NZWG Library

The NZWG Library contains New Zealand’s most comprehensive collection of books, magazines, scripts and other materials related to script writing. All NZWG members can use the library to gain knowledge on writing scripts and experienced writers will find materials that can assist them improve their craft.

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Library

All scripts may be borrowed from the Auckland Head Office and will be posted out to members outside of Auckland, if requested.

The Timpson Collection is a collection of  classic and modern feature movie and television scripts that have been generously donated to the NZWG by Ant and Matt Timpson.​

General Lending Conditions

  • LOAN PERIOD: Items are loaned out for a maximum of 4 weeks. Please return before or on the due date.
  • EXTENSIONS: Upon request library items can be loaned for a further period of 2 weeks, provided another Member has not requested the item.
  • MAXIMUM: Up to 4 items may be borrowed at any time.
  • REFERENCE ONLY: Must be used on site and may not be borrowed.
  • MAIL LIBRARY: Upon request items will be mailed out to Members unable to visit the library in person - only for Auckland library.
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11:14
Greg Marcks
It is the first film in Trier's Golden Heart Trilogy which also includes The Idiots (1998) and Dancer in the Dark (2000).
Script
Film
1996
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12 Monkeys
David Peoples & Janet Peoples
Script
Film
2013
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Film
Script
13 Days Out
Jon Coutts
Timpson
Script
Film
2012
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Film
Script
187
Scott Yagemann & Marvel Comics
Script
Film
2015
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Script
2 Days In The Valley
John Herzfeld & Salman Rushdie
Script
Film
2012
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2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke
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Film
2011
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25th Hour
David Benioff
Based on life of titular character
Script
Film
2011
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27 Dresses
Aline Brosh McKenna.
Small unbound
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Film
2011
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28 Weeks Later
Rowan Joffe, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, E. L. Lavigne & Jesus Olmo
NZ Film
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Film
2011
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48 Hours
Larry Gross & Walter Hill
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Film
2011
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50 Ways of Saying Fabulous
Stewart Main
Based on true events
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Film
2010
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Film
Script
500 Award-winning Small Business Secrets.
Geoff Grist
Simon and Schuster,Australia
Book
2001
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Book
500 Ways to Beat the Hollywood Script Reader : Writing the Screenplay the Reader Will Recommend.
Jennifer Lerch
Simon and Schuster
Book
1999
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Book
8 Mile
Scott Silver
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Film
2009
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A Bronx Tale
Chazz Palminteri & Greg Rucka
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Film
2009
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A Clockwork Orange
Stanley Kubrick
Revisions by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore and Liz Tuccillo and Dana Fox
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Film
2008
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A Confederacy of Dunces
Stephen Fry
Script
Film
2008
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Script
A Decade of New Zealand Film. ‘Sleeping Dogs’ to ‘Came a Hot Friday’.
Nicholas Reid
John McIndoe Ltd., NZ
Book
1986
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Book
A Guy Thing
Greg Glienna & Pete Schwaba
Script
Film
2008
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Film
Script
A Magpie Stole My Heart – 10 years of the Whitireia writing programme.
Sue McCauley
Whitireia Publishing, New Zealand
Book
2003
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Book
A Perfect World
John Lee Hancock
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A Poetics for Screenwriters.
Lance Lee
Univ of Texas Press, Austin
Book
2001
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Book
A Pound of Flesh: Perilous Tales
Art Linson
Grove Press, New York
Book
1993
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Book
A Pound of Flesh: producing Movies in Hollywood
Art Linson
Avon Books, New York
Book
1993
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Book
A River Runs Through It
Richard Friedenberg
Script
Film
2008
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Script
A River Runs Through It
Richard Fridenberg
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A Story Is A Promise: Good Things To Know Before You Write That Screenplay Novel or Play.
Bill Johnson
Blue Heron Publishing, Florida
Book
2001
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Book
About A Boy
Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz
NZ film
Script
Film
2008
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About Schmidt
Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor & Phillippa Gregory
Script
Film
2008
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Absolute Power
William Goldman & Unknown – Beowulf
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Film
2008
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Abyss, The: Director's Revisions
James Cameron
Script
Film
2008
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Accidental Tourist, The
Lawrence Kasdan & Bernhard Schlink
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Film
2008
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Ace Ventura Pet Detective
Jack Bernstein, Tom Shadyac, Jim Carrey & Sue Monk Kidd
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Film
2008
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Ace Ventura Pet Detective 2: The Curse Of The Wahiti
Steve Oedekerk & Vikas Swarup – Q & A
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Film
2008
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Adaptation
Charlie & Donald Kaufman
Script
Film
2008
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Addams Family, The
Caroline Thompson and Larry Wilson
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Film
2008
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Addicted To Love
Robert Gordon
Script
Film
2008
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Advanced Screenwriting: Raising Your Script to the Academy Level.
Linda Seger
Silman James Press, LA
Book
2003
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Book
Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The.
Stephan Elliot & Mark Millar and J. G. Jones
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Film
2008
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Aeon Flux
Phil Hay & Matt Manfredi
Sequel to 28 Days Later
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Film
2007
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After Hours
Joseph Minion
Script
Film
2007
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Age Of Innocence, The
Jay Cocks & Martin Scorsese & Ian McEwan
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Film
2007
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Ahab
Oliver Cody
Script
Film
2007
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Airheads
Rich Wilkes & Katherine Paterson
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Film
2007
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Aladdin
Ron Clements
Script
Film
2007
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Albino Alligator
Christian Forte
Script
Film
2007
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Alfred Hitchcock.
Gene D Phillips
GK Hall and Co., USA
Book
1984
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Book
Ali
Gregory Allen Howard, Stephen J. Rivele & Christopher Wilkinson et al.
Script
Film
2007
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Alice Underground
Theresa Duncan
Script
Film
2007
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Alien II: Treatment
Treatment by David Giler & Walter Hill and James Cameron
Script
Film
2007
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Alien III
John Fasano, David Giler & Walter Hill and James Cameron & Cormac McCarthy
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Film
2007
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Alien Resurrection
Joss Whedon & Blake Nelson
Script
Film
2007
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Alien vs. Predator: The Hunt
Peter Briggs
Un-made
Script
Film
2007
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Aliens
James Cameron
Script
Film
2007
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All Strange Away.
Samuel Beckett
John Calder Publishers, London
Book
1979
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Book
All That Jazz
Robert Alan Aurthur and Bob Fosse
Script
Animated
2006
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Animated
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All The President's Men
William Goldman & Daniel Clowes
Script
Film
2006
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All The Pretty Horses
Ted Tally
The title is taken from The Clovers' 1955 song of the same name.
Script
Film
2006
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All The Pretty Horses
Ted Tally
NZ Film
Script
Film
2006
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All for one
Ken Catran
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Almost Famous
Cameron Crowe
Script
Film
2006
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Film
Script
Alone In A Room: secrets of successful screenwriters.
John Scott Lewinski
Michael Wiese Productions, California
Book
2004
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Book
Along Blueskin Road: A collection of Poems.
James Norcliffe
Canterbury University Press
Book
2005
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Book
Already Dead
Joe Chappelle
Script
Film
2006
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Film
Script
Altered States
Paddy Chayefsky
Script
Film
2006
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Film
Script
Alternative Scriptwriting: Writing Beyond the Rules.
Ken & Jeff Rush Dancyger
Focal Press, Newton MA
Book
1995
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Book
Amadeus
Peter Shaffer & Lauren Weisberger
Script
Film
2006
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Film
Script
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon & Ken Kalfus - PU- 239 and Other Russian Fantasies
Script
Film
2006
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Film
Script
American Film Makers Today.
Dian G Smith
Blandford Press, Dorset, UK
Book
1983
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Book
American Graffiti
Willard Huyck
Script
Film
2006
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Film
Script
American History X
David McKenna & Alan Bennett
Script
Film
2006
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Script
American President, The
Aaron Sorkin
Script
Film
2006
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Film
Script
America’s Pie: Trade and Culture After 9/11.
Jock Given
University of New South Wales Press Ltd., Sydney
Book
2003
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Book
Amistad
David Franzoni
Small unbound
Script
Film
2006
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Script
An Angel At My Table: To The Island
Laura Jones
Based on the true story of the notorious "Lonely Hearts Killers" of the 1940s.
Script
Film
2006
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Film
Script
An Australian Film Reader.
Albert Moran & Tom O'Regan
Currency Press, Australia
Book
1985
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Book
An Introductory Guide to Understanding Maori.
Mark Apiata-Wade and Te Runanga o NZ Dairy Workers Union
Pub NZ Dairy Workers Union Te Runanga Wai U
Book
2006
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Book
An Officer And A Gentleman
Douglas Day Stewart
Script
Film
2006
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Script
An Officer And A Gentleman (Storyboard)
Douglas Day Stewart & Mary O’Hara
Script
Film
2006
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Film
Script
An Open Book.
John Huston
Virgin Books, London
Book
1980
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Book
An Unfinished Life
Virginia Korus Spragg
NZ film
Script
Film
2006
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Film
Script
Anaconda
Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr.
Based on true events. NZ film.
Script
Film
2006
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Script
Anaconda: Hunt For The Blood Orchid
John Claflin & Daniel Zelman
1 x Donated by Liz DiFiore. Shooting script.
Script
Film
2006
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Analyze This
Kenneth Lonergan
Script
Film
2006
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Script
And the Best Screenplay Goes To… - Learning from the Winners: Sideways, Shakespeare In Love, Crash
Linda Seger
Michael Weise Productions, California
Book
2008
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Book
Angel Heart
Alan Parker & Gerald Petievich
Script
Film
2006
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Film
Script
Animation Unleashed
Ellen Besen
Michael Wiese Productions, California
Book
2008
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Book
Animation from Script to Screen.
Shamus Culhane
St Martin's Press, New York
Book
1988
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Book
Annapolis
Dave Collard
NZ film
Script
Film
2006
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Film
Script
Annie Hall
Woody Allen
Script
Film
2006
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Film
Script
Apocalypse Now
John Millius. This Draft by Francis Ford Coppola
Production Notes, Behind The Scenes, book. No Script
Script
Film
2006
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Script
Apollo 13
John Sayles, William Broyles, Jr. & Al Reinert
Script
Film
2006
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Film
Script
Apron strings
Shuchi Kothari
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Apt Pupil
Brandon Boyce & Graeme Atkin
NZ Film
Script
Film
2005
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Film
Script
Archetypes for Writers
Jennifer Van Bergen
Michael Wiese Publications, CA
Book
2007
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Book
Army Of Darkness, The
Sam and Ivan Raimi & Mark Spragg
Script
Film
2005
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Film
Script
Art School Confidential
Dan Clowes & Bill Lancaster
Remake of a film
Script
Film
2005
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As Good As It Gets
Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks & Annie Proulx
Script
Film
2005
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Aspects of the Screenplay: Techniques of Screenwriting.
Mark Axelrod
Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH
Book
2001
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Book
Asphalt Jungle, The
Ben Maddow & James Siegel
Script
Film
2005
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