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'''Frances Doel''' is a writer and story editor, notable for her long association with [[Roger Corman]]. Doel was head of the script department at [[New World Pictures]]; [[Jon Davison]] said that at one stage Doel "wrote just about every first draft of every picture" at New World.<ref name="chris">Chris Nashawaty, ''Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen and Candy Stripe Nurses - Roger Corman: King of the B Movie'', Abrams, 2013 p 130</ref> |
'''Frances Doel''' is a writer and story editor, notable for her long association with [[Roger Corman]]. Doel was head of the script department at [[New World Pictures]]; [[Jon Davison]] said that at one stage Doel "wrote just about every first draft of every picture" at New World.<ref name="chris">Chris Nashawaty, ''Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen and Candy Stripe Nurses - Roger Corman: King of the B Movie'', Abrams, 2013 p 130</ref> |
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[[Joe Dante]] said there was a theory that the two people most responsible for Corman's success were [[Charles B. Griffith]] and Doel. ''Filmink'' magazine stated "Doel’s actual script credits don’t do justice to her career – she surpasses Griffith as the most influential writer in Corman’s career."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/top-ten-corman-part-two-top-ten-screenwriters/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2clQTrE4m5rieOcOGakJeraw6OnWdGitJp93Oe43GbNSsr8HqWOaOovEU_aem_AS2WH4eyyMsN5rT26gUjr-Xlwt06QIcwdteDnernKsa_FHY9LMUa56xblcdZO-wi66tDIp_SjgoEH_f1ZBKBWDhp|first=Sephen|last=Vagg|website=Filmink|date=13 May 2024|title=Top Ten Corman – Part Two: Top Ten Screenwriters}}</ref> |
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Corman met Doel when looking for an assistant in the mid-'60s. He contacted a tutor at [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]] and asked him who his finest student was; the tutor suggested Doel.<ref name="jerome">Roger Corman & Jim Jerome, ''How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never lost a Dime'', Muller, 1990 p 124</ref> Corman liked to recruit writers from the world of novels and short stories rather than movies and TV, and relied on Doel to make recommendations. She helped discover [[John Sayles]].<ref>[http://thehollywoodinterview.blogspot.com.au/2008/03/john-sayles-hollywood-interview.html Interview with John Sayles at The Hollywood Interview.com 2 March 2008] accessed 11 June 2012</ref><ref>[http://templeofschlock.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/interview-with-new-worlds-frances-doel.html 'Interview with Frances Doel' at ''Derek Castle's 1982 Screenplay Sales Directory'' reproduced in ''Temple of Schlock'' 11 August 2001] accessed 11 June 2012</ref> |
Corman met Doel when looking for an assistant in the mid-'60s. He contacted a tutor at [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]] and asked him who his finest student was; the tutor suggested Doel.<ref name="jerome">Roger Corman & Jim Jerome, ''How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never lost a Dime'', Muller, 1990 p 124</ref> Corman liked to recruit writers from the world of novels and short stories rather than movies and TV, and relied on Doel to make recommendations. She helped discover [[John Sayles]].<ref>[http://thehollywoodinterview.blogspot.com.au/2008/03/john-sayles-hollywood-interview.html Interview with John Sayles at The Hollywood Interview.com 2 March 2008] accessed 11 June 2012</ref><ref>[http://templeofschlock.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/interview-with-new-worlds-frances-doel.html 'Interview with Frances Doel' at ''Derek Castle's 1982 Screenplay Sales Directory'' reproduced in ''Temple of Schlock'' 11 August 2001] accessed 11 June 2012</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:58, 17 May 2024
Frances Doel is a writer and story editor, notable for her long association with Roger Corman. Doel was head of the script department at New World Pictures; Jon Davison said that at one stage Doel "wrote just about every first draft of every picture" at New World.[1]
Joe Dante said there was a theory that the two people most responsible for Corman's success were Charles B. Griffith and Doel. Filmink magazine stated "Doel’s actual script credits don’t do justice to her career – she surpasses Griffith as the most influential writer in Corman’s career."[2]
Corman met Doel when looking for an assistant in the mid-'60s. He contacted a tutor at Oxford University and asked him who his finest student was; the tutor suggested Doel.[3] Corman liked to recruit writers from the world of novels and short stories rather than movies and TV, and relied on Doel to make recommendations. She helped discover John Sayles.[4][5]
In the early '80s, Doel worked at Orion Pictures as an executive.
Select Credits
- Big Bad Mama (1974)
- Crazy Mama (1975)
- Deathsport (1978)
- Avalanche (1978)
- Raptor (2001)
- Dinocroc (2004)
- Supergator (2007)
- Dinoshark (2010)
References
- ^ Chris Nashawaty, Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen and Candy Stripe Nurses - Roger Corman: King of the B Movie, Abrams, 2013 p 130
- ^ Vagg, Sephen (13 May 2024). "Top Ten Corman – Part Two: Top Ten Screenwriters". Filmink.
- ^ Roger Corman & Jim Jerome, How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never lost a Dime, Muller, 1990 p 124
- ^ Interview with John Sayles at The Hollywood Interview.com 2 March 2008 accessed 11 June 2012
- ^ 'Interview with Frances Doel' at Derek Castle's 1982 Screenplay Sales Directory reproduced in Temple of Schlock 11 August 2001 accessed 11 June 2012
External links
- Frances Doel at IMDb