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Screenwriter and consultant based in Chicago, Illinois and Munich, Germany
Born and raised in the United States, Keith Cunningham graduated in Film from Northwestern University in 1974 and started working as a professional cameraman and gaffer. He developed an interest in bringing his creative work together with the psychology of creativity, and earned a Master's Degree in Psychology in 1981 at Northwestern University.
In 1982, Keith Cunningham took a full-time teaching position in the Columbia College Film and Video Department. He became a Columbia College Professor of Film and Video Department and remained with the department for 9 years. Among his students was Oscar-winning cinematographer Janusz Kaminski. Concurrently, in 1984, Mr. Cunningham began leading screenwriting and story development seminars worldwide, some of them with his partner Tom Schlesinger, for the American Film Institut in Los Angeles, the Director's Guild and Writer's Guild of America, the Bavaria Studios Munich and RAI Television, Rome. After commuting between the USA and Europe for 10 years, Keith relocated to Zurich in 2000, where he undertook advanced psychological studies at the C.G. Jung Institute. He settled in Munich, Germany, in 2004.
In Germany, he has recently scripted projects for Columbia Tri-Star, Germany and Pro 7 Television, worked on a number of television series and has authored and co-authored numerous screenplays and treatments for episodes and movies.
Keith Cunningham's approach is geared towards probing the sources of narration. How do we get to the core of our story? How do we tell stories in different genres? What new narrative form have emerged? His seminars offer both experienced writers and newcomers, producers, journalists, actors and media professionals in the broadest sense of the word, in-depth insight into theory and the various genres. Cunningham's film analyses and working methods enrich and refine participant's own writing and understanding of films and screenplays. He examines the relationship between the creative process and the emotions involved in the story.
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