Robert McKee

Robert McKee (born 1941), is a creative writing instructor who is widely known for his popular "Story Seminar", which he developed when he was a professor at the University of Southern California. McKee is the author of a "screenwriters' bible" called Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting. Online, McKee has a blog and a writers' resource website called "Storylogue".

McKee's "Story Seminar" runs twice yearly in New York, Los Angeles, and London, and about once yearly in other major cities worldwide including Amsterdam, Beijing, Mumbai, Paris, and Rio de Janeiro. The seminar covers how story fits the human mind, from the philosophical to the structural. McKee's one-day "Genre Seminars", often held 5 days in a row, delve into the conventions of the Thriller, the Comedy, the Love Story, the Action Story, and Television.

Rather than simply handling "mechanical" aspects of fiction technique such as plot or dialogue taken individually, McKee examines the narrative structure of a work and what makes a story compelling or not. This could work equally as well as an analysis of any other genre or form of narrative, whether in screenplay or any other form, and could also encompass nonfiction works as long as they attempt to "tell a story".

Robert

The name Robert is a Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic *χrōþi- "fame" and *berχta- "bright". Compare Old Dutch Robrecht and Old High German Hrodebert (a compound of hruod "fame, glory" and berht "bright"). It is also in use as a surname.

After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form Robert, where an Old English cognate form (Hrēodbēorht, Hrodberht, Hrēodbēorð, Hrœdbœrð, Hrœdberð) had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto.

Similar to the name, Richard, "Robert" is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be used as a French, Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian name as well.

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Robert, and also the name Joseph, were in the top 10 most given boys' names in the US for 47 years, from 1925 to 1972.

In Italy during the Second World War, the form of the name, Roberto, briefly acquired a new meaning derived from, and referring to the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis.

Television program

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A television program is a segment of content intended for broadcast on vision, other than a commercial, trailer, or any other segment of content not serving as attraction for viewership. It may be a single production, or more commonly, a series of related productions (also called a television series).

A television series that is intended to comprise a limited number of episodes may be called a miniseries or serial. Series without a fixed length are usually divided into seasons or series, yearly or semiannual sets of new episodes. While there is no defined length, US industry practice tends to favor longer seasons than those of some other countries.

A one-time broadcast may be called a "special," or particularly in the UK a "special episode." A television film ("made-for-TV movie" or "television movie"), is a film that is initially broadcast on television rather than released in theaters or direct-to-video.

A program can be either recorded, as on video tape, other various electronic media forms, played with an on-demand player or viewed on live television.

'Robert Mckee' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Adaptation. (2002)

Actors: Ron Livingston (actor), Peter Jason (actor), Gary Farmer (actor), Doug Jones (actor), Gregory Itzin (actor), Curtis Hanson (actor), Spike Jonze (actor), Chris Cooper (actor), Nicolas Cage (actor), Brian Cox (actor), Nicolas Cage (actor), John Cusack (actor), Curt Clendenin (actor), Jim Beaver (actor), John Malkovich (actor),

Plot: While his latest movie _Being John Malkovich (1999)_ (qv) is in production, screenwriter 'Charlie Kaufman' (qv) is hired by Valerie Thomas to adapt 'Susan Orlean' (qv)'s non-fiction book "The Orchid Thief" for the screen. Thomas bought the movie rights before Orlean wrote the book, when it was only an article in The New Yorker. The book details the story of rare orchid hunter John Laroche, whose passion for orchids and horticulture made Orlean discover passion and beauty for the first time in her life. Charlie wants to be faithful to the book in his adaptation, but despite Laroche himself being an interesting character in his own right, Charlie is having difficulty finding enough material in Laroche to fill a movie, while equally not having enough to say cinematically about the beauty of orchids. At the same time, Charlie is going through other issues in his life. His insecurity as a person doesn't allow him to act upon his feelings for Amelia Kavan, who is interested in him as a man. And Charlie's twin brother, pretentious 'Donald Kaufman (I)' (qv), has moved into his house with a goal of also becoming a screenwriter. Despite not admiring Donald as a screenwriter, Charlie asks for his advice. Together, they feel that there is some interesting subtext in the book on which Orlean herself can only elaborate, if only Charlie has the nerve to talk to her. If she can't or won't elaborate, they may have to find out the meaning of that subtext on their own.

Keywords: actor-playing-multiple-roles, alienation, alligator, alligator-attack, author, bad-back, bad-english, based-on-novel, bee, behind-the-scenes
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama,
Taglines: From the creator of Being John Malkovich, comes the story about the creator of Being John Malkovich. Charlie Kaufman writes the way he lives... With Great Difficulty. His Twin Brother Donald Lives the way he writes... with foolish abandon. Susan writes about life... But can't live it. John's life is a book... Waiting to be adapted. One story... Four Lives... A million ways it can end.

Quotes:

Susan Orlean: What I came to understand is that change is not a choice. Not for a species of plant, and not for me.

Charlie Kaufman: Today is the first day of the rest of my life

John Laroche: Who's gonna play me?::Susan Orlean: Well, I've gotta write the book first, John. Then, you know, they get somebody to write the screenplay.::John Laroche: Hey, I think I should play me.

[last lines]::Charlie Kaufman: I have to go right home. I know how to finish the script now. It ends with Kaufman driving home after his lunch with Amelia, thinking he knows how to finish the script. Shit, that's voice-over. McKee would not approve. How else can I show his thoughts? I don't know. Oh, who cares what McKee says? It feels right. Conclusive. I wonder who's gonna play me. Someone not too fat. I liked that Gerard Depardieu, but can he not do the accent? Anyway, it's done. And that's something. So: "Kaufman drives off from his encounter with Amelia, filled for the first time with hope." I like this. This is good.

Charlie Kaufman: There was this time in high school. I was watching you out the library window. You were talking to Sarah Marsh.::Donald Kaufman: Oh, God. I was so in love with her.::Charlie Kaufman: I know. And you were flirting with her. And she was being really sweet to you.::Donald Kaufman: I remember that.::Charlie Kaufman: Then, when you walked away, she started making fun of you with Kim Canetti. And it was like they were laughing at *me*. You didn't know at all. You seemed so happy.::Donald Kaufman: I knew. I heard them.::Charlie Kaufman: How come you looked so happy?::Donald Kaufman: I loved Sarah, Charles. It was mine, that love. I owned it. Even Sarah didn't have the right to take it away. I can love whoever I want.::Charlie Kaufman: But she thought you were pathetic.::Donald Kaufman: That was her business, not mine. You are what you love, not what loves you. That's what I decided a long time ago.::Donald Kaufman: Whats up?::Charlie Kaufman: Thank you.::Donald Kaufman: For what?

John Laroche: [about himself] The smartest guy I know, huh?

Susan Orlean: I suppose I do have one unembarrassed passion. I want to know what it feels like to care about something passionately.

Valerie Thomas: I guess we thought that maybe Susan Orlean and Leroche could fall in love, and...::Charlie Kaufman: Okay. But, I'm saying, it's like, I don't want to cram in sex or guns or car chases, you know... or characters, you know, learning profound life lessons or growing or coming to like each other or overcoming obstacles to succeed in the end, you know. I mean... The book isn't like that, and life isn't like that. You know, it just isn't. And... I feel very strongly about this.

Charlie Kaufman: The script I'm starting, it's about flowers. Nobody's ever done a movie about flowers before. So, so there are no guidelines...::Donald Kaufman: What about "Flowers for Algernon"?::Charlie Kaufman: Well, that's not about flowers. And it's not a movie.::Donald Kaufman: Ok, I'm sorry, I never saw it.

Charlie Kaufman: To begin... To begin... How to start? I'm hungry. I should get coffee. Coffee would help me think. Maybe I should write something first, then reward myself with coffee. Coffee and a muffin. Okay, so I need to establish the themes. Maybe a banana-nut. That's a good muffin.

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Play in Full Screen Madness

2015, role: writer
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2015, role: producer
Play in Full Screen Made in Hollywood

2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2009, role: actor
Play in Full Screen Barbie as the Island Princess

2007, role: miscellaneous crew
Play in Full Screen Greatest Ever Romantic Movies

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses

2006, role: miscellaneous crew
Play in Full Screen Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper

2004, role: miscellaneous crew
Play in Full Screen The 100 Greatest Films

2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen 20 Dates

1998, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Abraham

1993, role: writer
Play in Full Screen Mrs. Columbo

1979, role: writer

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Play in Full Screen The King of Kings

1927, role: actor , character name: Roman Soldier
Play in Full Screen Are Blonde Men Bashful?

1924, role: actor

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Play in Full Screen Boy.Girl.Drum

2012, role: actor , character name: King

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'Robert Mckee' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Adaptation. (2002)

Quotes:

McKee, Robert Filmography

McKee, Robert Filmography

McKee, Robert Filmography

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Big Think Interview With Robert McKee

ROBERT MCKEE - STORY - PART 1/2 | London Real

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CHARACTER EVOLUTION IS ESSENTIAL TO GOOD STORYTELLING | Robert McKee on London Real

GREAT WRITERS ARE FASCINATED BY PEOPLE | Robert McKee on London Real

The McKee-Fields Sessions Part 1: Story Takes Flight

Bad Writers Have Nothing to Say

Robert Mckee - El Guión (Story Seminar)

Big Think Interview With Robert McKee

ROBERT MCKEE - STORY - PART 1/2 | London Real

A Lesson by Robert McKee on 10 traits of faulty dialogue - Part 1

Robert McKee's Story Seminar - The Setting

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The McKee-Fields Sessions Part 1: Story Takes Flight

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Robert Mckee - El Guión (Story Seminar)

Big Think Interview With Robert McKee

The McKee-Fields Sessions Part 1: Story Takes Flight

Robert Mckee on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

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