by Margot Lester | Jul 14, 2022 | Work Samples from Margot Lester & The Word Factory Team
One of the places business gets done in Los Angeles is the dog park. A few days after relocating to Hollywood in the late 1990s, Ursa, my black lab-Basset hound, and I ventured to the Laurel Canyon Dog Park, nestled along Mulholland Drive a couple miles above our...
by Margot Lester | Jul 28, 2021 | Work Samples from Margot Lester & The Word Factory Team, Writing/How to Write
I love getting a break from brand journalism and content marketing to revisit my newspaper days and write feature story. Here's my latest for the International Cinematographers Guild Magazine, a behind-the-scenes look at the making of ZIWE, Showtime's break-out hit...
by admin | Sep 30, 2011 | Work Samples from Margot Lester & The Word Factory Team
My latest for the Carrboro Citizen newspaper is a profile of cinematographer Tim Orr (Eastbound & Down, Choke). Caught on Film CINEMATOGRAPHER SPOTLIGHT: TIM ORR by Margot C. Lester Like a lot of folks, Tim Orr bounced around after college, looking for a career...
by admin | Sep 2, 2011 | Work Samples from Margot Lester & The Word Factory Team
It's not often I get to cover one film from two perspectives. I first wrote about The Help for the International Cinematographers Guild magazine (read the story here). Now here's my interview for the Carrboro Citizen with production designer Mark Ricker, the talented...
by admin | Aug 4, 2011 | Work Samples from Margot Lester & The Word Factory Team
For my latest foray into film, I interviewed members of the crew on the upcoming movie, The Help (in theatres 10 August), based on Kathryn Stockett's best-seller. It's got an incredible cast and crew. And there's a North Carolina connection: Production designer Mark...
