Alex Cope
Available for Work
Overview
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Bio
Alex James Cope received the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing in 2004 at Arkansas Tech University. He served as editor of the university literary magazine and was awarded Editor of the Year by the Arkansas Collegiate Media Association. In August 2005, he entered the Graduate School at The University of Texas in Austin with a James A. Michener Fellowship, and in December 2007 he received the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting.
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Favorite Movies
North by Northwest (Ernest Lehman) & the usual Hitchcock classics; The Sweet Smell of Success (Ernest Lehman & Clifford Odets); The Edge (David Mamet); Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski & Ira Levin); Marty (Paddy Chayefsky); Notorious (Ben Hecht); Ghostbusters (Dan Ackroyd & Harold Ramis); The Fall of the House of Usher (Richard Matheson). My guilty pleasure is Event Horizon.
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Favorite TV Shows
Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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Favorite Books
"The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" by Stephen King. "I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson. "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams. "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. "White Noise" by Don DeLillo.
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Favorite Music
Ennio Morricone; Bernard Herrmann; Jerry Goldsmith
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Favorite Talent
Ernest Lehman: I had the privilege of researching original manuscripts and drafts of his scripts, including North By Northwest, in his collection at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, TX. For a screenwriter, that's close to a spiritual experience.
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Favorite Quotes
"I'm an advertising man, not a red herring. I've got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives and several bartenders that depend upon me, and I don't intend to disappoint them all by getting myself 'slightly' killed." - Roger O. Thornhill
