Screenwriters’ Conference 2013: The Sapphires – a case study

The writing team behind The Sapphires is innately fascinating to writers simply because the film has been so successful. But the story of that collaboration is touching and human in itself.

22 Feb 2013 12:00

David Tiley

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The writing team behind The Sapphires is innately fascinating to writers simply because the film has been so successful. But the story of that collaboration is touching and human in itself.

Kelly Lefever steered the originating writer, Tony Briggs and his film-saturated co-writer Keith Thompson, through the story of their slow, lusciously productive encounter.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.