Christopher Vogler
Christopher Vogler | |
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Born | 1949 (age 74–75) Missouri, United States |
Occupation | Development executive, screenwriter, author |
Alma mater | USC School of Cinema-Television |
Notable works | The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure For Writers The Lion King |
Christopher Vogler (born 1949) is a Hollywood development executive, screenwriter, author and educator, best known for working with Disney and his screenwriting guide, The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure For Writers, from 2007.
Early life and education
Born in Missouri, Vogler studied filmmaking at the USC School of Cinema-Television, the alma mater of George Lucas.
Career
Vogler has worked for Disney studios, Fox 2000 pictures, and Warner Bros. in the development department. He contributed story material to the Disney animated feature The Lion King.[1]
He has also taught in the USC School of Cinema-Television, Division of Animation and Digital Arts as well as at UCLA extension. He is President of the company Storytech Literary Consulting. It was founded in 1999 and its Vice President, Brad Schreiber, consults on scripts and books, using Vogler's approach.[2]
Campbell and Writer's Journey
Vogler, like Lucas, was inspired by the writings of mythologist Joseph Campbell, particularly The Hero with a Thousand Faces, which detailed the Hero's Journey archetype in classical mythology.[3][4] Vogler used Campbell's work to create a 7-page company memo for Hollywood screenwriters, A Practical Guide to The Hero with a Thousand Faces,[5] which Vogler later developed into The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Storytellers and Screenwriters in 1992, and then The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure For Writers (ISBN 978-1-932907-36-0). Vogler has since spun off his techniques into worldwide masterclasses.[6][7][8]
References
- ^ "The Lion King (1994) – IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Vogstory – Home". Archived from the original on December 5, 2006. Retrieved June 2, 2006.
- ^ "Vogler's look at mythic structure is universally valuable". August 15, 2011.
- ^ "Are you monomythic? Joseph Campbell and the hero's journey". June 25, 2014.
- ^ "hero's journey". www.thewritersjourney.com. Archived from the original on October 28, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ "Christopher Vogler: lezioni americane". Il Fatto Quotidiano. January 13, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- ^ "Whats on | Sessions | Chris Voglers Heros Journey 2017 | London Screenwriters' Festival".
- ^ "2017 Austin Film Festival and Conference Schedule: The Hero's Journey: Exploring Joseph Cam".
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