Alan Watt (author)

Alan Watt (born 1965) is a Canadian author, comedian, actor, lecturer, and screenwriter.[1][2]

Alan Watt
BornAberdeen, Scotland
OccupationAuthor, screenwriter, comedian, actor
NationalityCanadian
Notable worksDiamond Dogs

Career

He has appeared on various comedy shows such as Caroline's Comedy Hour and MTV's 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour, as well the Seinfeld episode The Gum in 1995.

He has taught a summer creative writing workshop at UCLA and has lectured across North America at places such as USC's MBA program and maximum security prisons. In 2002 he founded the L.A. Writers' Lab, where he teaches writers how to write the first draft of their novel in three months.

In 2011 he founded two publishing companies, The 90-Day Novel Press and Writers Tribe Books. His novel Diamond Dogs was optioned by Quad Films in 2012, with Alex Pettyfer set to perform as the lead character.[3]

In 2016 he wrote and directed the feature film Interior Night,.[4] starring Riley Smith, Micah Hauptman, Erinn Hayes, and Christian Scherer. It was released to Amazon and iTunes on 30 January 2018.

The next year would see the release of Watt's second novel, Frontier Hotel, released by Latte in France.,.[5]

Bibliography

Fiction
  • Diamond Dogs (2000)[6][7][8][9] (winner of France's Prix Printemps for best foreign novel)
  • Frontier Hotel (2017)[10]

Non-fiction
  • The 90-Day Novel (2010) (Writers Tribe Books)
  • The 90-Day Rewrite (2012) (Writers Tribe Books)
  • The 90-Day Screenplay (2013) (Writers Tribe Books)
  • My First Novel: Tales of Woe and Glory (2013) (editor, Writers Tribe Books)

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and recognition
  • 2001 YALSA Alex Award for Diamond Dogs[12]
  • France's Prix Printemps (best foreign novel) for Diamond Dogs
  • Boston Film Festival- Visionary Award 2016 for Interior Night[13]
  • Catalina Film Festival- Best International Feature Film 2016 for Interior Night[14]
  • New York Film and TV Festival - Best Feature 2017 for Interior Night
  • Indie International Film Gathering - Best Drama/Comedy 2017 for Interior Night
  • Breckenridge Film Festival - Best Drama 2017 for Interior Night

References
  1. "NO LAUGHING MATTER". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  2. Shuttleworth, Joanne (10 September 2000). "Publishers were bidding for the rights to Alan Watt's first novel ; Comic turns writer". Guelph Mercury. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  3. Keslassy, Elsa. "Alex Pettyfer to top 'Diamond Dogs'". Variety. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  4. D.C. Independent Film Festival: Interior Night, Reviewed
  5. Amazon.com listing for Frontier Hotel
  6. "Review: Diamond Dogs". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  7. Harlan, Megan (17 September 2000). "Character Building". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  8. Schapiro, Anna (22 October 2000). "Pa for the course". Guardian. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  9. Heller, Jean (17 September 2000). "THRILLERS Series: BOOKS; THRILLERS (book review)". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  10. Barnes & Noble listing for Frontier Hotel by Alan Watt
  11. Clark, Andrew (15 February 1996). "Alan Watt delivers Seinfeld with a twist". Toronto Star. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  12. "2001 Alex Awards". YALSA. Archived from the original on 23 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  13. Guelph native’s first film drawn from his experience as a comic
  14. Guelph native’s first film drawn from his experience as a comic
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