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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Sunset Boulevard
Charles Beckett, Billy Wilder & D. M. Marshman, Jr.
With The Fortune Cookie
Script
Film
1960
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Film
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Superman Lives
Kevin Smith
Script
Film
1960
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Film
Script
Swat
David Ayer
Timpson
Script
Film
1960
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Sweet Hereafter, The
Atom Egoyan
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Swing Kids
Jonathan arc Feldman
Script
Film
1959
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Film
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Swingers
Jon Favreau
Timpson
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Film
1959
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Swingers
Jon Favreau
1 x Timpson
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Film
1959
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Symbols, Images, Codes: The Secret Language of Meaning in Film, TV, Games and Visual Media.
Pamela J Smith
Michael Wiese Productions, CA
Book
2000
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Book
THX 1138
George Lucas and Walter Murch
Timpson
Script
Film
1941
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Film
Script
TV Scriptwriter’s Handbook: Dramatic Writing for Television and Film.
Alfred Brenner
Silman-James Press, LA
Book
1992
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Book
TV and Radio: Everybody’s Soapbox
Bruce Parker & Nigel Farrel
Blandford Press, UK
Book
1983
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Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The
Peter Stone
Script
Film
1958
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Film
Script
Talisman, The
Richard Lagravenese
Four Screenplays Compendium. Distantly inspired by G. K. Chesterton’s Magic
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Film
1958
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Film
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Talk To Her
Pedro Almodovar
Timpson
Script
Film
1958
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Film
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Tall Tales (Some True): Memoirs of an Unlikely Writer.
Greg McGee
Penguin Books, London
Book
2008
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Tank Girl
Timpson
Script
Film
1958
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Film
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Tattooist, The
Matthew Grainger and Jonathan King & Ingmar Bergman - Trämålning
Four Screenplays Compendium
Script
Film
1957
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Film
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Tears Of The Sun
Ron Bass
Four Screenplays Compendium. Swedish film.
Script
Film
1957
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Television Writing: The Ground Rules of Series, Serials and Sitcom.
Linda Aronson
Australian Film Television and Radio School.
Book
2000
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Book
Television and Screen Writing: From Concept to Contract.
Richard A Blum
Focal Press, Newton MA
Book
1995
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Book
Ten Days That Shook the World.
John Reed
Penguin Books, London
Book
1977
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Book
Tequilla Sunrise
Robert Towne
Loosely based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Timpson
Script
Musical
1957
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Musical
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Terminator
James Cameron & Gale Anne Hurd
1 x Timpson. Loosely based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
Script
Musical
1957
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Musical
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Terminator 2: Judgement Day
James Cameron and William Wisher & Tennessee Williams – 27 Wagons Full of Coffee
Script
Film
1956
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Film
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Storyboards Volume 1
Timpson
Script
Film
1956
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Film
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Storyboards Volume 2
& Alan Le May
1 x Timpson
Script
Film
1956
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Terms Of Endearment
James L. Brooks
Timpson
Script
Film
1955
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Tess
Gerad Brach, Roman Polanski, John Brownjohn
Four Screenplays Compendium
Script
Film
1955
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre II, The
L.M Kit Carson
Timpson. Second Draft Screenplay
Script
Film
1954
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, The
David J. Schow
Timpson
Script
Film
1954
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Texas Rangers, The
John Milius
Timpson
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Film
1953
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That Thing You Do!
Tom Hanks
Timpson
Script
Film
1951
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Film
Script
The A-Z of Horror Films.
Howard Maxford
Indiana University Press, USA
Book
1997
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Book
The Aletheist: Truth, Science and Religion
Kerry Spackman
Limited Edition – Author’s Draft
Book
2012
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The Alfred Hitchcock Movie Quiz Book.
Bryan Brown
The Putnam Publishing Group, New York
Book
1986
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The Art of Adaptation: Turning Fact and Fiction into Film.
Linda Seger
Henry Holt and Company Inc., New York
Book
1992
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The Art of Dramatic Writing.
Lajos Egri
Touchdown Books, New York
Book
1946
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The Art of Record: A critical introduction to documentary.
John Corner
Manchester University Press, Manchester
Book
1996
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The Art of Writing Non Fiction (2nd Edition).
Andre Fontaine & W Glavin
Syracuse University Press, USA
Book
1991
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Book
The Beginning Filmmaker’s Guide to a Successful First Film x 2
Renee Harmon & J Lawrence
Walker and Company, New York
Book
1997
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Book
The Best Intentions.
Ingmar Bergman
Harvill Harper Collins, London
Book
1993
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The Best of Men Behaving Badly.
Simon Nye
Headline Book Publishing, London
Book
2000
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The Big Picture: Money and Power in Hollywood.
Edward Jay Epstein
Random House, New York
Book
2006
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The Coffee Break Screenwriter: Writing Your Script Ten Minutes at a Time.
Pilar Allessandra
Michael Wiese Productions, California
Book
2010
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The Complete DVD Book – Designing, Producing and Marketing Your Independent Film on DVD
Chris Gore & Paul J Salamoff
Michael Weise Productions, California
Book
2005
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Book
The Complete Filmmaker’s Guide To Film Festivals
Rona Edwards & Minika Skerbelis
Michael Wiese Productions, California
Book
2012
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The Complete Guide to Good Governance in Organisations and Companies.
Doug Matheson
Profile Books, Auckland
Book
2004
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Filmmaking.
Joanne Parrent
Alpha, Indianapolis
Book
2002
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Screenwriting.
Skip Press
Alpha Books, Pearson Education Ltd., USA
Book
2001
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The Conversations – Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film.
Michael Ondaatje
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Book
2002
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The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics
Dennis O’Neill
Watson-Guptill, New York
Book
2001
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The DV Rebel’s Guide: An all-digital approach to making killer movies on the cheap.
Stu Maschwitz
Peachpit Press, USA
Book
2007
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The Disappearance of Childhood.
Neil Postman
W H Allen & Company, London
Book
1983
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Book
The Film Career of Billy Wilder.
Steven Seidman
GK Hall and Co., Boston
Book
1977
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Book
The Film Director.
Richard L Bare
Macmillan, New York
Book
1973
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The Film Handbook.
Geoff Andrew
GK Hall and Co, Boston
Book
1989
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The Frodo Franchise.
Kristin Thompson
Penguin Group, NZ
Book
2007
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The Great Movies.
Roger Ebert
Broadway Books, New York
Book
2002
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The Gross: The Hits, The Flops – The Summer That Ate Hollywood.
Peter Bart
St. Martin’s Press, New York
Book
2000
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces.
Joseph Campbell
Fontana Press, Gret Britain
Book
1993
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The Hollywood Hall of Shame.
Harry and Michael Medved
Angus and Robertson, USA
Book
1984
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The Hollywood Rules: What You Must Know to Make it in the Film Industry.
Anonymous
Fade in Books, Beverly Hills
Book
1998
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The Kid Stays in the Picture.
Robert Evans
Faber and Faber, London
Book
2003
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The Lord of the Rings: Location Guidebook.
Ian Brodie
HarperCollins, Auckland
Book
2002
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The Lord of the Rings: Official Movie Guide.
Brian Sibley
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston
Book
2001
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The MGM Story
John Douglas Eames
Octopus Books, London
Book
1975
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The Magazine Writer’s Handbook - 1999/2000.
Gordon Wells
Allison & Busby, London
Book
1999
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The Magic Lantern: An autobiography.
Ingmar Bergman
Hamish Hamilton, London
Book
1987
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The Mailroom: Hollywood History from the Bottom Up.
David Rensin
Ballantine Books, New York
Book
2003
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The Making Of A Madman: Lionel Terry.
Frank Tod
Otago Foundation Books Ltd, Dunedin
Book
1977
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The Making of King Kong.
Orville Goldner & George Turner
Ballantine Bokos, USA
Book
1977
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The Man in Lincoln’s Nose: funny profound and quotable quotes of screenwriters movie stars and moguls.
Melinda Corey & George Ochea
Simon & Schuster Inc, New York
Book
1990
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The Moral Premise: Harnessing virtue & vice for box office success.
Stanley D Williams
Michael Wiese Productions, MA
Book
2006
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The Movie Book.
Don Shiach
Sebastian Kelly, Oxford
Book
1997
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The Past Awaits
Vincent Ward
Craig Potton Publishing, New Zealand
Book
2010
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The Perfect Pitch: How to Sell Yourself and Your Movie Idea to Hollywood.
Ken Rotcop
Michael Wiese Productions
Book
2009
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The Power of the Dark Side.
Pamela J Smith
Michael Wiese Productions, CA
Book
2008
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The Schreiber Theory: A Radical Rewrite of American Film History.
David Kipen
Melville House Publishing, New
Book
2006
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The Screenwriter Looks at the Screenwriter.
William Froug
Silman-James Press
Book
1991
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The Screenwriter’s Bible.
David Trottier
Silman-James Press, LA
Book
1998
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The Screenwriter’s Workbook
Syd Field
Dell Publishing, New York
Book
1984
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The Selling of New Zealand Movies: the inside story of the deal-making shrewd moves and sheer luck that took New Zealand films from obscurity to the top of the world.
Lindsay Shelton
Awa Press, Wellington
Book
2005
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The Story So Far
David Puttnam
Sphere Books, London
Book
1989
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The Talented Mr Ripley.
Patricia Highsmith
Vintage, London
Book
1955
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The Theatre Writer’s Guide - Hot Tips for Good Scripts x 2
Roger Hall
Playmarket Press, Wellington
Book
1998
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The Tools of Screenwriting: A Writer’s Guide to the Craft and Elements of a Screenplay.
David Howard & Edward Mabley
St Martin’s Griffin, New York
Book
1995
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The Ultimate Filmmaker’s Guide to Short Films: Making it big in shorts (2 copies)
Kim Adelman
Michael Wiese Publications, California
Book
2004
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The Undeclared War: The struggle for control of the world’s film industry
David Puttnam
HarperCollins, London
Book
1997
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The Unkindest Cut: How a hatchet-man critic made his own $7000 movie and put it all on his credit card.
Joe Queenan
Picador, London
Book
1995
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The Warner Bros. Story.
Clive Hirschhorn
Crown Publishers, New York
Book
1979
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The Way to Write Radio Drama.
William Ash
Elm Tree Books, London
Book
1985
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The Whole Picture - Strategies for Screenwriting Success in the New Hollywood.
Richard Walter
Plume Books, New York
Book
1997
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The Winner’s Bible: Rewire Your Brain for Permanent Change
Kerry Spackman
The Winner’s Institute, North Carolina
Book
2009
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The Witches of Eastwick
Michael Cristofer
Timpson
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Film
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The Wizard of Oz
Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson & Edgar Allan Woolf
Timpson
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Film
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The Wolf Man
Kurt Siodmak
Timpson
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Film
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The World According To Garp
Steve Tesich
Timpson
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Film
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The Writers Handbook 2006 (UK).
Barry (ed) Turner
Macmillan, London
Book
2006
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The Writer’s Companion
Barry Turner
Macmillan, London
Book
1996
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The Writer’s Survival Guide.
Rachel Simon
Story Press, Ohio
Book
1997
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