New Jersey native Bill Mesce, Jr. is an author of fiction and non-fiction, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. He talks with Mark Spina about the differences in approach when writing for the stage versus the screen.

Bill's first novel, The Advocate, won in the novel-writing category of the America’s Best competition, and was followed by two equally-acclaimed sequels, Officer of the Court and The Defender, as well as the non-fiction works Peckinpah’s Women: A Reappraisal of the Portrayal of Women in the Period Westerns of Sam Peckinpah and Artists on the Art of Survival: Observations on Frustration, Perspiration, and Inspiration for the Young Artist.

His screenwriting credits include Road Ends, starring Dennis Hopper and Mariel Hemingway, and uncredited work on Brian DePalma’s political thriller Blow Out. His plays include A Jersey Cantata, which was named one of the best new plays to debut in New Jersey in the 97-98 season, and will be revived this summer by The Theater Project in Maplewood.

Credits:

Audio Engineer Gary Glor

One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou 

References:

Neil Simon                            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Simon

Paddy Chayefsky                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_Chayefsky

Aaron Sorkin                          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Sorkin

A Few Good Men                        https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104257/

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?             https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F_(film)

The Odd Couple.                 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Odd_Couple_(film)

Glengarry Glen Ross                    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104348/

Mike Nichols                         https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001566/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

The Hospital                           https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067217/

Network                            https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074958/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Sidney Lumet                         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Lumet

Ned Beatty                            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Beatty

Peter Finch,                           https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Finch

Owen Roizman                         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Roizman

Iron Man                             https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371746/

Cary Grant                            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary_Grant

Katharine Hepburn                    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn

Bringing Up Baby                       https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029947/

What's Up, Doc?                        https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069495/

The Hangover                         https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1119646/

Irma Vep.                             https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irma_Vep

tik toks                                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok

The Godfather                          https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/

All The President's Men                  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074119/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Spotlight                             https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1895587/

The Advocate                            https://www.amazon.com/Advocate-Bill-Mesce-Jr/dp/1530943043

HBO                              

https://www.hbo.com/

The director's company                      https://www.directorscompany.org/