Reflections of the Shadow: Creating Memorable Heroes and Villains

This powerful book will show you how to write a great screenplay, teleplay, or novel by helping you create one-of-a-kind heroes and villains that audiences will never forget. Includes analysis of such films as The Dark Knight, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Casablanca, and The Silence of the Lambs as well as interviews with the screenwriters of Die Hard, Gladiator, Spider-Man, and Fatal Attraction.

About the Author

Jeffrey Hirschberg is an Associate Professor, Director, and founder of the Television and Film Arts program at SUNY Buffalo State. As a writer and director, he has written for Showtime and ABC and his films have screened at major film festivals. Jeffrey directed the WGA's TV Pilots Resurrected program at Lincoln Center and his feature script -- "Why Can't They All Be Like Johnny Depp?" -- was a winner of the WGA's Screenplay Reading Series. He is a graduate of Cornell University and holds a Master's from Syracuse University's Newhouse School. Jeffrey lives with his wife, three boys, and dogs Al (after Alfred Hitchcock) and Stan (after Stan Lee) in Upstate New York.