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Michael Begler is an American television writer, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for co-creating Cinemax's period medical drama The Knick, and for writing the films Raising Helen (2004), The Shaggy Dog (2006) and Big Miracle (2012), all with writing partner Jack Amiel.
Apr 20, 2023 · Michael Begler speaks with Script about his work writing, producing, and showrunning the second season of HBO’s reimagined 'Perry Mason'.
Apr 25, 2023 · New showrunners — Michael Begler and Jack Amiel of the underseen but masterful series The Knick — returned to doing another prestige period drama. The shift immediately benefited the show, as the Begler/Amiel era helped to soften the deathly serious tone Mason cultivated in its debut season.
- A Gut Feeling
- On Medical History
- Cross-Boarding
- A Medical Drama on Cable TV
- An Era of Power Differences
- No One Forgot Hammerstein
Chris Higgins: Where did the idea for The Knickcome from? Michael Begler:The idea stems from health issues I was going through at the time. I was having some issues with my gut, and I was going down the roads of traditional medicine and alternative treatments. There were points where I was really amazed at what medical science had figured out, and ...
Higgins: So I'm wondering how the research process works, and to what extent the Burns Archive fits into that? Do you start with an invention? Do you start with a story? Both? Amiel:We went through a lot of procedures. You know, there are some wonderful medical archives online that we were able to go through surgical procedures and to go, "Oh, okay...
Higgins: I'm wondering what it's like to run a show with a single director for the whole season, and I gather that you have a second season coming. But I'm wondering, when you start shooting, how many scripts are complete? And what's it like having a single director, a single shooter, a single editor, and that person being Steven Soderbergh? Amiel:...
Higgins: When I think about putting a medical drama on cable TV, that opens some doors. You have the latitude on cable to show gore, but you also have the latitude to show sex, and at least in the seven episodes I've seen there's a lot of gore, in the context of operations, and it seems realistic. There is a little bit of violence, and there's very...
Higgins: To me, all good period pieces deal with the racial, the sexual, and the economic situation of the leads situated in their time. And that situation is often very grim, right? So in this series you've got leads who are black, you've got various women, you've got people who are in challenging positions. Now knowing that it's set in or around ...
Higgins: How do you guys decide whose name goes first when you're credited as, you know, Amiel and Begler? Amiel:It's done by weight. I'm much heavier than Michael. Amiel:It's just alphabetical. Begler:It's just alphabetical. Higgins: Well, yeah, obviously it's alphabetical, but I mean did you have to fight this out amongst you, or you just decided...
Apr 9, 2023 · Executive Producers Susan Downey & Michael Begler on Perry Mason Season 2, deepening the characters, balancing tone, and the possibility of Season 3.
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Apr 25, 2023 · Yet according to Michael Begler, who took over showrunning duties on “Perry Mason” this season with his writing partner Jack Amiel, the identity of the antagonist came fairly late in the...
Mar 6, 2023 · Ahead of the premiere of Perry Mason season 2, Screen Rant sat down with Begler and Susan Downey to discuss the lawyer's next chapter, including defining this stage of Perry's story, cracking season 2's big mystery, and writing for a slew of excellent characters.
