Listen "A Conversation with Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis"
Episode Synopsis
Hi podcast listeners, I'm Barbara Morgan and you're listening to Austin Film Festival's On Story. This week on On Story we're joined by screenwriting duo Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis discussing their journey writing films such as Five Feet Below, and the recent Netflix adaptation of the J.A. White fantasy-horror novel, Nightbooks. Mikki Daughtry is a screenwriter and young adult fiction author. She is best known for writing, along with writing partner Tobias Iaconis, the films The Curse of La Llorona, Five Feet Apart, and Netflix's Nightbooks. Tobias Iaconis is also a screenwriter best known for his work with Daughtry, as well as 2009's Behind Enemy Lines: Columbia. In 2012 he partnered with Daughtry for an adaptation of the Jack Kilborn action-horror novel Afraid. Moderator Harrison Glaser sat down with the pair to discuss their process at the Austin Film Festival. Clips of The Curse of La Llorona courtesy of Warner Brothers Pictures Clips of Five Feet Apart courtesy of CBS Films
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