68 - Talking Austen in Austin (Encore)
Scriptnotes Podcast
John August
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In this episode from 2012, John and Craig sit down with producer and former studio executive Lindsay Doran (Sense and Sensibility, Stranger than Fiction) at the Austin Film Festival to explore the producer’s relationship with the screenplay.
The look at how the role of producer has changed, the ideal development process, how she developed Sense and Sensibility with Emma Thompson, and staying true to your values in a fickle business.
In our bonus segment for premium members, Drew joins John back in 2025 to consider the value of a good alumni program, and how an alma mater that under-delivers can be the pits.
Links:
- Lindsay Doran on IMDb
- The original episode transcript
- Perfectly Happy, Even Without Happy Endings by Carrie Rickey for the New York Times (including a great photo of Lindsay’s hair)
- Lindsay’s TEDx presentation: Saving the World vs Kissing the Girl
- Scriptnotes, Episode 17: What do producers do?
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- Craig Mazin on Instagram
- John August on Bluesky, Threads, and Instagram
- Outro by Matthew Chilelli (send us yours!)
- This episode was originally produced by Stuart Friedel. Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and edited by Matthew Chilelli.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is John. |
| 0:02.0 | Way back in 2012, Craig and I sat down with producer Lindsay Duran at the Austin Film Festival. |
| 0:07.5 | Now, Lindsay Duran is someone we talk a lot about on script notes. |
| 0:10.3 | Most recently, Christina Hudson mentioned something brilliant Lindsay said about endings, |
| 0:13.7 | but this is the only episode where we've had a chance to talk with Lindsay one-on-one. |
| 0:17.5 | As you'll hear, Lindsay is a champion of screenwriters and a model for what a good producer |
| 0:21.6 | should be. Everything she's talking about feels just as relevant in 2025 as it did in 2012, |
| 0:27.2 | maybe even more so. So listen to Lindsay, and then premium members should stick around after the |
| 0:31.8 | episode where we're back in 2025, and we'll talk about getting the most from your university |
| 0:36.6 | long after you've graduated. Drew has some concerns and some thoughts, and we'll talk about getting the most from your university long after you've graduated. |
| 0:38.7 | Drew has some concerns and some thoughts and we'll get down to the bottom of those. |
| 0:42.3 | So enjoy this trip back to 2012 with Lindsay Duran and we'll see you at the end of the episode. |
| 0:47.7 | Enjoy. |
| 0:50.0 | Hello and welcome. My name is John August. |
| 0:52.1 | My name is Craig Mason. |
| 0:53.1 | And this is Script Notes, a podcast about screenwriting and things that are interested in screenwriters. |
| 0:57.9 | Today we have a very special guest. |
| 0:59.5 | Very special to me. |
| 1:01.9 | To you. |
| 1:02.4 | Why is she special to you, Craig? |
| 1:03.9 | Well, should she say hello first and then I'll tell you why? |
| 1:06.9 | She can say hello, but we haven't introduced her by name yet. |
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