Kenneth Longeran, writer-director of Manchester by The Sea, offers insights on his process and collaboration and shares advice for aspiring screenwriters.

Kenneth Longergan’s stories are predominantly engaging character-driven dramas that explore the minutiae of the human condition and its many challenges and complexities, in such an intuitive way that they can’t fail to sympathetically connect with an audience. Often provocative, always sensitive, his films rarely offer easy answers, they simply provide a profound and poetic glimpse into the lives of everyday characters. Born in New York, Lonergan originally tasted success on the stage, writing shows that would perform both off and on Broadway. His first film script was for Analyze This (1999), before deciding to both pen and direct his next feature, You Can Count on Me (2000). It turned out to be a wise decision, with the script earning him both Oscar and Golden Globe nominations.

Margaret, about a young woman (Anna Paquin) who witnesses a bus accident and must deal with the consequences, was completed in 2007 but became mired in distribution hell. When it was eventually released in 2011, it garnered great reviews and more awards recognition. Sandwiched in between these two, he wrote The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000) and worked on Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York (2002), the latter collecting both BAFTA and Oscar nods, with fellow writers Jay Cocks and Steven Zaillian.

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Kuro - Em(ASET).2018

Bicinium tratto dalla Colonna Sonora di "The Heart of the Matter" di Emilio Seri.
Testo di Dante Alighieri "Tanto Gentile e Tanto Onesta Pare"
Composto da Emilio Seri
Tenore: Emilio Seri
Basso: Matteo Gobbini
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The Heart of the Matter Soundtrack

"Tanto Gentile E Tanto Onesta Pare" Bicinium di Emilio Seri

Celeste by Ralph Towner
Miriam Fornari: Piano, Arrangiamento, Back voices
Alessandra Diodati: Voce&Lyrics
Dienda by Kenny Kirkland
Miriam Fornari: Piano, Back voices
Alessandra Diodati: Voce

Celeste+Dienda

Written by Alessandra Diodati
Miriam Fornari: Piano&Synth
Alessandra Diodati: Voce

Last Time In Siena

Jacopo Ferrazza: Basso 
Alessandra Diodati: Voce

My Ideal

Emilio

Curva Nord

Viola

Rido di Gennaio

Rido Di Gennaio

I am a filmmaker and composer born in Perugia (Italy).
I started playing the piano when I was 7 and I clearly remember liking its sound more when it was brand new and still out of tune.  During high school I played the keyboard in an indie rock band called “Fuori Dagli Schemi” and in a progressive rock band called “Faust & Margherita” whose objective was to compose a rock opera about a king living in an imaginary kingdom.  Successively, I started singing as a Tenor in the school choir and eventually became First Tenor in the Vocal Group “Vivae Vocis Concentus” directed by Maestro Franco Radicchia.  I am currently a Tenor in the vocal group “Tritonus”.
As soon as I learnt how to place my hands on the keyboard I started writing my own material and since then composition has been a great outlet to express my deepest feelings.  When I set myself to compose something I get the writer’s block while whenever I don’t have much time or I should be focusing on other things I am usually full of ideas.  But when the inspiration strikes I can stay up all night in order to follow that idea and put it down on the staff.
I compose songs, instrumental music and film scores.

"Tanto Gentile E Tanto Onesta Pare" Bicinium di Emilio Seri

Emilio Seri

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