Ray wrote the “Meet The Reader” column for Scriptmag.com

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    • King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson
    • Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Making of Steven Spielberg’s Classic Film
    • A Hard Day’s Night
    • Amadeus: Music on Film
    • John Guillerman: The Man, The Myth, The Movies
    • The Unofficial Oral History of Planet of the Apes
    • Voices from Krypton
    • They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog: The Complete Uncensored Ass-Kicking Oral History of John Wick, Gun Fu, and the New Age of Action
    • Secrets of the Force: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Wars
    • Nobody Does it Better: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of James Bond
    • A Quick Guide to Screenwriting
    • A Quick Guide to Film Directing
    • A Quick Guide to Television Writing
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Articles & Columns

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Ray Morton has published articles in numerous publications. Here are some of his best:

  • “The Most Exciting, Original Motion Picture of Event of All Time: The Making of Dino De Laurentiis’s King Kong”
  • "An Interview with Tom Mankiewicz"
  • “Steven Zaillian: The 2011 Final Draft Hall of Fame Winner”
  • “The View from the Scribe: An Interview with Nicholas Meyer”
  • “Richard H. Kline: A Life Behind the Camera”
  • “Jonathan Nolan: Writing The Dark Knight”
  • “Australia”
  • “The Return of Kong”
  • “Rewriting is Writing”
  • “Summer Blockbusters”
  • “Farewell to a Friend”
  • Legends of Screenwriting: Herman J. Mankiewicz– Screenwriter of Citizen Kane
  • Legends of Screenwriting: “Richard Maibaum”

Meet the Reader

Ray wrote the “Meet The Reader” column for Scriptmag.com, in which he reflected on the art, craft, and business of screenwriting.

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  • Author Ray Morton
  • Books
    • King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson
    • Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Making of Steven Spielberg’s Classic Film
    • A Hard Day’s Night
    • Amadeus: Music on Film
    • John Guillerman: The Man, The Myth, The Movies
    • The Unofficial Oral History of Planet of the Apes
    • Voices from Krypton
    • They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog: The Complete Uncensored Ass-Kicking Oral History of John Wick, Gun Fu, and the New Age of Action
    • Secrets of the Force: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Wars
    • Nobody Does it Better: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of James Bond
    • A Quick Guide to Screenwriting
    • A Quick Guide to Film Directing
    • A Quick Guide to Television Writing
  • King Kong Blu-Rays & 4K
  • Appearances
  • Articles & Columns