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Jun 21, 2021 · Jun 21, 2021. Kara Holden is a WGA winner for the Disney+ film, Clouds. She has written scripts for nearly every studio in Hollywood. She adapted the popular novel. Holden has several other projects in various stages of development. A Kentucky native, Kara earned a degree in biology from the University of Louisville before moving to Los Angeles ...
Writer: Clouds. Kara Holden is known for Clouds (2020), Carrie Pilby (2016) and Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016). She has been married to Ryan Devlin since June 2009.
Mar 31, 2016 · Script talks with screenwriter Kara Holden whose adaptation of the popular novel 'Carrie Pilby' just wrapped production, and 'Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life' opens later this year. Denny Schnulo. Mar 31, 2016.
Jun 9, 2021 · Writer Kara Holden noted it was a daunting task. She even turned down the writing job initially. “I told Justin [Baldoni, the film's director] no at first because I was so scared. I had heard of Zach’s story and had seen the YouTube and you don’t wanna mess up someone’s legacy," she said. Before Clouds, Holden worked on a couple of biopics.
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- Screencraft: How, When, and Where Did Your Storytelling Roots Begin?
- Screencraft: What Was Your First Big Break as A Screenwriter?
- Screencraft: What Is Your Writing Process Like, from Concept to Production?
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- Screencraft: How Did You Become Attached to Soul Surfer?
Kara Holden: My storytelling roots can all be traced back to the love of reading that my parents instilled in me — whether it was my Dad doing all of the voices when he read The Jungle Bookor my mother introducing me to the exciting world of Nancy Drew and the wondrous possibilities of a single bobby pin — they taught me the power of imagination. W...
Kara Holden: My big break as a screenwriter came as a direct result of my first big heartbreak as a screenwriter. I had been through a painful divorce and was on my own for the first time in my life — I had absolutely no money, but I put all of my hope for the future into writing a spec script that was very close to my heart. My agent sent it out, ...
Kara Holden: I always start with a notebook and pen — my ideas always seem to flow more freely when I write freehand. I begin by asking questions — who is this character, what does she want, why does she want it, what will happen if she doesn’t get it, what will happen if she does, who and what are in her way, where is all of this happening, how ca...
Kara Holden: I invited an entertainment lawyer I knew through a friend to the Jerome Lawrence One Act Play Festival at USC — where I was working on my master’s in screenwriting and fiction — my play ended up winning the festival and she was impressed enough to ask for my writing samples to pass along to agents.
Kara Holden: Soul Surferwas a rewrite assignment I got through my agent. The producers wanted someone who could write authentic young female voices and who could write about faith in an accessible way. I pitched them some ideas for new scenes and character changes and I got the job. My new film Middle School: The Worst Years of My Lifewas originall...
Mar 22, 2021 · By Chloe Melas, CNN. 6 minute read. Updated 10:47 AM EDT, Mon March 22, 2021. Link Copied! Courtesy of Focus Features. CNN — “Promising Young Woman” and “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” led the way at...
Sep 20, 2016 · Kara Holden gives a writer's eye view of her first TIFF. By Ned Ehrbar. September 20, 2016 / 6:24 PM EDT / CBS News. Screenwriter Kara Holden hit a career milestone at the Toronto...
