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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The X Files
Chris Carter
In Conflicting Generations
Script
TV Movie
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On Loan
TV Movie
Script
The Year Of Living Dangerously
David Williamson
(with A Game – Like – Only a Game, Printer’s Measure, Way Off Beat, The Victim, David and Broccoli)
Script
TV Play
Available
On Loan
TV Play
Script
There's Something About Mary
Ed Decter & John Strauss and Peter Farrelly & Bobby Farrelly
Timpson
Script
Film
1950
Available
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Film
Script
Thing, The
Bill Lancaster & W.R. Burnett
Timpson
Script
Film
1949
Available
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Film
Script
Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead
Scott Rosenberg
Timpson
Script
Film
1949
Available
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Film
Script
Thinking in Pictures – The Making of the Movie Matewan
John Sayles
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Book
1987
Available
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Book
Thinner
Michael McDowelll
Includes the character outlines, additions and omissions made by director/producer Carol Reed and Orson Welles. Graham Greene subsequently published the novella of the same name.
Script
Film
1949
Available
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Film
Script
Third Witch, The
Denise F. Meyer
Timpson
Script
Film
1943
Available
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Film
Script
This Is Spinal Tap
Karen Murphy & Murray Burnett and Joan Alison – Everybody Comes to Rick’s
Script
Film
1942
Available
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Film
Script
Three Days of the Condor
Lorenzo Semple Jr and David Rayfiel
Timpson
Script
Film
1942
Available
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Film
Script
Three Kings
David O Russell
Timpson
Script
Film
1942
Available
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Film
Script
Thunderball
Richard Maibaum and John Hopkins
Timpson
Script
Film
1941
Available
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Film
Script
Ticking Man, The
Manny Coto & Brian Helgeland
Timpson
Script
Film
1940
Available
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Film
Script
Time Bandits, The
Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam
Timpson
Script
Film
1940
Available
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Film
Script
Time Machine, The
David Duncan & George Brewer and Gertram Bloch
Timpson
Script
Film
1939
Available
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Film
Script
Time To Kill, A
Akiva Goldsman
Timpson
Script
Film
1939
Available
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Film
Script
Timecop
Mark Verheiden & L. Frank Baum
Timpson
Script
1939
Available
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Script
Tin Cup
With Duck Soup and Monkey Business
Script
Film
1937
Available
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Film
Script
Titanic
James Cameron
Script plus video. A 48 minute drama for Sunday Montana Theatre.
Script
Documentary
1935
Available
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Documentary
Script
To Catch A Thief
John Michael Hayes
Timpson. Originally The Return of Frankenstein
Script
Film
1934
Available
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Film
Script
To Die For
Buck Henry
With Monkey Business and A Day At the Races
Script
Film
1933
Available
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Film
Script
To Kill a Mockingbird
Horton Foot
Available
On Loan
To Live And Die In L.A
William Friedkin & Gerald Petievich
Timpson
Script
Film
1931
Available
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Film
Script
Tombstone
Kevin Jarre
Timpson
Script
Film
1931
Available
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Film
Script
Tombstone
Kevin Jarre
Available
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Tootsie
Larry Gelbart
Timpson
Script
Film
1930
Available
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Film
Script
Total Recall
Ronald Shusett and Dan O'Bannon
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Toy Story
Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Trading Places
Tim Harris & Herschel Weingrod & Iris Rainer Dart
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Traffic
Stephen Gaghan
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Training Day
David Ayer
Timpson. 3rd draft as written script.
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Trainspotting
John Hodge & Raymond Chandler
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Trainspotting
John Hodge
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Tremors:Beneath Perfection
S.S Wilson & Brent Maddock
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Trespass
Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale
Timpson. Initial Draft
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Truce
Stuart Beattie
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
True Lies
James Cameron
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
True Romance
Quentin Tarantino
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Truman Show, The
Andrew M. Niccol
Donated by Liz DiFiore. First Draft
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Truth About Cats And Dogs, The
Audrey Wells
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Tsunami: The Aftermath
Abi Morgan
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Tucker: A Man And His Dream
Arnold Schulman
Timpson. Abandoned Project
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Twelve Angry Men
Reginald Rose
Timspon. Unmade project
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Twelve Monkeys
David Peoples, Janet Peoples
Available
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Twins
William Osbourne & William Davies & Lou Rede
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Twister
Michael Crichton & Anne-Marrie Martin & Joseph D. Pistone with Richard Woodley
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Two Family House.
Raymond De Felitta
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Two For The Money
Dan Gilroy
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
U-Turn (aka Stray Dogs)
John Ridley
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Ugly, The
Scott Reynolds
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Unbearable Lightness Of Being, The
Jean Claude Carrriere and Philip Kaufman
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Under the Mountain
Mathew Graneger, Jonathan King
Available
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Understanding Comics
Scott McLeod
Harper Perennial, London
Book
1993
Available
On Loan
Book
Unstrung Heroes
Richard Lagravenese
Timpson
Script
Film
Available
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Film
Script
Untamed Heart
Tom Sierchio
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Untitled Michael Mann
Michael Roth
Available
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Untouchables, The
David Mamet
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Untraceable
Allison Burnett, Robert Fyvolent & Mark R Brinker
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Up Close And Personal
Joan Didion & John Gregory Dunne
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Urutahi Koataata Maori: Working with Maori in Film & Television x 2
Bradford Haami
Nga Aho Whakaari, Auckland
Book
2007
Available
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Book
Used Guys
Mickey Birnbaum
Timpson
Script
Film
Available
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Film
Script
Usual Suspects, The
Christopher McQuarrie
Script and DVD
Script
Film
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Film
Script
V For Vendetta
Larry and Andy Wachowski
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Vanilla Sky
Cameron Crowe
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Vantage Point
Barry Levy
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Verdict, The
David Mamet
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Vertigo
Alec Coppel and Samuel Taylor
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Victor/Victoria
Blake Edwards
Timpson
Script
Film
Available
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Film
Script
Vintners Luck, The
Niki Caro, Joan Scheckel
Available
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Virgin Suicides, The
Sofia Coppola
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Visitors
Everett DeRoche and Peter Fitzpatrick
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Volcano
Billy Ray
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea
William Read Woodfield
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Walk In The Clouds, A
Robert Mark Kamen
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Wall Street
Oliver Stone and Stanley Weiser
Timpson
Script
Film
Available
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Film
Script
Wanted
Michael Brandt & Derek Haas
Timpson
Script
Film
Available
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Film
Script
War Of The Roses, The
Michael Leeson
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
War, The
Kathy McWorter
Timpson
Script
Film
Available
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Film
Script
Watchmen
Sam Hamm
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Waterworld
Peter Rader
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Wayne's World
Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
We Were Soldiers
Randall Wallace
Script
Film
Available
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Film
Script
Web Word Wizardry: A Guide to Writing for the Web and Intranet.
Rachel McAlpine
Ten Speed Press, Berkley, Toronto
Book
2001
Available
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Book
Wedding Singer, The
Tim Herlihy
Timpson
Script
Film
Available
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Film
Script
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Wes Craven
Timpson
Script
Film
Available
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Film
Script
West Side Story
Ernest Lehman
Timpson
Script
Film
Available
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Film
Script
West Side Story
Ernest Lehman
Timpson
Script
Film
Available
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Film
Script
We’re Here To Help AKA BVA
Jonathan Cullinane
Timpson
Script
Film
Available
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Film
Script
What Are You Laughing At? – how to write funny screenplays, stories & more.
Brad Schreiber
Michael Wiese Publications, California
Book
2003
Available
On Loan
Book
When A Man Loves A Woman
Ronald Bass, Al Franken incorporating revised drafts by Susan Shilliday
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
When Harry Met Sally
Nora Ephron, Rob Reiner and Andrew Scheinman
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
Where Did I Go Right? – You’re No One in Hollywood Unless Someone Wants You Dead.
Bernie Brillstein & David Rensin
Warner Books
Book
1999
Available
On Loan
Book
Which Lie Did I Tell? More Adventures In The Screen Trade.
William Goldman
Bloomsbury Publishing, London
Book
2000
Available
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Book
While You Were Sleeping
Dan Sullivan and Fred Lebow
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
White Man's Burden
Desmond Nakano
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
White Men Can't Jump
Ron Shelton
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
White Oleander
Mary Agnes Donoghue
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
White Palace
Ted Tally
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
White Sands
Daniel Pyne
Timpson
Script
Film
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Film
Script
White Squall
Todd Robinson
Timpson
Script
Film
Available
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Film
Script

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