Mad Genius Behind Bruno & Borat Tells All! (Larry Charles on How to 'Crack the Code')
Submitted by greg on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 23:50
Larry Charles is the director behind Sascha Baron Cohen's "Borat" and now "Bruno". He also directed "Masked & Anonymous" with Bob Dylan and "Religulous" with Bill Maher, was a consulting producer and director on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Entourage" and showrunner and executive producer of "The Tick", "Mad About You" and "Dilbert". He also won multiple Emmys as a writer and producer for "Seinfeld", so apparently he knows what he's talking about.
In this excerpt from The Other Network Writers Room series, Larry talks about 'cracking the code' of "Seinfeld" with Larry David and "Borat" with Sascha Baron Cohen.
The full interview is loaded with other inspirational insights plus practical tips about writing comedy and how to get into the business. Get the mp3 digi-download of Larry's interview here - or get the entire Writers Room series (over 9 hours of great inside info from big-time comedy machers like Michael Patrick King, Seth MacFarlane, Alan Zweibel, etc.).
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