Two words neatly summarize the life of the screenwriter. One is fabulous, the other lonely. “Fabulous” hardly warrants explanation. The contracts, the money, the adulation, the red carpet. Need we say more? “Lonely” is self-evident as well, ...
A Director and Screenwriter by trade, Claude Kerven has directing over25 short films and commercial parodies for NBC's Saturday Night Live,working with such celebrities as Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal, Jim Belushi,Martin Short and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, as well as guest hosts Stevie Wonder, Lily Tomlin and Jerry Lewis. Kerven's other directing credits include several Emmy award-winning and nominated ABC After school Specials,directing such notables as Viggo Mortensen and Sarah Jessica Parker.Kerven won an Academy Award for his student film, "Candy Store," and was nominated for a Cable Ace Award for his Cinemax Comedy Special, "Birthday Boy." As a screenwriter, Kerven worked as a staff writer for Sam Raimi's Renaissance Pictures and was the co-writer of "Mortal Thoughts," produced by Columbia Pictures and starring Bruce Willis, Harvey Keitel and Demi Moore. Kerven is currently the Chair of the 1-Year Filmmaking Program atthe New York Film Academy, where he teaches directing and screenwriting.
