'Nollywood inspires me'
Multiple award-winning American scriptwriter, content manager and academic, Michael Gozzard, was story editor at Oscar-winning actor, Morgan Freeman's production company, Revelations Entertainment. He is the chief executive officer of Pennlyn Productions, a film and TV production company that co-produced Dimension Films' horror thriller ‘The Collector' and currently in pre-production on ‘Sensei' which was inspired by his experiences living and teaching in Japan.
Gozzard was among the quartet that wrote ‘Pride,' starring Terrence Howard, the late Bernie Mac and Nate Parker, among others. The filmmaker, who facilitated the iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Forum (iREP) on ‘Story Telling, Scripting and Content Management' organised in collaboration with the Public Affairs Section of the United Consulate, Lagos, spoke with NEXT before the forum ended on Friday, September 2.
Why did you accept to facilitate at this workshop?
I wish to help professionals in Nigeria improve their story crafting skills. I want to see Nigerian movies winning awards in America and telling stories that Americans and audiences from other parts of the world will understand.
How does it feel coming to Nigeria?
This is my first time and it has been a lifetime dream to come to Africa. Most of my projects have been with African-Americans and my next project is on the foundation of Liberia. Africa has always been a place I wanted to come and when I heard about the workshop, I decided to come.
What went into production of ‘Pride'?
It was difficult. When I showed up as a white man who wrote ‘Pride', people's expression was, ‘We thought you're a black man.' They kept asking me, ‘Are you the producer of ‘Pride'?' Every time I answered, ‘Yes, I am the writer.' But I had to gain the trust of the people I'm working with and prove to them that for me to write like an African writer, I can shoot the film and produce it. It took me a while to get the trust of the people. My skin brought a lot of history.
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Gozzard was among the quartet that wrote 'Pride,' starring Terrence Howard, the late Bernie Mac and Nate Parker, among others. The filmmaker, who facilitated the iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Forum (iREP) on 'Story Telling, Scripting and
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