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3 days ago · Juno won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and earned three other nominations for Best Picture, Best Director for Reitman, and Best Actress for 20-year old Page (who was presenting as female at the time, and is the sixth-youngest nominee in the category).
2 days ago · Education. University of North Texas ( BA) Rice University ( MA) Years active. 1961–2021. Larry Jeff McMurtry (June 3, 1936 – March 25, 2021) was an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas. [1] His novels included Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture ...
4 days ago · 2. John Ridley IV [1] (born October 1, 1964) [2] is an American screenwriter, television director, novelist, and showrunner, known for 12 Years a Slave, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He is also the creator and showrunner of the anthology series American Crime. In 2017 he directed the documentary film Let It Fall ...
2 days ago · The film, which starred Sean Penn, won Black the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2009. Raised as Mormon, he was hired as the only such writer on HBO drama series Big Love about a ...
6 days ago · Citizen Kane did manage to earn nine Academy Award nominations, winning for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. Over the years, Citizen Kane's critical reputation skyrocketed as it became evident the movie greatly influenced countless filmmakers.
6 days ago · The movie, which presents a portrait of the complicated soldier and author T.E. Lawrence, won seven Academy Awards, including those for best picture and best director, and made lead actor Peter O’Toole a star. Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia. Peter O'Toole (center) in Lawrence of Arabia.
5 days ago · 1) 'Over the Rainbow' by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg (1939) "Over the Rainbow," composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg, is one of the most iconic songs in American cinema. Written for the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz," it was sung by Judy Garland in her role as Dorothy Gale. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and ...
