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Tarell Alvin McCraney (born October 17, 1980) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. He is the chair of playwriting at the Yale School of Drama and a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble. He co-wrote the 2016 film Moonlight, based on his own play, for which he received an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Oct 20, 2016 · Writer and executive producer Tarell Alvin McCraney attends the 'Moonlight' Official Competition screening during the 60th BFI London Film Festival at Embankment Garden Cinema on October 6, 2016 ...
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- Dan Allen
Jul 28, 2021 · The movie "Moonlight," which won the Oscar for best picture in 2017, was adapted from a script by my guest, Tarell Alvin McCraney. He and the film's director, Barry Jenkins, won an Oscar for best ...
- Terry Gross
Jan 4, 2017 · Jan. 15, 2017. : An article last Sunday about the playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney and the director Barry Jenkins, the creators of the film “Moonlight,” misstated the age Mr. McCraney was when ...
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- Nikole Hannah-Jones
Nov 29, 2016 · The playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney originally wrote the source material for Moonlight over a decade ago, after he graduated from DePaul University. The work remained in the background as ...
- E. Alex Jung
- Features Writer
The film Moonlight has won best picture at the Oscars. Set mainly in a black neighbourhood of Miami, it chronicles the life of Chiron - from being a gentle c...
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Mar 5, 2019 · The playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, who co-wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for the film Moonlight, has made his Broadway debut with his own take on the setting, called Choir Boy. But instead ...
