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12/09/2005
Stephen Gaghan
An hour with writer/director Stephen Gaghan about "Syriana"
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An hour conversation with Stephen Gaghan, writer/director of the film "Syriana" which explores America's dependency on Middle Eastern oil. Gaghan also discusses his casting choices for the film and his extraordinary experiences while researching it.


Stephen Gaghan
Stephen Gaghan is an Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning American film writer and director. His most acclaimed accomplishment is writing the screenplay for Steven Soderbergh's film "Traffic," for which he won the Academy Award.
In addition to "Traffic," Gaghan has also directed and written the screenplays for "Syriana" (2005) and "Abandon" (2002). Other writing credits include "Havoc" (2005), "The Alamo" (2004) and "Rules of Engagement" (2000), as well as a handful of episodes of various television series.
In his television writing career, he won an Emmy Award for co-writing a "NYPD Blue" episode entitled Where's Swaldo, in 1997. In addition to NYPD Blue, he has also written for "The Practice" and "New York Undercover." His next project is a film adaptation of Malcolm Gladwell's book "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking."
Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Gaghan
Stephen Gaghan is an Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning American film writer and director. His most acclaimed accomplishment is writing the screenplay for Steven Soderbergh's film "Traffic," for which he won the Academy Award.
In addition to "Traffic," Gaghan has also directed and written the screenplays for "Syriana" (2005) and "Abandon" (2002). Other writing credits include "Havoc" (2005), "The Alamo" (2004) and "Rules of Engagement" (2000), as well as a handful of episodes of various television series.
In his television writing career, he won an Emmy Award for co-writing a "NYPD Blue" episode entitled Where's Swaldo, in 1997. In addition to NYPD Blue, he has also written for "The Practice" and "New York Undercover." His next project is a film adaptation of Malcolm Gladwell's book "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking."
Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Gaghan























