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Marjorie Short Q&A - The Intern Diaries

September 21, 2026 • intern • marjoei short • q&a

Q&A WITH FILMMAKER/AUTHOR MARJORIE SHORT Q. Making Mischief: The Intern Diaries is a pretty unusual book. Why did you write it? A. Actually, it was never intended to be a book! It was my notes about my Academy/AFI Directing Internship on the feature film Mischief that was shot in Ohio in 1984. By the end, I had five notebooks full! I was supposed to turn it into a report to the AFI assessing my experiences on the internship. Q. What kinds of things did you write about? A. Well, when I first got to location, it was things I...