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Variety’s 10 Screenwriters to Watch on Finding Inspiration in Unlikely Places: ‘You Don’t Have to Just Cite Poetry; You Can Cite a TikTok Account’

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Variety’s 10 Screenwriters to Watch on Finding Inspiration in Unlikely Places: ‘You Don’t Have to Just Cite Poetry; You Can Cite a TikTok Account’
Oct 21, 2026 10:24am PT Variety’s 10 Screenwriters to Watch on Finding Inspiration in Unlikely Places: ‘You Don’t Have to Just Cite Poetry; You Can Cite a TikTok Account’

Watch the honorees in conversation at the Santa Fe International Film Festival

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Inspiration for a great storyline can come from anywhere — whether that be a classic work of literature or a great pop song.

It’s become somewhat of a bit for “Blue Film” writer-director Elliott Tuttle to include a reference to Lana Del Rey’s music in his screenplays. He’d written three (as yet unproduced) screenplays before his feature debut about a fetish camboy who agrees to spend the night with an anonymous client, who turns out to be tied to his past. Each time, Del Rey released new music while he was working.

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