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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Making A Good Writer Great: A Creativity Workbook for Screenwriters.
Linda Seger
Silman-James Press, LA
Book
1999
Available
On Loan
Book
Making Comics
Scott McLeod
Harper, London
Book
2006
Available
On Loan
Book
Making Documentary Films and Reality Videos.
Ben Hampe
Henry Holt and Company, New York
Book
1997
Available
On Loan
Book
Making a Good Script Great.
Linda Seger
Samuel French Publishing, USA
Book
1987
Available
On Loan
Book
Making the Transformational Moment in Film
Dan Fleming
Michael Wiese Productions, California
Book
2011
Available
On Loan
Book
Malice In Sunderland
Jayson Rothwell
Script
Film
1991
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Mallrats
Kevin Smith
Timpson
Script
Film
1991
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Man Of The People
Eric Roch
Timpson
Script
Film
1991
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Man On The Moon
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
Timpson
Script
Film
1991
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Man and His Symbols.
Carl G Jung
Aldus Books, London
Book
1972
Available
On Loan
Book
Mana Tuturu: Maori Treasures & Intellectual Property Rights
Barry Barclay
AUP, NZ
Book
2005
Available
On Loan
Book
Manhattan Ghost Story
Ronald Bass
Timpson
Script
Film
1991
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Manhunter
Michael Mann
Timpson
Script
Film
1991
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Map Reader, The
Harold Brodie
Timpson. Revised Screenplays
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Marathon Man
William Goldman & Janet Frame
Autobiographical novel based on To the Is-Land (1982), An Angel at My Table (1984), andThe Envoy from Mirror City (1984). Book and script.
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Mars Attacks!
Jonathan Gems. Rewritten by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
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Film
Script
Marvin's Room
John Guare
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Mary Reilly
Christopher Hampton
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
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Film
Script
Mask, The
Revised by Chuck Russell
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
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Film
Script
Matchstick Men
Nick Griffin and Ted Griffin
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Matewan
John Sayles
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Mayor Of Castro Street, The
David Franzoni & Tom Clancy
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Robert Altman & Roddy Doyle
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Mean Streets Season Of The Witch
Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin, Ethan Edwards
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Medium Cool.
Ethan Mordden
Alfred A Knopf Ltd., New York
Book
1990
Available
On Loan
Book
Meet Joe Black
Bo Goldman
Timpson. Rewrite
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Meet The Parents
Greg Glienna and Mary Ruth Clarke
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Memory and Desire
Niki Caro
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Men In Black
Ed Solomon & Nicholas Pileggi – Wiseguy
1 x Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
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Film
Script
Men With Guns (Hombres Amardos)
John Sayles
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Menace II Society
Tyger Williams and Allen Hughes and Albert Hughes
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Michael
Pete Dexter & Jim Quinlan. Rewrite by Nora Ephron & Delia Ephron
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
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Film
Script
Midnight Cowboy
Waldo Salt
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Midnight Express
Oliver Stone
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
John Lee Hancock
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Mighty Joe Young
Holly Goldberg Sloan. Rewrite by Larry Konner and Mark Rosenthal
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
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Film
Script
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Miller's Crossing
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Mimic
Matt Greenberg. Rewrites by John Sayles and Steven Soderbergh and Guillermo Del Toro
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Mind the Stop: A Brief Guide to Punctuation
GV Carey
Penguin, England
Book
1971
Available
On Loan
Book
Mirror Has Two Faces, The
Richard Lagravenese
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Mission Impossible
Willard Hyuck & Gloria Katz & David Koepp
Timpson
Script
Film
1990
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Mississippi Burning
Chris Gerolmo
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Mona Lisa Smile
Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Money Into Light – ‘The Emerald Forest: A Diary’.
John Boorman
Faber and Faber
Book
1985
Available
On Loan
Book
Monsoon Wedding
Sabrina Chawan
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Monster
Carl Lund
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Monsters, Inc
Andrew Stanton & Daniel Gerson & Sam Raimi
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Monster’s Ball
Milo Addica & Will Rokos
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Monty Python: Life Of Brian
Graham Chapman, John Clease, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Moonlight Mile
Brad Silberling
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Moonraker
Christopher Wood
Available
On Loan
Moonstruck
John Patrick Shanley
Available
On Loan
Mortal Kombat
Kevin Droney
Available
On Loan
Mosquito Coast, The
Paul Schrader
Available
On Loan
Movies and Methods
Bill Nichols
University of California Press
Book
1976
Available
On Loan
Book
Mr Holland's Opus
Patrick Duncan
Available
On Loan
Mrs Doubtfire
Robin Williams
Available
On Loan
Multi-Camera Camerawork (Media Manual)
Peter Ward
Focal Press, Massachusetts
Book
1997
Available
On Loan
Book
Mummy, The
Stephan Sommers
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Mune: An Autobiography.
Ian Mune
Craig Potton Publishing, New Zealand
Book
2010
Available
On Loan
Book
Murder in Greenwich
Dave Erikson
Available
On Loan
Muriel's Wedding
P.J Hogan
Available
On Loan
Music Box, The
Joe Eszterhas
Available
On Loan
My Best Friend’s Wedding
Ronald Bass
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Nia Vardalos
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
My Cousin Vinny
Dale Launer & Nicholas Pileggi
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
My Friend Flicka
Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal & William Shakespeare
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
My Life Without Me
Isabel Coixet
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
My Movie Business: A Memoir.
John Irving
Bloomsbury Publishing, London
Book
1999
Available
On Loan
Book
My Talks with Dean Spankey
Allan Sharp
Available
On Loan
Mystic River
Brian Helgeland & Mark Richard
In Development
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Naked Gun III The Final Insult
Pat Proft
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Naked Lunch, The
David Cronenberg
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Naked Thoughts That Roam About.
John McGrath
Nick Hern Books, London
Book
2002
Available
On Loan
Book
Narc
Joe Carnahan
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Nashville
Joan Tewkesbury
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Natural Born Killers
Quentin Tarantino
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Natural Born Killers (Draft Five)
Quentin Tarantino, David Veloz, Richard Rutowski, and Oliver Stone
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Natural, The
Roger Towne & Phil Dusenberry
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Near Dark
Eric Red and Kathryn Bigelow
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Negotiator, The
James DeMonaco and Kevin Fox. Revisions by Anthony Drazan
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Neil Simon Rewrites: A Memoir.
Neil Simon
Simon & Schuster, New York
Book
1996
Available
On Loan
Book
Nell
William Nicholson
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Net, The
Winkler/Cowan/Beebe & Ferris/Brancato
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Network
Paddy Chayevsky
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History
Diane Pivac
Te Papa Press, NZ
Book
2011
Available
On Loan
Book
Newton Boys, The
Claude Stanush, Clark Lee Walker, Richard Linklater, revisions by John Sayles.
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Nicholas Nickleby
Douglas McGrath
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Nick Of Time
Ebbe Roe Smith and Patrick Duncan
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Night Falls On Manhattan
Sidney Lumet
Timpson
Script
Film
1989
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Night Of The Hunter, The
James Agee
Timpson
Script
Film
1988
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Night Skies
John Sayles
Timpson
Script
Film
1988
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Nightmare Before Christmas, The
Caroline Thompson
Timpson
Script
Film
1988
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Nightmare Man, The
Michael Fisher
Timson
Script
Film
1988
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Nightmare On Elm Street, A
Timpson
Script
Film
1988
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Nine Months
Chris Columbus
Timpson
Script
Film
1988
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
Nixon
Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, and Oliver Stone
Timpson
Script
Film
1988
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
No Way Out
Robert Garland
Timpson
Script
Film
1988
Available
On Loan
Film
Script
No. 2
Toa Fraser
Timpson
Script
Film
1988
Available
On Loan
Film
Script

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