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Alex Mechanik (born October 18, 1986) is an American filmmaker. For his work on the Todd Haynes drama May December, He was nominated alongside his wife Samy Burch at the 96th Academy Awards.
Dec 3, 2023 · Director Todd Haynes and screenwriters Sammy Burch and Alex Mechanik used the true story of Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau as the inspiration for the film. In 1996, 34-year-old Letourneau...
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Box office. $5.3 million [4] May December is a 2023 American drama film directed by Todd Haynes from a screenplay by Samy Burch, based on a story by Burch and Alex Mechanik. It stars Natalie Portman as an actress who travels to meet and study the life of Gracie, the controversial woman ( Julianne Moore) she is set to play in a film—a woman ...
- Samy Burch
- Todd Haynes
Nov 8, 2023 · The director, Todd Haynes, told Deadline that the “disquieting” story is what brought him to the project. That story came from Alex Mechanik, a 37-year-old Tampa man who now lives in Los...
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Dec 8, 2023 · December 8, 2023. Gracie (Julianne Moore) rebuffs the romantic advances of Joe (Charles Melton), yet demands his immediate consolation. Photograph courtesy Netflix. Not long into “May December,”...
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She's so confident in her work, but she's so lovely and it's been such a pleasure to share this experience with her." At the 96th Oscars, May December is nominated for Best Original Screenplay. "We are shocked and deeply moved," Burch and Alex Mechanik, with whom she conceived the story, said of the nomination.
Feb 22, 2024 · Features. How ‘May December’ screenwriters hit the cinematic jackpot with their first produced spec script. By Nicholas Barber 22 February 2024. Source: François Duhamel / Courtesy of Netflix. Todd...
