Nicolás Giacobone is an Argentine writer and screenwriter. He won the

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for

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for the 2014 film '' Birdman'' at the

87th Academy Awards The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2014 and took place on February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 ...

in 2015. He wrote a book of short stories ''Algún Cristo'' (2001), and the novel ''The Crossed-Out Notebook'' (2018). His latest screenplay is for the film '' John and the Hole'' which was part of the official selection of the

2020 Cannes Film Festival The 73rd annual Cannes Film Festival was scheduled to take place from 12 to 23 May 2020. On 13 January 2020, Spike Lee was named as the president of the Jury. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France, festival management announced on 14 A ...

and premiered at the

2021 Sundance Film Festival The 2021 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 28 to February 3, 2021. The first lineup of competition films was announced on December 15, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Utah, the festival combined in-person screenings at the Ray ...

Personal life

His maternal grandfather was film director

Armando Bó Armando Bó (3 May 19148 October 1981) was an Argentine film actor, director, producer, screenwriter and score composer of the classic era. He is mostly known for his drama and sexploitation films of the 1960s and 1970s starring his favorit ...

, his uncle is actor Víctor Bó, and his cousin is fellow screenwriter

, with whom he won the Oscar.

Filmography

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine screenwriters Male screenwriters Argentine male writers Best Original Screenplay Academy Award winners Best Screenplay AACTA International Award winners {{screenwriter-stub