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On the Making of Matilda
Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 12:00pm CDT
The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom
The beloved family classic Matilda has endured for decades. Join the husband and wife writing duo captured Roald Dahl's whimsical world and brought it to life on the big screen. 
Moderators
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Greg Garrett

AFF moderator; author; Professor, Baylor University
Greg Garrett has been a panelist and moderator at the Austin Film Festival for more than fifteen years. At the Festival, he has interviewed luminaries such as Lawrence Kasdan, James Hart, Peter Hedges, and Damon Lindelof, and led dozens of conversations on craft, genre, adaptation... Read More →
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Robin Swicord

2024 Recipient of the Bill Wittliff Award for Screenwriting
Robin Swicord is primarily known for her work as a screenwriter for Memoirs Of A Geisha (Satellite Award for best screenplay); the 1994 Little Women (Writers Guild award nomination, Satellite award); Matilda (with her husband Nicholas Kazan); and the cult comedy Shag; The Perez Family... Read More →
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Nicholas Kazan

writer Matilda, Reversal of Fortune, At Close Range, Bicentennial Man, Fallen
Nick is a playwright and screenwriter. Screen credits include Frances (co-author), At Close Range, Matilda (written with his wife, Robin Swicord), Reversal of Fortune (Academy Award nomination), Fallen, Bicentennial Man, and Enough. Dream Lover, which he wrote and directed, was called... Read More →
Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 12:00pm CDT
The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel Capital Ballroom 701 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701, USA
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