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'''Malia Scotch Marmo''' is an [[United States|American]] [[screenwriter]] and teacher, best known for writing [[Lasse Hallstrom]]'s ''[[Once Around]]'' and [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Hook (film)|Hook]].'' Most recently, Scotch Marmo collaborated with Pakistani filmmaker [[Sabiha Sumar]] on ''[[Good Morning Karachi]]''. Scotch Marmo also teaches screenwriting and, through the [[Sundance Institute]] and other organizations, mentors aspiring filmmakers.
'''Malia Scotch Marmo''' (born May 4, 1955) is an American [[screenwriter]] and teacher, best known for writing [[Lasse Hallstrom]]'s ''[[Once Around]]'' and [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Hook (film)|Hook]].'' Scotch Marmo also collaborated with novelist [[Soman Chainani]] in adapting ''[[The School for Good and Evil (film)|The School for Good and Evil]]'', a [[Netflix]] production directed by [[Paul Feig]]. Scotch Marmo also teaches screenwriting and, through the [[Sundance Institute]] and other organizations, mentors aspiring filmmakers.


In 2012, Scotch Marmo received the [[Andrew Sarris]] award, which honors outstanding service and artistic achievement by distinguished Columbia Film Program alumni.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.filmlinc.com/press/entry/columbia-university-film-festival-celebrates-25-years|title = Columbia University Film Festival Celebrates 25 years|date = March 27, 2012|accessdate = |website = Filmlinc|last = |first = }}</ref>
In 2012, Scotch Marmo received the [[Andrew Sarris]] award, which honors outstanding service and artistic achievement by distinguished Columbia Film Program alumni.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.filmlinc.com/press/entry/columbia-university-film-festival-celebrates-25-years|title = Columbia University Film Festival Celebrates 25 years|date = March 27, 2012|website = Filmlinc}}</ref>


== Early life ==
==Early life==
Scotch Marmo was born and raised in [[Wakefield, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/01/movies/at-the-movies.html|title = At the Movies|last = Van Gelder|first = Lawrence|date = February 1, 1991|work = The New York Times}}</ref> After receiving an associate degree from [[Bunker Hill Community College]],<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.lituanus.org/1993_3/93_3_04.htm|title = The Lithuanian Angle in a Hollywood Movie: An Analysis of 'Once Around'|website = Lituanus: Lithuanian Quarterly Journal of Arts and Sciences|last = Wolkovich-Valkavicius|first = William}}</ref> she went on to earn a bachelor of arts degree as a double major in English Literature and Spanish Language and Literature at [[Boston University]],<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/101338/Malia-Scotch-Marmo/biography|title = Malia Scotch Marmo|accessdate = |newspaper = The New York Times|publisher = New York Times|date = 2019-06-21}}</ref> and her Master of Fine Arts from the [[Columbia University School of the Arts]] in 1988.<ref name="artscolumbia">{{Cite web|url = http://arts.columbia.edu/film/malia-scotch-marmo-0|title = Columbia University School of the Arts Film, Featured Alumni|deadurl = yes|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092907/http://arts.columbia.edu/film/malia-scotch-marmo-0|archivedate = 2015-05-18|df = }}</ref>
Scotch Marmo was born and raised in [[Wakefield, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/01/movies/at-the-movies.html|title = At the Movies|last = Van Gelder|first = Lawrence|date = February 1, 1991|work = The New York Times}}</ref> After receiving an associate degree from [[Bunker Hill Community College]],<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.lituanus.org/1993_3/93_3_04.htm|title = The Lithuanian Angle in a Hollywood Movie: An Analysis of 'Once Around'|website = Lituanus: Lithuanian Quarterly Journal of Arts and Sciences|last = Wolkovich-Valkavicius|first = William}}</ref> she went on to earn a bachelor of arts degree as a double major in English Literature and Spanish Language and Literature at [[Boston University]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Travers|first=Peter|date=1991-01-18|title=Once Around|newspaper=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/once-around-101094/}}</ref> and her Master of Fine Arts from the [[Columbia University School of the Arts]] in 1988.<ref name="artscolumbia">{{Cite web|title=Malia Scotch Marmo|url=https://arts.columbia.edu/profiles/malia-scotch-marmo|access-date=2021-03-07|website=Columbia - School of the Arts|language=en}}</ref> While at Columbia's film school, Scotch Marmo's professors included [[Frank Daniel|Frantisek Daniel]], [[Miloš Forman]], [[Martin Scorsese]], [[Annette Insdorf]], and [[Vojtěch Jasný]].


== Career ==
==Career==
===The 1990s===
===1990s===
While Scotch Marmo was still enrolled in Columbia University's graduate film program, her thesis screenplay was acquired by producers [[Amy Robinson]] and [[Griffin Dunne]]. Robinson and Dunne brought the script to Swedish director Lasse Hallström and, in 1991, ''Once Around'' became his first American film, starring [[Richard Dreyfus]] and [[Holly Hunter]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102590/|title = Once Around|date = |accessdate = |website = IMDB|last = |first = }}</ref> Also while at Columbia, Scotch Marmo directed an award-winning short film entitled ''A Secret Thing.''<ref>{{Cite web|title = Once Around|url = https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/once-around-19910118|last = Travers|first = Peter|publisher = Rolling Stone|date = January 18, 1991}}</ref>
While Scotch Marmo was still enrolled in Columbia University's graduate film program, her thesis screenplay was acquired by producers [[Amy Robinson]] and [[Griffin Dunne]]. Robinson and Dunne brought the script to Swedish director Lasse Hallström and, in 1991, ''Once Around'' became his first American film, starring [[Richard Dreyfus]] and [[Holly Hunter]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102590/|title = Once Around|website = IMDB}}</ref> Also while at Columbia, Scotch Marmo directed an award-winning short film entitled ''A Secret Thing.''<ref name=":0" />


During pre-production for ''Once Around'', Scotch Marmo came to the attention of acclaimed film director Steven Spielberg, who hired her to write ''Hook'', also released in 1991. ''Hook'' starred [[Robin Williams]] as an adult [[Peter Pan]], [[Dustin Hoffman]] as [[Captain Hook]], and [[Julia Roberts]] as [[Tinkerbell]]. Scotch Marmo shared writing credit with [[James V. Hart]] and also served as associate producer on the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102057/?ref_=ttqt_qt_tt|title = Hook|website = IMDB}}</ref> While ''Hook'' was being shot, Scotch Marmo began working on her next Spielberg project, ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', released in 1993. ''Jurassic Park'', which has had four sequels to date, starred [[Sam Neill]], [[Laura Dern]], [[Jeff Goldblum]], and [[Richard Attenborough]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107290/|title = Jurassic Park|date = |accessdate = |website = IMDB|last = |first = }}</ref> Scotch Marmo wrote the second draft of ''Jurassic Park'', between the drafts of novelist [[Michael Crichton]] and [[David Koepp]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/5-versions-of-jurassic-park-you-never-saw-20130611?page=2|title = 5 Versions of 'Jurassic Park' You Never Saw|date = June 11, 2013|accessdate = |website = Indiewire|last = Taylor|first = Drew}}</ref>
During pre-production for ''Once Around'', Scotch Marmo came to the attention of acclaimed film director Steven Spielberg, who hired her to write ''Hook'', also released in 1991. ''Hook'' starred [[Robin Williams]] as an adult [[Peter Pan]], [[Dustin Hoffman]] as [[Captain Hook]], and [[Julia Roberts]] as [[Tinker Bell|Tinkerbell]]. Scotch Marmo shared writing credit with [[James V. Hart]] and also served as associate producer on the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102057/?ref_=ttqt_qt_tt|title = Hook|website = IMDB}}</ref> While ''Hook'' was being shot, Scotch Marmo began working on her next Spielberg project, ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', released in 1993. ''Jurassic Park'', which has had five sequels to date, starred [[Sam Neill]], [[Laura Dern]], [[Jeff Goldblum]], and [[Richard Attenborough]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107290/|title = Jurassic Park|website = IMDB}}</ref> Scotch Marmo wrote the second draft of ''Jurassic Park'', between the drafts of novelist [[Michael Crichton]] and [[David Koepp]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Taylor|first=Drew|date=June 11, 2013|title=5 Versions of 'Jurassic Park' You Never Saw|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2013/06/5-versions-of-jurassic-park-you-never-saw-97110/|website=Indiewire}}</ref>


Scotch Marmo was next recruited to rewrite [[Norman Jewison]]'s ''[[Only You (1994 film)|Only You]]'' while on location in Pittsburgh and Rome.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.ew.com/article/1994/10/28/only-you-love-among-ruins|title = 'Only You': Love Among the Ruins|date = January 17, 2015|accessdate = |website = Entertainment Weekly|last = Hart|first = Marion}}</ref> Released in 1994, ''Only You'' starred [[Robert Downey, Jr.]] and [[Marisa Tomei]] as star-crossed lovers.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110737/|title = Only You|date = |accessdate = |website = IMDB|last = |first = }}</ref> From 1994 to 1997, Scotch Marmo focused on developing two projects that never made it to the screen. For director [[Alfonso Arau]], Scotch Marmo adapted [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/644583.Simple_Prayers Michael Golding's ''Simple Prayers''], a novel set on a small Venetian island in the fourteenth century,<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://variety.com/1994/film/news/prayers-comes-true-in-witt-thomas-buy-118011/|title = 'Prayers' comes true in Witt-Thomas buy|date = February 2, 1994|accessdate = |website = Variety|last = Moerk|first = Christian}}</ref> and for director [[Alfonso Cuaron]], Scotch Marmo re-wrote [[Donald Westlake]]'s ''Love in the Attic'', based on the true story of a 1920s housewife who fell in love with a sewing machine repairman and hid him in the attic while her husband was at home.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://variety.com/1993/film/news/dave-delivers-message-106579/|title = 'Dave' delivers message|date = May 6, 1993|accessdate = |website = Variety|last = Ayscough|first = Suzan}}</ref> Scotch Marmo next adapted [[Ludwig Bemelmans]]' [[Madeline (book series)|Madeline book series]] into ''[[Madeline (1998 film)|Madeline]]''[[Madeline (1998 film)|.]] Scotch Marmo received story credit for the film, which was released in 1998, and was directed by [[Daisy von Scherler Mayer]] and starred [[Frances MacDormand]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123987/|title = Madeline|date = |accessdate = |website = IMDB|last = |first = }}</ref> In 1998, [[Garry Marshall]] brought in Scotch Marmo to do a production rewrite on ''[[The Other Sister]].''<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/176535/The-Other-Sister/details|title = The Other Sister|date = |accessdate = |website = The New York Times|last = |first = }}</ref> Released in 1999, the film starred [[Juliette Lewis]] and [[Diane Keaton]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123209/|title = The Other Sister|date = |accessdate = |website = IMDB|last = |first = }}</ref>
Scotch Marmo was next recruited to rewrite [[Norman Jewison]]'s ''[[Only You (1994 film)|Only You]]'' while on location in Pittsburgh and Rome.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url = https://www.ew.com/article/1994/10/28/only-you-love-among-ruins|title = 'Only You': Love Among the Ruins|date = January 17, 2015|magazine = Entertainment Weekly|last = Hart|first = Marion}}</ref> Released in 1994, ''Only You'' starred [[Robert Downey, Jr.]] and [[Marisa Tomei]] as star-crossed lovers.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110737/|title = Only You|website = IMDB}}</ref> From 1994 to 1997, Scotch Marmo focused on developing two projects that never made it to the screen. For director [[Alfonso Arau]], Scotch Marmo adapted [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/644583.Simple_Prayers Michael Golding's ''Simple Prayers''], a novel set on a small Venetian island in the fourteenth century,<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://variety.com/1994/film/news/prayers-comes-true-in-witt-thomas-buy-118011/|title = 'Prayers' comes true in Witt-Thomas buy|date = February 2, 1994|website = Variety|last = Moerk|first = Christian}}</ref> and for director [[Alfonso Cuaron]], Scotch Marmo re-wrote [[Donald Westlake]]'s ''Love in the Attic'', based on the true story of a 1920s housewife who fell in love with a sewing machine repairman and hid him in the attic while her husband was at home.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://variety.com/1993/film/news/dave-delivers-message-106579/|title = 'Dave' delivers message|date = May 6, 1993|website = Variety|last = Ayscough|first = Suzan}}</ref> Scotch Marmo next adapted [[Ludwig Bemelmans]]' [[Madeline (book series)|Madeline book series]] into ''[[Madeline (1998 film)|Madeline]]''. Scotch Marmo received story credit for the film, which was released in 1998, and was directed by [[Daisy von Scherler Mayer]] and starred [[Frances MacDormand]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123987/|title = Madeline|website = IMDB}}</ref> In 1998, [[Garry Marshall]] brought in Scotch Marmo to do a production rewrite on ''[[The Other Sister]].'' Released in 1999, the film starred [[Juliette Lewis]] and [[Diane Keaton]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123209/|title = The Other Sister|website = IMDB}}</ref>


===The 2000s===
===2000s===
From 1998 to 2002, Scotch Marmo attempted to get an original screenwriting project off the ground as her first feature-length directorial project. ''When Fritz Left Kate'' was developed by various producers, including [[James L. Brooks]], who saw it as a vehicle for [[Woody Harrelson]] and [[Tea Leoni]], but the film was not realized.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.sonymoviechannel.com/movies/madeline/detail|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170729053317/https://www.sonymoviechannel.com/movies/madeline/detail|dead-url = yes|archive-date = 2017-07-29|title = Madeline Details|date = |accessdate = |website = Sony Movie Channel|last = |first = }}</ref> In 2000, [[Castle Rock Entertainment]] and [[Playtone Company]] hired Scotch-Marmo to adapt [[Chris Van Allsburg]]'s children's classic ''[[The Polar Express|Polar Express]]'', to be directed by [[Rob Reiner]] and to star [[Tom Hanks]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://variety.com/2000/film/columns/rock-rolls-reiner-into-polar-helm-1117788529/|title = Rock rolls Reiner into 'Polar' helm|date = October 30, 2000|accessdate = |website = Variety|last = Fleming|first = Michael}}</ref> [[The Polar Express (film)|Polar Express]], released in 2004, was ultimately directed by [[Robert Zemeckis]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338348/|title = Polar Express|date = |accessdate = |website = IMDB|last = |first = }}</ref> Scotch Marmo was engaged in 2005 to rewrite [[Bill Kelly (writer)|Bill Kelly]]'s ''[[Enchanted (2007 film)|Enchanted]].''<ref>{{Cite book|title = Enchanted|url = https://books.google.com/?id=Z3_FrQEACAAJ|date = 2005|first = Bill|last = Kelly|first2 = Malia Scotch|last2 = Marmo|isbn = 9781423104711}}</ref> The film, which was released in 2007, was directed by [[Kevin Lima]], and starred [[Amy Adams]] and [[Patrick Dempsey]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0461770/|title = Enchanted|date = |accessdate = |website = IMDB|last = |first = }}</ref> In 2005-2008, Scotch Marmo worked on another unproduced project, ''Winged Boy'', which was to have been directed by [[Luis Mandoki]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://movieweb.com/luis-mandoki-directing-the-winged-boy/|title = Luis Mandoki Directing 'The Winged Boy'|date = October 3, 2005|accessdate = |website = Movieweb|author = Brian}}</ref>
From 1998 to 2002, Scotch Marmo attempted to get an original screenwriting project off the ground as her first feature-length directorial project. ''When Fritz Left Kate'' was developed by various producers, including [[James L. Brooks]], who saw it as a vehicle for [[Woody Harrelson]] and [[Tea Leoni]], but the film was not realized. In 2000, [[Castle Rock Entertainment]] and [[Playtone Company]] hired Scotch-Marmo to adapt [[Chris Van Allsburg]]'s children's classic ''[[The Polar Express]]'', to be directed by [[Rob Reiner]] and to star [[Tom Hanks]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://variety.com/2000/film/columns/rock-rolls-reiner-into-polar-helm-1117788529/|title = Rock rolls Reiner into 'Polar' helm|date = October 30, 2000|website = Variety|last = Fleming|first = Michael}}</ref> ''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]'', released in 2004, was ultimately directed by [[Robert Zemeckis]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338348/|title = Polar Express|website = IMDB}}</ref> Scotch Marmo was engaged in 2005 to rewrite [[Bill Kelly (writer)|Bill Kelly]]'s ''[[Enchanted (2007 film)|Enchanted]].''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Enchanted Movie Script|url=https://www.hollywoodscriptshop.com/enchanted_movie_script.html|access-date=2021-03-07|website=www.hollywoodscriptshop.com}}</ref> The film, which was released in 2007, was directed by [[Kevin Lima]], and starred [[Amy Adams]] and [[Patrick Dempsey]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0461770/|title = Enchanted|website = IMDB}}</ref> In 2005-2008, Scotch Marmo worked on another unproduced project, ''Winged Boy'', which was to have been directed by [[Luis Mandoki]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://movieweb.com/luis-mandoki-directing-the-winged-boy/|title = Luis Mandoki Directing 'The Winged Boy'|date = October 3, 2005|website = Movieweb|author = Brian}}</ref>


In 2009-2010, Scotch Marmo collaborated with leading Pakistani director Sabiha Sumar ([[Khamosh Pani]]/[[Silent Waters (film)|Silent Waters]]) to write a screenplay originally entitled ''Rafina''. Set against the backdrop of the [[Benazir Bhutto]] assassination, Rafina is a young woman from the Karachi slums who dreams of becoming a model.<ref>{{Cite web|url =http://www.vidhifilms.net/features.htm|title =Good Morning Karachi|date =|accessdate =|website =Vidhi Films|last =|first =|deadurl =yes|archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20141209034347/http://www.vidhifilms.net/features.htm|archivedate =2014-12-09|df =}}</ref> The film was shot on location in Pakistan in 2010 with real-life model [[Amna Ilyas]] in the lead role, and released internationally in 2013 as ''Good Morning Karachi''. Scotch Marmo also served as producer on the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1842446/|title = Good Morning Karachi|date = |accessdate = |website = IMDB|last = |first = }}</ref>
In 2009-2010, Scotch Marmo collaborated with leading Pakistani director [[Sabiha Sumar]] ([[Khamosh Pani]]/[[Silent Waters (film)|Silent Waters]]) to write a screenplay originally entitled ''Rafina''. Set against the backdrop of the [[Benazir Bhutto]] assassination, Rafina is a young woman from the Karachi slums who dreams of becoming a model.<ref>{{Cite web|url =http://www.vidhifilms.net/features.htm|title =Good Morning Karachi|website =Vidhi Films|url-status =dead|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20141209034347/http://www.vidhifilms.net/features.htm|archive-date =2014-12-09}}</ref> The film was shot on location in [[Pakistan]] in 2010 with real-life model [[Amna Ilyas]] in the lead role, and released internationally in 2013 as ''[[Good Morning Karachi]]''. Scotch Marmo also served as producer on the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1842446/|title = Good Morning Karachi|website = IMDB}}</ref>


===The 2010s===
===2010s===
In 2013, Scotch Marmo returned to Hollywood and was enrolled by the [[imdbname:0005387|Joe Roth Company]] and [[Universal Pictures]], as part of a team with her former student [[Soman Chainani]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = Soman Chainani - News|url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2287777/news|website = IMDb}}</ref> to adapt Chainani's debut novel, ''[[The School for Good and Evil]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://deadline.com/2013/05/universal-makes-seven-figure-deal-for-the-school-for-good-and-evil-507177/|title = Universal Makes Seven-Figure Deal For 'The School For Good And Evil'|date = May 23, 2013|accessdate = |website = Deadline|last = Fleming, Jr.|first = Mike}}</ref> The book is the first part of a trilogy.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The School for Good and Evil|url = http://schoolforgoodandevil.com/|website = schoolforgoodandevil.com}}</ref>
In 2013, Scotch Marmo returned to Hollywood and was enrolled by the Joe Roth Company and [[Universal Pictures]], as part of a team with her former student [[Soman Chainani]], to adapt Chainani's debut novel, ''[[The School for Good and Evil]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://deadline.com/2013/05/universal-makes-seven-figure-deal-for-the-school-for-good-and-evil-507177/|title = Universal Makes Seven-Figure Deal For 'The School For Good And Evil'|date = May 23, 2013|website = Deadline|last = Fleming|first = Mike Jr.}}</ref> The book is the first part of a six-book series.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The School for Good and Evil|url = http://schoolforgoodandevil.com/|website = schoolforgoodandevil.com}}</ref> ''The School for Good and Evil'' is a Netflix production, to be directed by Paul Feig, and starring [[Charlize Theron]] and [[Kerry Washington]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-28|title=Paul Feig to Direct 'School for Good and Evil' Adaptation for Netflix|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/paul-feig-direct-school-good-evil-adaptation-netflix-1296168|access-date=2021-03-07|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en}}</ref>


Recently, Scotch Marmo completed ''The Murderous Life of Bruno Enzo'' a film loosely based on her grandfather. She is also executive producer of a compilation film of four short films written and directed by young Rwandan filmmakers.<ref name="artscolumbia" />
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Scotch Marmo frequently teaches screenwriting at the Columbia University Graduate School of the Arts, where she has been an adjunct faculty member off and on since 2002.<ref name="artscolumbia"/> Scotch Marmo has also taught screenwriting at [[Sarah Lawrence College]]<ref>{{Cite web|url =https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/faculty/scotch-marmo-malia.html|title =SLC Faculty|date =|accessdate =|website =Sarah Lawrence College|last =|first =|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150518102355/https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/faculty/scotch-marmo-malia.html|archive-date =2015-05-18|dead-url =yes|df =}}</ref> and [[La Femis]] in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web|url =http://www.femis.fr/IMG/pdf/la_femis_international_programs_2013-2014.pdf|title =International Partnership and Programs|date =|accessdate =|website =La Femis|last =|first =|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094231/http://www.femis.fr/IMG/pdf/la_femis_international_programs_2013-2014.pdf|archive-date =2015-05-18|dead-url =yes|df =}}</ref> In addition to Chainani, Scotch Marmo's former students include Phil Johnston (screenwriter, ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]''), [[Jennifer Lee (filmmaker)|Jennifer Lee]] (screenwriter and co-director, ''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]''), and Lakshmi Sundaram (television writer, ''[[Brooklyn Nine-Nine]]'').


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Scotch Marmo has frequently served as a Creative Advisor for the Sundance Institute, mentoring developing filmmakers in labs held in Provo, Utah and Mumbai, India.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://history.sundance.org/people/3972|title = Archives|date = |accessdate = |website = Sundance Institute|last = |first = }}</ref> She has also served as a Mentor for the [[Maisha Film Lab]], founded by Indian filmmaker [[Mira Nair]], and worked with developing filmmakers in Kigali, Rwanda.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://maishafilmlab.org/team/list-of-mentors/|title = List of Mentors|date = |accessdate = |website = Maisha|last = |first = }}</ref>
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Scotch Marmo frequently teaches screenwriting at the Columbia University Graduate School of the Arts, where she has been an adjunct faculty member off and on since 2002.<ref name="artscolumbia" /> Scotch Marmo has also taught screenwriting at [[Sarah Lawrence College]] and [[La Femis]] in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web|url =http://www.femis.fr/IMG/pdf/la_femis_international_programs_2013-2014.pdf|title =International Partnership and Programs|website =La Femis|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094231/http://www.femis.fr/IMG/pdf/la_femis_international_programs_2013-2014.pdf|archive-date =2015-05-18|url-status =dead}}</ref> In addition to Chainani, Scotch Marmo's former students include [[Phil Johnston (filmmaker)|Phil Johnston]] (screenwriter, ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]''), [[Jennifer Lee (filmmaker)|Jennifer Lee]] (screenwriter and co-director, ''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]''), and Lakshmi Sundaram (television writer, ''[[Brooklyn Nine-Nine]]'').

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Scotch Marmo has frequently served as a Creative Advisor for the Sundance Institute, mentoring developing filmmakers in labs held in [[Provo, Utah]] and [[Mumbai|Mumbai, India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://history.sundance.org/people/3972|title = Archives|website = Sundance Institute}}</ref> She has also served as a Mentor for the [[Maisha Film Lab]], founded by Indian filmmaker [[Mira Nair]], and worked with developing filmmakers in [[Kigali|Kigali, Rwanda]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dinter-Gottlieb|first=Gail|date=June 9, 2014|title=Maisha: "If We Don't Tell Our Stories, No One Will"|url=http://gaildintergottlieb.com/maisha-if-we-dont-tell-our-stories-no-one-will/|website=I Spy: The World of Gail Dinter Gottlieb}}</ref>

== Screenplays ==

* ''[[Once Around]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Hook (film)|Hook]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Only You (1994 film)|Only You]]'' (uncredited) (1992)
* ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' (uncredited) (1993)
* ''[[Madeline (1998 film)|Madeline]]'' (1998)
* ''[[The Other Sister]]'' (uncredited) (1999)
* ''[[The Polar Express (film)|Polar Express]]'' (uncredited) (2004)
* ''[[Enchanted (film)|Enchanted]]'' (uncredited) (2007)
* ''[[Good Morning Karachi]]'' (2013)
* ''[[The School for Good and Evil (film)|The School for Good and Evil]]'' (''2022'')


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Malia Scotch Marmo
Born (1955-05-04) May 4, 1955 (age 69)
Wakefield, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationBunker Hill Community College
Boston University (BA)
Columbia University (MFA)

Malia Scotch Marmo (born May 4, 1955) is an American screenwriter and teacher, best known for writing Lasse Hallstrom's Once Around and Steven Spielberg's Hook. Scotch Marmo also collaborated with novelist Soman Chainani in adapting The School for Good and Evil, a Netflix production directed by Paul Feig. Scotch Marmo also teaches screenwriting and, through the Sundance Institute and other organizations, mentors aspiring filmmakers.

In 2012, Scotch Marmo received the Andrew Sarris award, which honors outstanding service and artistic achievement by distinguished Columbia Film Program alumni.[1]

Early life

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Scotch Marmo was born and raised in Wakefield, Massachusetts.[2] After receiving an associate degree from Bunker Hill Community College,[3] she went on to earn a bachelor of arts degree as a double major in English Literature and Spanish Language and Literature at Boston University,[4] and her Master of Fine Arts from the Columbia University School of the Arts in 1988.[5] While at Columbia's film school, Scotch Marmo's professors included Frantisek Daniel, Miloš Forman, Martin Scorsese, Annette Insdorf, and Vojtěch Jasný.

Career

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1990s

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While Scotch Marmo was still enrolled in Columbia University's graduate film program, her thesis screenplay was acquired by producers Amy Robinson and Griffin Dunne. Robinson and Dunne brought the script to Swedish director Lasse Hallström and, in 1991, Once Around became his first American film, starring Richard Dreyfus and Holly Hunter.[6] Also while at Columbia, Scotch Marmo directed an award-winning short film entitled A Secret Thing.[4]

During pre-production for Once Around, Scotch Marmo came to the attention of acclaimed film director Steven Spielberg, who hired her to write Hook, also released in 1991. Hook starred Robin Williams as an adult Peter Pan, Dustin Hoffman as Captain Hook, and Julia Roberts as Tinkerbell. Scotch Marmo shared writing credit with James V. Hart and also served as associate producer on the film.[7] While Hook was being shot, Scotch Marmo began working on her next Spielberg project, Jurassic Park, released in 1993. Jurassic Park, which has had five sequels to date, starred Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough.[8] Scotch Marmo wrote the second draft of Jurassic Park, between the drafts of novelist Michael Crichton and David Koepp.[9]

Scotch Marmo was next recruited to rewrite Norman Jewison's Only You while on location in Pittsburgh and Rome.[10] Released in 1994, Only You starred Robert Downey, Jr. and Marisa Tomei as star-crossed lovers.[11] From 1994 to 1997, Scotch Marmo focused on developing two projects that never made it to the screen. For director Alfonso Arau, Scotch Marmo adapted Michael Golding's Simple Prayers, a novel set on a small Venetian island in the fourteenth century,[12] and for director Alfonso Cuaron, Scotch Marmo re-wrote Donald Westlake's Love in the Attic, based on the true story of a 1920s housewife who fell in love with a sewing machine repairman and hid him in the attic while her husband was at home.[13] Scotch Marmo next adapted Ludwig Bemelmans' Madeline book series into Madeline. Scotch Marmo received story credit for the film, which was released in 1998, and was directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer and starred Frances MacDormand.[14] In 1998, Garry Marshall brought in Scotch Marmo to do a production rewrite on The Other Sister. Released in 1999, the film starred Juliette Lewis and Diane Keaton.[15]

2000s

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From 1998 to 2002, Scotch Marmo attempted to get an original screenwriting project off the ground as her first feature-length directorial project. When Fritz Left Kate was developed by various producers, including James L. Brooks, who saw it as a vehicle for Woody Harrelson and Tea Leoni, but the film was not realized. In 2000, Castle Rock Entertainment and Playtone Company hired Scotch-Marmo to adapt Chris Van Allsburg's children's classic The Polar Express, to be directed by Rob Reiner and to star Tom Hanks.[16] The Polar Express, released in 2004, was ultimately directed by Robert Zemeckis.[17] Scotch Marmo was engaged in 2005 to rewrite Bill Kelly's Enchanted.[18] The film, which was released in 2007, was directed by Kevin Lima, and starred Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey.[19] In 2005-2008, Scotch Marmo worked on another unproduced project, Winged Boy, which was to have been directed by Luis Mandoki.[20]

In 2009-2010, Scotch Marmo collaborated with leading Pakistani director Sabiha Sumar (Khamosh Pani/Silent Waters) to write a screenplay originally entitled Rafina. Set against the backdrop of the Benazir Bhutto assassination, Rafina is a young woman from the Karachi slums who dreams of becoming a model.[21] The film was shot on location in Pakistan in 2010 with real-life model Amna Ilyas in the lead role, and released internationally in 2013 as Good Morning Karachi. Scotch Marmo also served as producer on the film.[22]

2010s

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In 2013, Scotch Marmo returned to Hollywood and was enrolled by the Joe Roth Company and Universal Pictures, as part of a team with her former student Soman Chainani, to adapt Chainani's debut novel, The School for Good and Evil.[23] The book is the first part of a six-book series.[24] The School for Good and Evil is a Netflix production, to be directed by Paul Feig, and starring Charlize Theron and Kerry Washington.[25]

Recently, Scotch Marmo completed The Murderous Life of Bruno Enzo a film loosely based on her grandfather. She is also executive producer of a compilation film of four short films written and directed by young Rwandan filmmakers.[5]

Academia

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Scotch Marmo frequently teaches screenwriting at the Columbia University Graduate School of the Arts, where she has been an adjunct faculty member off and on since 2002.[5] Scotch Marmo has also taught screenwriting at Sarah Lawrence College and La Femis in Paris.[26] In addition to Chainani, Scotch Marmo's former students include Phil Johnston (screenwriter, Wreck-It Ralph), Jennifer Lee (screenwriter and co-director, Frozen), and Lakshmi Sundaram (television writer, Brooklyn Nine-Nine).

Scotch Marmo has frequently served as a Creative Advisor for the Sundance Institute, mentoring developing filmmakers in labs held in Provo, Utah and Mumbai, India.[27] She has also served as a Mentor for the Maisha Film Lab, founded by Indian filmmaker Mira Nair, and worked with developing filmmakers in Kigali, Rwanda.[28]

Screenplays

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References

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  1. ^ "Columbia University Film Festival Celebrates 25 years". Filmlinc. March 27, 2012.
  2. ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (February 1, 1991). "At the Movies". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Wolkovich-Valkavicius, William. "The Lithuanian Angle in a Hollywood Movie: An Analysis of 'Once Around'". Lituanus: Lithuanian Quarterly Journal of Arts and Sciences.
  4. ^ a b Travers, Peter (January 18, 1991). "Once Around". Rolling Stone.
  5. ^ a b c "Malia Scotch Marmo". Columbia - School of the Arts. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  6. ^ "Once Around". IMDB.
  7. ^ "Hook". IMDB.
  8. ^ "Jurassic Park". IMDB.
  9. ^ Taylor, Drew (June 11, 2013). "5 Versions of 'Jurassic Park' You Never Saw". Indiewire.
  10. ^ Hart, Marion (January 17, 2015). "'Only You': Love Among the Ruins". Entertainment Weekly.
  11. ^ "Only You". IMDB.
  12. ^ Moerk, Christian (February 2, 1994). "'Prayers' comes true in Witt-Thomas buy". Variety.
  13. ^ Ayscough, Suzan (May 6, 1993). "'Dave' delivers message". Variety.
  14. ^ "Madeline". IMDB.
  15. ^ "The Other Sister". IMDB.
  16. ^ Fleming, Michael (October 30, 2000). "Rock rolls Reiner into 'Polar' helm". Variety.
  17. ^ "Polar Express". IMDB.
  18. ^ "Enchanted Movie Script". www.hollywoodscriptshop.com. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  19. ^ "Enchanted". IMDB.
  20. ^ Brian (October 3, 2005). "Luis Mandoki Directing 'The Winged Boy'". Movieweb.
  21. ^ "Good Morning Karachi". Vidhi Films. Archived from the original on December 9, 2014.
  22. ^ "Good Morning Karachi". IMDB.
  23. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (May 23, 2013). "Universal Makes Seven-Figure Deal For 'The School For Good And Evil'". Deadline.
  24. ^ "The School for Good and Evil". schoolforgoodandevil.com.
  25. ^ "Paul Feig to Direct 'School for Good and Evil' Adaptation for Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter. May 28, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  26. ^ "International Partnership and Programs" (PDF). La Femis. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2015.
  27. ^ "Archives". Sundance Institute.
  28. ^ Dinter-Gottlieb, Gail (June 9, 2014). "Maisha: "If We Don't Tell Our Stories, No One Will"". I Spy: The World of Gail Dinter Gottlieb.
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