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Gotham Independent Film Award For Best Screenplay
The Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay is one of the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards. It was first presented in 2015 with Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer being the first recipients of the award for their work in '' Spotlight''. Winners and nominees 2010s 2020s See also * Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay * Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay * AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay * BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay * BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay * Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay * Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay * Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay * Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay * Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay * Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is one of the three screenwriting Writers Guild of America Awards, focused specifically for fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azazel Jacobs
Azazel Jacobs (born September 27, 1972) is an American film director and screenwriter. His feature films include '' The GoodTimesKid'' (2005), ''Terri'' (2011), ''The Lovers'' (2017), '' French Exit'' (2020), and ''His Three Daughters'' (2023). Biography Jacobs grew up in a Jewish family in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan. He is the son of experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs. He attended Bayard Rustin High School. He received a bachelor's degree in film from SUNY Purchase and a master's degree from the AFI Conservatory. , Jacobs lives in Los Angeles. Career His feature '' The Goodtimeskid'' (2005), a micro-budget film, gained a cult following and was later re-released by KINO International. Jacobs' film ''Momma’s Man'' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2008. Upon its release by KINO International, The New York Times declared the film to be "Independent Film defined." In 2011, Jacobs film ''Terri'' starring John C. Reilly, was written by Patrick deWitt, premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllis Nagy
Phyllis Nagy ( ; born November 7, 1962) is an American theatre and film director, screenwriter and playwright. In 2006, Nagy was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for writing and directing '' Mrs. Harris'' (2005), her screen debut. In 2016, Nagy received an Academy Award nomination, among numerous other accolades, for Best Adapted Screenplay for the 2015 film '' Carol''. Life and career Nagy was born in New York City and moved to London in 1992, where her playwriting career began in earnest at the Royal Court Theatre under the artistic direction of Stephen Daldry for whom she served as the Royal Court's writer-in-residence in the mid-1990s. Nagy's plays have been performed in many countries. They include ''Weldon Rising'', first produced by the Royal Court Theatre in association with the Liverpool Playhouse in 1992; Butterfly Kiss' , first produced by the Almeida Theatre Company in 1994 (not to be confused with the Michael Winterbottom film of the same name Butterfly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whit Stillman
John Whitney Stillman (born January 25, 1952) is an American writer-director and actor known for his 1990 film '' Metropolitan'', which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He is also known for his other films, ''Barcelona'' (1994), '' The Last Days of Disco'' (1998), '' Damsels in Distress'' (2011), as well as his most recent film, '' Love & Friendship'', released in 2016. Early life, family and education Stillman was born in 1952 in Washington, D.C., to Margaret Drinker (née Riley), from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a Democratic politician, John Sterling Stillman, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs under President John F. Kennedy (a classmate of Stillman's father at Harvard), from Washington, D.C. His great-grandfather was businessman James Stillman; his great-great-grandfather, Charles Stillman, founded Brownsville, Texas. Stillman was raised in Cornwall, New York, and experienced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell Or High Water (2016 Film)
''Hell or High Water'' is a 2016 American neo-Western crime drama film directed by David Mackenzie and written by Taylor Sheridan. It follows two brothers ( Chris Pine and Ben Foster) who carry out a series of bank robberies to save their family ranch, while being pursued by two Texas Rangers (Jeff Bridges and Gil Birmingham). It was the final film produced by OddLot Entertainment before its dissolution in 2015. ''Hell or High Water'' premiered at the ''Un Certain Regard'' section of the Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States on August 12, 2016. It received critical acclaim, particularly for Pine, Foster, and Bridges' performances, Sheridan's screenplay, and the editing. It grossed $37.9 million on a $12 million budget. The American Film Institute selected it as one of its 10 movies of the year, and it was nominated for numerous awards, including four Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Bridges), Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylor Sheridan
Sheridan Taylor Gibler Jr. (born May 21, 1970), known professionally as Taylor Sheridan, is an American writer, producer, director and actor. He is best known as the co-creator of the television series ''Yellowstone'' and creator of its prequels '' 1883'' (2021) and ''1923'' (2022). Sheridan has written several films, including the screenplay for '' Sicario'' (2015), for which he was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for '' Hell or High Water'' (2016), which was nominated for three other Oscars, including Best Picture. Sheridan also wrote and directed the 2017 neo-Western crime film '' Wind River'' and wrote the 2018 sequel to ''Sicario''. Sheridan got his start portraying Danny Boyd in ''Veronica Mars'' (2005–2007) as well as portraying David Hale in the FX television series ''Sons of Anarchy''. He has since created several series for Paramount+, including th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester By The Sea (film)
''Manchester by the Sea'' is a 2016 American drama film written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan that stars Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, and Lucas Hedges. Revolving around the themes of depression, guilt, grief, responsibility, dysfunctional families, and post-traumatic stress disorder, the plot follows a depressed and grief-stricken man who becomes the legal guardian of his teenage nephew after the death of his brother. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2016, and was picked up by Amazon Studios for distribution. ''Manchester by the Sea'' was filmed during March and April 2015 in the eponymous Massachusetts town and other towns in the state, such as Beverly, Essex, Gloucester, Swampscott, Lynn, Middleton, Tewksbury, and Salem. It began a limited release on November 18, 2016, before a wide release on December 16, 2016. It grossed $79million worldwide against a budget of $8.5–9million. The film received critical acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Lonergan
Kenneth Lonergan (born October 16, 1962) is an American playwright, screenwriter and film director. He is known for his works which explore complex emotional and interpersonal dynamics. He has received several awards including an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, a Laurence Olivier Award, and three Tony Awards. In 1982 Lonergan wrote his first one-act play, ''The Rennings Children''. He then earned acclaim for a string of off-Broadway plays, including '' This is Our Youth'' (1996), '' The Waverly Gallery'' (2000), and '' Lobby Hero'' (2001), which were later revived on Broadway, earning him nominations for three Tony Awards for Best Revival of a Play in 2015, 2019, and 2018, respectively. For his work on ''The Waverly Gallery'', he was selected as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. He directed and wrote the drama film '' Manchester by the Sea'' (2016) which won him the Academy Award for Best Origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paterson (film)
''Paterson'' is a 2016 drama film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. The film stars Adam Driver as a bus driver and poet named Paterson, and Golshifteh Farahani as his wife, who dreams of being a country music star and opening a cupcake business. ''Paterson'' was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palm Dog Award. It was released in Germany on November 17, 2016, by K5 International; in France on December 21, 2016, by Le Pacte; and in the United States on December 28, 2016, by Amazon Studios and Bleecker Street. Plot The film spans one week, beginning with Monday, in the life of Paterson, a NJ Transit driver in the city of Paterson. Every day follows much the same pattern: Paterson gets up early and goes to work, where he listens to passengers talking and, during breaks at work, writes poetry in a notebook he carries with him. After work he walks Marvin, the family dog, and stops for a beer at Shades Bar, where he inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Jarmusch
James Robert Jarmusch ( ; born January 22, 1953) is an American film director, screenwriter and musician. He has been a major proponent of independent film, independent cinema since the 1980s, directing films such as ''Stranger Than Paradise'' (1984), ''Down by Law (film), Down by Law'' (1986), ''Mystery Train (film), Mystery Train'' (1989), ''Night on Earth'' (1991), ''Dead Man'' (1995), ''Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai'' (1999), ''Coffee and Cigarettes'' (2003), ''Broken Flowers'' (2005), ''Only Lovers Left Alive'' (2013), and ''Paterson (film), Paterson'' (2016). ''Stranger Than Paradise'' was added to the National Film Registry in December 2002. As a musician, he has been part of the no wave band The Del-Byzanteens and in addition composed music for some of his films. He has released three musical albums with Jozef van Wissem. Early life Jarmusch was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, the second of three children of middle-class suburbanites. His mother, of Germans, German and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonlight (2016 Film)
''Moonlight'' is a 2016 American coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins, based on Tarell Alvin McCraney's unpublished semi-autobiographical play ''In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue''. It stars Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe in her first film appearance, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome in his feature film debut, Naomie Harris, and Mahershala Ali. The film presents three stages in the life of the main character: his childhood, adolescence, and early adult life. It explores the difficulties he faces with his homosexuality and identity as a black homosexual man, including the physical and emotional abuse he endures growing up. Filmed in Miami, Florida, beginning in 2015, ''Moonlight'' premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2016. It was released in the United States on October 21, 2016, by A24, receiving critical acclaim with praise towards its editing, cinematography, score, Jenkins's direction and screenplay, and han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Tarell Alvin McCraney (born October 17, 1980) is an American playwright. 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. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2019 film '' High Flying Bird'' and 2019 television series '' David Makes Man''. In 2023 McCraney was appointed artistic director of the non-profit Geffen Playhouse, in the Westwood neighborhood in Los Angeles, beginning with the 2024-25 season. Early life and education McCraney was born in Liberty City, Florida. He attended the New World School of the Arts (NWSA) in Miami, Florida. While attending NWSA, he also applied to and was awarded an honorable mention by the National YoungArts Foundation (1999, Theater). As a teenager, he was a member of an improv troupe directed by Teo Castellanos. He matriculated into The Theatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
