Olivia Wilde and Laura Kosann, 2021 Nicholl Conversations

Olivia Wilde chats with Laura Kosann about the screenwriting process and Laura s 2021 Nicholl winning script The Ideal Woman (logline below). The Ideal Woman : Set in American suburbia during the Cuban Missile Crisis: A 1960s exactress and housewife finds her houseofcards world begin to tumble as she continues to be pitted against two identities. Laura Kosann is a writer and director passionate about telling dynamic, femaledriven stories with a literary quality. Most recently, she has been promoted twice on The Black List for her screenplay Veo Veo A Family. Laura was also a finalist in the Imagine Impact X Netflix competition in 2020 for her thriller concept Dear Senator. Prior to that, she wrote, directed and produced the ultralow SAG budget indie film The Social Ones. The movie won the Audience Award for Best Comedy at Cinequest Film Festival. Since she was young, Laura has always played out movies in her head; creating sce