Film School Just Got Easier

The Harvard Bookstore held an event promoting 101 Things I Learned in Film School last night. Co-authors Neil Landau and Matthew Frederick were both on hand to discuss the best-seller which proves to be a straightforward and interesting read. Landau said of his book, "you can turn to any page and cure writer's block." The book's format has really popularized the 101 Things I Learned series created by Frederick.

His first book 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School actually sprung from his own frustration while living in Cambridge, MA. "There's too many damn architects," Frederick said, prompting him to turn to writing. "Then [the architects] all bought the book!"



Matthew Frederick is an architect and urban designer in addition to his writing credits. He is currently working on several new book projects, including Copernicus Goes to Suburbia and Radical Urbanism. Other topics he has co-authored/co-learned 101 Things in, include business school, culinary school and fashion school.

Neil Landau is a screenwriter whose film and television credits include Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead, Doogie Howser M.D., Melrose Place, The Magnificent Seven and The Secret World of Alex Mack. He has developed scripts for a number of production companies such as Disney, Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox. And he also teaches at UCLA's School of Film, Television and Digital Media.