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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Nobody's Fool
Robert Benton
Timpson
Script
Film
1988
Available
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Film
Script
Noriega
Lawerence Wright
Timpson
Script
Film
1988
Available
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Film
Script
North by Northwest
Ernest Lehman
Timpson
Script
Film
1988
Available
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Film
Script
Nostromo: A Tale Of The Seaboard
Christopher Hampton and David Lean
Timpson
Script
Film
1988
Available
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Film
Script
Notorious
Timpson
Script
Film
1988
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Film
Script
Notting Hill
Richard Curtis
Timpson
Script
Film
1988
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Film
Script
Now And Then
I. Marlene King
Timpson
Script
Film
1988
Available
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Film
Script
Now the News in Detail
Murray Masterton & Roger Patching
Deakin University Press, Australia
Book
1986
Available
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Book
Nurse Betty
John C. Richards and John Flamberg
Timpson
Script
Film
1988
Available
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Film
Script
Nurse Betty
John C Richards, James Flamberg
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October Sky
Lewis Colick
Timpson
Script
Film
1988
Available
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Film
Script
Of Human Bondage
Andrew Kevin Walker
Timpson
Script
Film
1988
Available
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Film
Script
Oil!
Upton Sinclair
Penguin Books, London
Book
2008
Available
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Book
On Golden Pond
Ernest Thompson
1 x Timpson
Script
Film
1988
Available
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Film
Script
On The Road
Timpson
Script
Film
1988
Available
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Film
Script
Once Upon A Time In America
David Mills
Timpson
Script
Film
1988
Available
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Film
Script
One False Move
Billy Bob Thorton and Tom Epperson
Timpson
Script
1988
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Script
One Fine Day
Ellen Simon
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
One Night Out Stealing.
Alan Duff
Tandem Press, Madison
Book
1992
Available
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Book
One Night Stand
Joe Eszterhas. Rewrite by Mike Figgis
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
One Saliva Bubble
Semi-autobiographical of Charles Bukowski
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
One, Two, Three
Billy Wilder and I.A.L Diamond
Timpson. Revised first draft
Script
Film
1987
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Film
Script
Open Wide: How Hollywood Box Office Became a National Obsession.
Dade Hayes & Jonathan Bing
Miramax Books, New York
Book
2004
Available
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Book
Ophellia
Gaylene Preston
Available
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Ordinary People
Alvin Sargent
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Orgasmo
Randolph Severn Parker III
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Other Boleyn Girl, The
Peter Morgan
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Ourselves In Primetime: A history of New Zealand television drama.
Trisha Dunleavy
Auckland University Press
Book
2005
Available
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Book
Out Of Africa
Kurt Luedtke
1 x Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Out Of Sight
Scott Frank
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Out of Focus: Power
Charles Kipps
Pride and Prejudice – David Puttman in Hollywood.
Book
1989
Available
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Book
Out of the Blue
Graeme Tetley with Robert Sarkies
1 x Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Out of the Blue- Aramoana
Graeme Tetlley, Robert
Available
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Outbreak
Laurence Dworet & Robert Roy Pool. Revised by Ted Tally & Bari Wood - Twins
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Outland
Peter Hyams
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Outlander
Dirk Blackman & Howard McCain
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Outlaw
Simon Kerr
Available
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Outlaw, The: Josey Wales
Phil Kaufman
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Over 50 Years of American Comic Books.
Ron Goulart
Publications International Ltd.
Book
1991
Available
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Book
Over the Edge
Charles S. Hass and Tim Hunter
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Ovitz: The Inside Story of Hollywood’s Most Controversial Power Broker.
Robert Slater
McGraw-Hill, USA
Book
1997
Available
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Book
PU-239
Scott Z. Burns
Available
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Pacific Heights
Daniel Pyne
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Pale Rider
Michael Butler & Dennis Shryack
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Paper, The
David Koepp & Stephen Koepp
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
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Film
Script
Parallax View, The
David Giler
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Parenthood
Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel
1 x Shooting script – book Thinking In Pictures: The making of the movie Matewan. Based on true events.
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Passenger 57
David Loughery
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Passengers
Ronnie Christensen
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid
Rudolph Wurlitzer
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Patch Adams
Steve Oedekerk
Timpson. Unfinished Film Project
Script
Film
1987
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Film
Script
Patriot Games
W. Peter Iliff
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Patriot, The
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Payback All-Star Revue, The
Alan Sereboff
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
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Film
Script
Paycheck
Dean Georgaris
Timpson
Script
Film
1987
Available
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Film
Script
Pelican Brief, The
Alan J. Pakula
Timpson
Script
Film
1986
Available
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Film
Script
Penguin Book of Interviews: an anthology.
Christopher Silvester
Penguin Books, London
Book
1993
Available
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Book
People Vs. Larry Flynt, The
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
Timpson
Script
Film
1986
Available
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Film
Script
Perfect Creature, The
Glenn Standring
Timpson
Script
Film
1986
Available
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Film
Script
Perfect Murder, A
Patrick Smith Kelly. Revisions by Patrick Smith Kelly and Ann Biderman
Timpson
Script
Film
1986
Available
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Film
Script
Personal Velocity: Three Portraits
Rebecca Miller
Timpson
Script
Film
1986
Available
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Film
Script
Peter Jackson: A Film-maker’s Journey.
Brian Sibley
HarperCollins Publishers, London
Book
2006
Available
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Book
Peter Jackson: From prince of splatter to lord of the rings.
Ian Pryor
Random House, NZ
Book
2003
Available
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Book
Phantom, The
Jeffery Boam
Timpson
Script
Film
1986
Available
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Film
Script
Phantom, The: Storyboards
Timpson
Script
Film
1986
Available
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Film
Script
Phenomenon
Gerald Dipego
First in a trilogy of Vietnam War films. Based upon Stone’s experiences as a U.S. infantryman in Vietnam. Fir st Hollywood film to be written and directed by a veteran of the Vietnam War. With Salvador.
Script
Film
1986
Available
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Film
Script
Pianist, The
Ronald Harwood
Timpson
Script
Film
1986
Available
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Film
Script
Piano, The
Jane Campion
1 x Timpson. With Platoon
Script
Film
1986
Available
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Film
Script
Picture Perfect
Screenplay by Arleen Sorkin & Paul Slansky. Revised draft by Glenn Gordon Caron and J.J Abrams
Timpson
Script
Film
1986
Available
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Film
Script
Piece of my Heart
Fiona Samuel
Available
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Pierre
Nick Ward
Available
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Pillow Book, The
Peter Greenaway
Timpson
Script
Film
1986
Available
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Film
Script
Pillow Talk
Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin
Timpson
Script
Film
1986
Available
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Film
Script
Pincushion
John Raffo and Jeb Stuart
Timpson
Script
Film
1986
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Film
Script
Pirates of the Caribbean
Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio
Timpson
Script
Film
1986
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Film
Script
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Timpson
Script
Film
1986
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Film
Script
Planes, Trains And Automobiles
John Hughes
Timpson
Script
Film
1986
Available
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Film
Script
Planet Of The Apes: The Return of the Apes (under "P")
Michael Wilson & Francis Paudras - Dancing the Infidels
Timpson
Script
1986
Available
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Script
Platoon
Oliver Stone
Timpson
Script
Film
1985
Available
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Film
Script
Platoon
Oliver Stone
Timpson
Script
Film
1985
Available
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Film
Script
Player, The
Micheal Tolkin
Available
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Playing God
Mark Haskell Smith & Peter Carey
Script
Film
1985
Available
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Film
Script
Plays 1: Small Towns & Sea.
Ken Duncum
Book
Available
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Book
Point Blank
Timpson
Script
Film
1985
Available
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Film
Script
Point Break
James Cameron & Kathryn Bigelow from the screenplay by W. Peter Iliff & Walter Trevis
Timpson
Script
Film
1985
Available
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Film
Script
Poltergeist
Steven Spielberg, Mark Victor and Michael Grais
Timpson
Script
Film
1985
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Film
Script
Poor
Paul Mazursky
Donated by Michael Bennett
Script
Film
1985
Available
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Film
Script
Population 436
Michael Kingston
Timpson
Script
Film
1985
Available
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Film
Script
Posse
Sy Richardson and Dario Scardapane
Timpson
Script
Film
1985
Available
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Film
Script
Postcards From The Edge
Carrie Fisher
Timpson
Script
Film
1985
Available
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Film
Script
Postman Always Rings Twice, The
David Mamet
Timpson
Script
Film
1985
Available
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Film
Script
Postman, The
Eric Roth
Timpson
Script
Film
1985
Available
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Film
Script
Potter on Potter.
Graham Fuller
Faber and Faber, London
Book
1993
Available
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Book
Preacher's Wife, The
J.T Allen. Rewritten from the versions of Nat Mauldin and Jeremy Levin.
Timpson
Script
Film
1985
Available
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Film
Script
Predator 2
Jim Thomas & John Thomas
Timpson
Script
Film
1985
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Film
Script
Predators
Robert Rodriguez
Timpson
Script
Film
1985
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Film
Script
Predicament.
Ronald Hugh Morrieson
Robert Hale Limited, London
Book
1982
Available
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Book
Presumed Innocent
Timpson. Biographical
Script
Film
1985
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Film
Script
Pret-A-Porter
Robert Altman & Barbara Shulgasser
Timpson
Script
Film
1985
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Film
Script
Pretty In Pink
John Hughes & Gerald Petievich
Timpson
Script
Film
1985
Available
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Film
Script

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