The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie

Week of January 28, 2023

How do you take a worldwide bestselling novel and make it into a hit film? With fortitude, certitude, and gratitude! Award-winning film producer Paula Mazur will screen her film The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie, starring Lily James and an all-star British cast. She will discuss the ten-year process of bringing this love story with its WWII backdrop to the big screen, a journey that navigated through 7 leading ladies, 4 studios, 4 directors, and a fabulous flat in London. With no roadmap to success and each film a mountain to climb, here is a peek behind the scenes.

 

A veteran producer of quality projects, Paula Mazur is currently producing LET HIM GO starring Kevin Costner and Diane Lane, and ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES starring Elle Fanning. She recently produced THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY starring Lily James, and THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS starring Dan Stevens and Christopher Plummer. In development are THE SILENT WIFE starring Nicole Kidman, MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND. Past films include NIM’S ISLAND starring Jodie Foster, CORRINA, CORRINA starring Whoopi Goldberg, THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES. Paula’s work has won Academy, Ace, Emmy, Spirit, and American Comedy Awards.