makes a format universal, how to transfer a show to a foreign audience, and what everyone is looking for as “the next big hit!” Ron Leshem is an Academy-award nominated screenwriter and the winner of the Sapir Prize, Israel’s top literary award.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:12:47 +0000
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