Go Into The Story Interview: Jonathan Levine

My interview with the 2022 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Jonathan Levine wrote the original screenplay “Operation Gemini” which won a 2022 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. I had the opportunity to chat with Jonathan about his creative background, his award-winning script, the craft of screenwriting, and what winning the Nicholl Award has meant to him.

Here are links to the entire 6-part series which has run this week.

Part 1: “And of course, submitting scripts to the Nicholl every year — probably five scripts total before the one that won.”

Part 2: “I finished it — I want to say — four days before the final deadline for the Nicholl was due.”

Part 3: “That’s the difference in my approach, post-Nicholl, and pre-Nicholl. Pre-Nicholl was very intellectual. Post-Nicholl is more emotional.”

Part 4: “The big moments in the story from the beginning to the midpoint, are all actual things that happened in the war.”

Part 5: “If you’re still thinking about that same idea a month later, then that one probably is the one worth digging into further.”

Part 6: “If you’re still thinking about that same idea a month later, then that one probably is the one worth digging into further.”

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To learn more about the Nicholl screenwriting competition, go here.

For my interviews with every Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner since 2012, go here.