Sentences with phrase «for screenplay for»

He received an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for The Verdict, starring Paul Newman.

Irish author Emma Donoghue has also been announced as a contender in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for her screenplay for Room, the big screen adaptation of her best - selling novel.

The 17th Annual Hollywood Film Awards announced today that it will be honoring Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater, with the «Hollywood Screenwriters Award,» for their screenplay for Sony Pictures Classics» Before Midnight.

Martin McDonagh accepts the Golden Globe for screenplay for his work on «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» (Paul Drinkwater / NBC Universal)

Writer / director Black won an Oscar for his screenplay for «Milk.»

Writer / director McQuarrie won an Oscar for his screenplay for «The Usual Suspects.»

Director (and screenwriter) Ridley just won an Oscar for his screenplay for «12 Years a Slave.»

«Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» (Nov. 10): Martin McDonough, who won an Oscar for his screenplay for «In Bruges,» returns with another dark comedy, this one starring the always terrific Frances McDormand as a woman so angered by the law's half - hearted investigation of her daughter's death that she paints exactly what it says in the title to take on the police chief, played by Woody Harrelson.

Directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash — who won an Oscar for their screenplay for The Descendents.

Christopher Hampton won an Oscar for the screenplay for Dangerous Liasons and was nominated for his adaptation of Atonement.

Though John Ridley's most recent work has been with his critically - acclaimed ABC anthology crime drama «American Crime,» he garnered quite a bit of acclaim for his screenplay for «12 Years A Slave,» for which he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Jeremy and John - Henry Butterworth were named recipients of the Writers Guild of America West's 2011 Paul Selvin Award for their screenplay for the film Fair Game (2010), directed by Doug Liman and which starred Naomi Watts and Sean Penn..

Resuming his movie career with 1962's Taras Bulba, Salt went on to win an Academy Award for his screenplay for 1969's Midnight Cowboy; nine years later, Salt, Robert C. Jones, and Nancy Dowd shared an Oscar for Coming Home (1978), his final film.

Schrader — who is best known for his screenplays for Martin Scorsese, but has also written and directed movies like American Gigolo, Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters, and Affliction — has never made anything as minimalist and contemplative as First Reformed, a film of empty spaces framed in boxy Academy ratio.

He received two more nominations during his nearly two - decade collaboration with director Luis Buñuel, for the screenplays for «The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie» and «That Obscure Object of Desire.»

Not exact matches

Peele made history on Sunday as the first African - American to win an Oscar for best original screenplay.

James Cameron nNet worth: $ 650M nCameron's (at left) film career has humble beginnings — the Avatar - director sold his screenplay for The Terminator for just one dollar in exchange for the opportunity to direct the film.

James Cameron Net worth: $ 650M Cameron's (at left) film career has humble beginnings — the Avatar - director sold his screenplay for The Terminator for just one dollar in exchange for the opportunity to direct the film.

The performances are so good, that both Steve Carell and Christian Bale have been nominated for Golden Globe Awards for «Best Actor in a Comedy» and McCay and Charles Randolph, who co-wrote the movie, were nominated for «Best Screenplay.»

Michael also created and wrote every episode of The Tudors and wrote the screenplays for the Cate Blanchett Elizabeth movies.

The adaptation of author E.L. James» erotic novel won worst screenplay, worst actor for Jamie Dornan and worst actress for Dakota Johnson during Saturday's 36th annual Golden Raspberry Awards, according to the Associated Press.

It will be all but impossible for audiences to determine guilt or innocence, dereliction of duty or devotion to veracity, based strictly on the movie: Its screenplay was adapted by James Vanderbilt from Mapes» own memoir, Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power, in which she strenuously defends her work on what became known as «Rathergate» (or «Memogate»).

Netflix's critically acclaimed original drama «Mudbound» earned four nominations for the company, including nods for best supporting actress (Mary J. Blige) and best adapted screenplay (writer - director Dee Rees).

A copy of the agreement reviewed by The Hollywood Reporter reveals the two were to be paid $ 250,000 for the screenplay plus $ 150,000 more for rewrites if the producer exercised its option.

But the special purpose entity created for the production, in tracing the chain of title on «Silence,» became aware of a 2002 agreement that Cecchi Gori had made with an individual named Michael Gordon to write the «Silence» screenplay.

«For my feature screenplay, Personal Influence, I developed a vision book that invites my audiences and collaborators to share in the vision.»

The surprising snub of the unconventional Tonya Harding biopic, «I, Tonya,» from the best original screenplay category for this year's Oscar nominations was disappointing for many.

Here are just a few: Jordan Peele became the first African American to win the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for Get Out, and Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water won for Best Picture — a film featuring a female actor in the lead role hasn't won the category since Million Dollar Baby in 2004.

The movie, about a father dealing with the aftermath of his wife falling into a coma, was nominated for five Oscars in 2012, winning one for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Like how his legal brief includes a 3 page «screenplay» of a conversation between a coworker and his boss, which he wasn't present for and which he admits to taking «artistic license» with?

Catholic News Agency: «Exorcist» author prepares canon lawsuit against Georgetown The author of the best - selling book and award - winning screenplay «The Exorcist» has announced that he is leading an effort to file a canon lawsuit against Georgetown University for failures to live up to the demands of the school's Catholic identity.

And it's unlike any other book I've ever written, for in addition to the memoir, it includes original poetry, short stories, soliloquies, and even a short screenplay — all aimed at capturing the wonder and beauty of Scripture, while honoring the best in biblical scholarship and acknowledging the challenges of its most difficult passages.

Its most controversial aspect was the early decision to eschew a screenplay and have the movie follow, Pasolini - like, the Good News Bible's rendition of the Gospel of John word for word.

Yes, it's Lindsey Lohan acting older than she is in a screenplay that is fitting for an older and more corrupted group than she needs to be with.

After all, he's a man who has published more than 50 novels including that evergreen high - school requirement Fahrenheit 451, and written hundreds of short stories and a host of screenplays, including the adaptation of Moby Dick for legendary director John Huston.

Last night, the 31 - year - old won the prize for Best Screenplay and Best Director, with his film winning Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, and its stars, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, winning Best Actor and Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy.

It won Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (for Gutiérrez's harrowed ladies» man Juan), Best Original Screenplay, and more.

It's unlike any other I've written, for in addition to memoir, it includes original poetry, short stories, soliloquies, and even a short screenplay, all aimed at engaging your questions, doubts, ideas, and imagination as you wrestle with the Bible along with me.

Then, Julia conjures the spirit of the William Peter Blatty, who died earlier this month, and discusses The Exorcist — that very Catholic work of horror, for which he authored both novel and screenplay.

At Sunday's Oscars, actor, screenwriter and director Jordan Peele made cinematic history, becoming the first black director to win an Oscar for best screenplay.

And now the movie adaptation comes out tomorrow, for which she also wrote the screenplay.

Chambliss, an aspiring film writer working on his second screenplay, acknowledges that life has written a script for him: He's No Chris Chambliss.

Earlier this week Bovada, one of the most popular offshore sportsbooks, posted odds for eleven of the fourteen film categories — omitting Best Screenplay, Best Original Score and Best Original Song.

Lee, who also wrote the screenplay for Frozen, is also known for her writing in Wreck - It Ralph and Zootopia.

Bell admits she wasn't coming from an open - minded place when she started writing the screenplay (she chose a contract of seven years is because she heard about German politician Gabriele Pauli's call for a renewable seven - year contract in 2007).

She is an ambitious mom who recently wrote her first screenplay for a project in a screenwriting class at the local college and, on a whim, submitted it to a writing contest.

The best ensemble performance award went to Straight Outta Compton, which also won for best original screenplay.

He also wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.

11 — 30 Frost / Nixon, a play by Peter Morgan, who also co-wrote the award - winning screenplay for The Last King of Scotland, reenacts the famous 1977 interview in which British talk - show host David Frost extracted an on - air apology from Richard Nixon regarding his role in the Watergate scandal.

The original screenplay called for an affirmative answer to this ultimate «how - far - can - science - go?»