Academy Originals: Hollywood Filmmakers Talk About What Inspires Them

In this short from the terrific Academy Originals series, Seth Rogen says that it is friendship that is at the center of the stories he likes to write.    “Academy Originals” is AMPAS’s first original digital series.  The initiative is a documentary-style video series which examines everything from the creative process, to the moments that changed the course of filmmaking, to the artists who are charting its future. New Academy Originals are available every Monday on Oscars.org/AcademyOriginals and YouTube.com/AcademyOriginals.  Check out the other episodes:

• Moments That Changed The Movies: Jurassic Park 
• Let’s Go To The Movies with Patton Oswalt
• Creative Spark: Dustin Lance Black (Screenwriter, “Milk” and “J.Edgar”)
• Not Much to See: How the Blind Enjoy Movies
• Creative Spark: Tina Gordon Chism (Screenwriter and director “Drumline” and “Peeples”)
• Creative Spark: Ava DuVernay
• Student Academy Awards Gold Medalists