> SFU’s Praxis hosts American Psycho screenwriter Guinevere Turner
SFU’s Praxis hosts American Psycho screenwriter Guinevere Turner
Contact:
Rebecca Cuttler, 778.782.7880; rebeccac@sfu.ca
Rebecca Cuttler, 778.782.7880; rebeccac@sfu.ca
November 5, 2008
Simon Fraser University’s Praxis Centre for Screenwriters will host a free public event—Psychos, Vampires and Vamps: An evening with Guinevere Turner in conversation with Georgia Straight critic Ken Eisner—on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 7:30 pm at SFU’s Vancouver Campus, Room 1800.
An actor, director and screenwriter, Turner’s CV includes a range of TV and film credits. According to Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers, her work “bristles with stinging wit and exerts a perverse fascination.”
She has written a veritable menagerie of challenging characters, from the yuppie serial killer of American Psycho to the ‘50s bondage model of The Notorious Bettie Page and the vengeful half-vampire of Blood Rayne. As an actor Turner has portrayed the lovelorn Max in Go Fish and the two-timing Gabby Deveaux in The L Word; she has also written for both series.
“We are delighted to have lured Guinevere Turner to Vancouver as an advisor in our fall screenwriting workshop,” says Praxis director Patricia Gruben. “This free public event promises to be an interesting public evening—she’s taken a lot of risks on controversial projects, both as an actor and as a writer, and people find that fascinating.”
For more information about this event, contact Rebecca Cuttler: 778.782.7880 or rebeccac@sfu.ca.
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An actor, director and screenwriter, Turner’s CV includes a range of TV and film credits. According to Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers, her work “bristles with stinging wit and exerts a perverse fascination.”
She has written a veritable menagerie of challenging characters, from the yuppie serial killer of American Psycho to the ‘50s bondage model of The Notorious Bettie Page and the vengeful half-vampire of Blood Rayne. As an actor Turner has portrayed the lovelorn Max in Go Fish and the two-timing Gabby Deveaux in The L Word; she has also written for both series.
“We are delighted to have lured Guinevere Turner to Vancouver as an advisor in our fall screenwriting workshop,” says Praxis director Patricia Gruben. “This free public event promises to be an interesting public evening—she’s taken a lot of risks on controversial projects, both as an actor and as a writer, and people find that fascinating.”
For more information about this event, contact Rebecca Cuttler: 778.782.7880 or rebeccac@sfu.ca.
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