Jane Corbett has written both literary fiction and film scripts, several of which have been made into prize-winning feature and TV films. Following a postgrad film course and a prize at the Chicago Film Festival for her graduating film, she continued to combine writing with teaching. For several years she ran a Super 8 filmmaking course in central London, open to all comers, which fostered several interesting and successful young filmmakers. She now teaches at the National School for Film and Television and the Central Film School, learning as much from her students as they do from her. Writing film scripts is, she says, a collaborative activity with its own restrictions and advantages. The largely solitary writing of novels and stories is an interesting counterpart. Whilst it allows greater freedom for the writer, it lays on her the full responsibility for the success or failure of what she creates.
