The Writer's Chatroom www.writerschatroom.com CHAT WITH DIANA OSSANA Diana Ossana was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. Her father emigrated from Italy to America in 1937. She attended Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico, majoring in English/Political Science.
She moved to Arizona in 1977. In Tucson, she helped to implement
and establish a successful law practice for a corporation of 5 trial attorneys. In 1992, Ms. Ossana began a writing collaboration with Larry McMurtry, which continues to this day and has expanded to encompass film and television projects that they write and produce. The duo most recently won an Oscar and Golden Globe for their screenplay for Brokeback Mountain. Ossana also served as producer on the film, which earned her the Golden Globe for best dramatic feature. The team has written two novels together, Pretty Boy Floyd and Zeke and Ned. They adapted two of his novels, Streets of Laredo and Dead Man’s
Walk, into acclaimed miniseries, both of which they also executive-produced. The two miniseries were directed by Joseph Sargent and Yves Simoneau, respectively. The duo later adapted Frederick Manfred’s novel Riders of Judgment into the miniseries Johnson County War, which they also executive-produced, and which was directed by David S. Cass Sr. Upcoming projects include writing and producing Comanche Moon, a CBS six-hour prequel to the 1989 miniseries Lonesome Dove, and an ensemble drama TV project tentatively titled “Sheriff Luke” for ABC and Touchstone TV. Additionally, Tom Hanks is slated to star in, and
produce, the Universal Pictures film version of Mr. McMurtry’s novel Boone’s Lick, for which the author and Ms. Ossana are writing the screenplay adaptation. | AD FUNDSFORWRITERS... Grants, contests, markets, jobs and publishing opportunity for the serious writer. Voted Writer's Digest 101 Best Web Sites for Writers - six years in a row! Thousands of writers seek their weekly dose of Freelance Hope...why
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DOOR PRIZE Diana has donated a copy of "Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay". You MUST be present to win! Please feel free to pass this announcement on to anyone or any groups that you think may be interested. Thank you. WHEN? Sunday, January 7, 2007 Eastern USA Time……………………..2 PM Not sure what time that is wherever in the world you are? http://www.worldtimeserver.com WHERE? The Writers Chatroom at: http://writerschatroom.com Click
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