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Marilyn Horowitz (born 1957) is an American writer, TV creator, script doctor, writing coach, and producer. She is also the creator of the Horowitz System, a system for screenwriting, and author of several books.
Early years
Horowitz was born in 1957[1] and raised in Manhattan, New York City. She is the daughter of David H. Horowitz, former General Counsel for Columbia Pictures and former Chief Operating Officer of Warner Communications. Her mother, Louise S. Horowitz, Phd, was a Professor of Philosophy, an attorney who specialized in litigating in state and Federal court, and a Trustee of the New York City Public Library Board of Trustees.
Horowitz attended Louis D. Brandeis High School in New York City. She received a B.A. from NYU’s[2] Tisch School of the Arts, where she made a short film Night Hawks At the Diner, the story of a hit man who buys a cup of coffee for an old woman after committing a vicious murder. It was screened on Showtime.[verification needed]
She is the cousin of actor Richard Schiff, producer Paul Schiff, and David Schiff, Founder and CEO of MGMT Entertainment.[3]
Career
In 1996, Horowitz co-founded ArtMar Productions,[4] a screenwriting consulting and education company.
Horowitz was the script consultant and associate producer on 2004’s The Reawakening, an independent feature film produced under the auspices of the ABC New Talent Development Scholarship Grant and the script consultant for the 2007 Warner Bros. film, And Then Came Love, starring Vanessa Williams.
In 2004, she won the New York University Award for Teaching Excellence.[citation needed]
In June 2017, along with writing partner and animator David Manstream, she formed Double Asterix Productions, LLC, a creative writing company specializing in creating and developing half hour animated comedies for television.[5]
Written works
Horowitz is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the New York University.[6][7] She has written six books teaching her method. Two of her books, The Four Magic Questions of Screenwriting (ISBN 978-0-9799089-4-1) and How to Write a Screenplay in 10 Weeks (ISBN 978-0-9799089-1-0), are required NYU textbooks.[8]
Horowitz has contributed articles to Screenwriter,[9] Hollywood Scriptwriter and Script Magazine.[10] Horowitz’s writing was featured in Now Write! Fiction Writing Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers by Sherry Ellis (ISBN 1-58542-522-2), a screenwriting anthology published by Tarcher and Penguin on January 6, 2011.
References
- ^ "Marilyn Horowitz birth date - Google Search". Google Search. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ "Marilyn Horowitz Will Marry in Fall". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ "MGMT Artists - About". Mgmtartists.com. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ Some Can Do. Some Can Teach. We Can Do Both! Art Mar Production, retrieved May 2, 2011
- ^ Asterix.com, Double. "Welcome to Double Asterix.com". Double Asterix.com. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ Faculty Archived 2011-09-20 at the Wayback Machine The NYU SCPS Website, retrieved December 26, 2011
- ^ "Faculty Profile: Marilyn Horowitz, Adjunct Assistant Professor - NYU SPS Professional Pathways". Sps.nyu.edu. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ https://www.sps.nyu.edu/professional-pathways/courses/WRIT1-CE9692-writing-a-screenplay-in-eight-weeks.html
- ^ Marilyn Horowitz (November 2007). Write A Treatment - Jumpstart Your Screenwriting Career Movie Outline, retrieved May 2, 2011
- ^ Marilyn Horowitz (Jul-Aug 2004). Working Villain First: 10 Ways to Create Fascinating Villains Art Mar Production, retrieved May 2, 2011