Kennet Dancyger (born 1945) is a scriptwriting theoretician, film history and expert on film editing and film production.[Writing the short film, second edition, backcover] He is professor of film and TV at Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film, Television, & New Media, Undergraduate. He has been the president of University Film and Video Association.[* the point of returns article on director Ed Hunt published in Cinema Canada, December 1976/ January 1977 Number 33]
His 2002 book contains a detailed comparison of screwball comedy and film noir.(p. 68) He has collaborated as historical consultant for the 2004 documentary The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing, about the art of film editing.
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1991, with Jeff Rush, Alternative Scriptwriting: Writing Beyond the Rules. Editions: 2nd 1995 (new subtitle: Successfully Breaking the Rules), 3rd 2002, 4th 2006. Boston and Oxford: Focal Press
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1991, Broadcast Writing: Drama, Comedies, and Documentaries
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1993, The Technique of Film and Video Editing: History, Theory, and Practice. Editions: 2nd 1997, 3rd 2002, 4th 2006. Focal Press.
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1994, with Patricia Cooper, Writing the Short Film, Second Edition
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1999, World of Film and Video Production: Aesthetics and Practice
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2001, Global scriptwriting (reprinted in 2013)
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2006, The Director's Idea: The Path to Great Directing
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2013, Alternative Scriptwriting: Beyond the Hollywood Formula
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2018, The Technique of Film and Video Editing: History, Theory, and Practice
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2019, Storytelling for Film and Television: From First Word to Last Frame
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