Sentences with phrase «screenplay for»

This year it was for his original screenplay for «Another Year,» his seventh nomination.

In fact, he very nearly took Best Adapted Screenplay for «Up in the Air» almost a decade ago.

The film is also nominated for Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay for the 2012 awards.

The trio are nominated for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for their work on the film.

After writing screenplays for films like 28 Days Later and Never Let Me Go,...

Yesterday, Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger told CNBC that Simon Kinberg (Sherlock Holmes) and Lawrence Kasdan (Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Empire Strikes Back) are currently working on screenplays for standalone films.

Schrader wrote or co-wrote screenplays for Martin Scorsese's «Taxi Driver,» «Raging Bull,» and «The Last Temptation of Christ» and has directed 18 feature films, including «American Gigolo,» «Affliction,» «Auto Focus,» and «The Canyons.»

The film's screenplay is written by playwright Tom Stoppard, whose works like «Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead» and «Arcadia» are widely acclaimed; he also penned screenplays for Terry Gilliam's «Brazil,» John Madden's «Shakespeare In Love,» and Joe Wright's «Anna Karenina.»

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

Damon won screenplay for Good Will Hunting and DiCaprio was nominated for producing Best Picture contender Wolf of Wall Street

Ruth Prawer Who??? Although she was the genius who wrote most of screenplays for their their...

He has also written many screenplays for film and television, including the feature film adaptation of Starter For Ten.

With three prior nominations in the acting categories and a win in Screenplay for Good Will Hunting, Matt Damon now has his first Best Picture nomination, as producer of the Casey Affleck - starring Manchester by the Sea.

A smart, hair - raising satire about prejudice and race relations, «Get Out» won Best Film, as well as Best Original Screenplay for writer - director Jordan Peele's provocative script.

The newest slate of contributors includes 11 notable authors who have been widely recognized in popular culture not only for their bestselling novels, but also for how their works have transcended the page into screenplays for film and / or television.

Jordan Peele made history as he is the first black screenwriter to win Best Original Screenplay for Get Out

Since Shane Black wrote screenplays for such movies as «Lethal Weapon» and «The Long Kiss Goodnight» back in the 90's, you can expect a lot of fast - paced scenes and tons of outrageous jokes.

He did this, iconically, with his original screenplay for Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver and as a director himself in 2002's Auto Focus, an unsettling descent into porn and career dislocation.

The writer - director is a portraitist of the self - destructive American psyche, and his subject matter here is something of an update of his landmark screenplay for Taxi Driver, with Toller pouring pink Pepto - Bismol like toxic sludge into a whiskey glass in a visual echo of Travis Bickle's eerily fizzing Alka - Seltzer.

Allen recently won an Academy Award ® for Best Original Screenplay for MIDNIGHT IN PARIS.

Dear every screenwriter / filmmaker, read Joel Coen & Ethan Coen's screenplay for Barton Fink [PDF].

Screenwriter and playwright Phyllis Nagy wrote the original screenplay for Carol back in 1997, adapting her friend Patricia Highsmith's novel, The Price Of Salt at the prolific author's encouragement.

It's notable only for being the second script from Diablo Cody, whose screenplay for Juno is really a treasure, but this is not a good sign.

Note that most other awards organizations treated Damien Chazelle's Whiplash script as an original screenplay, but the Academy considered it to be an adapted screenplay for reasons known only to the Academy (Chazelle has previously released a single Whiplash scene as a short film to raise funds to complete the full movie, which is apparently the source of the problem).

His strong screenplays for Sicario and Hell or High Water have given Denis Villeneuve and David Mackenzie fantastic jumping off points to create films full of intensity, depth and humor.

Many readers will recognize that italicized phrase as the title of the excellent 2014 film about Turing, which starred Benedict Cumberbatch and won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay for Graham Moore from the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges.

Edgar Wright is a great writer / director, having directed «Shaun of the Dead» and written screenplays for movies like «Ant - Man.»

Director Bill Holderman and Erin Simms» screenplay for Book Club feels like a half - manufactured machine.

In a nutshell, the story follows Marty (Colin Farrell) who is struggling from writer's block on his new screenplay for which he only has a few vague ideas and a title so far which is, you guessed it, «Seven Psychopaths.»

Other feature awards included O.J.: Made in America for Outstanding Emerging Filmmaker for Ezra Edelman, The Land for Outstanding First Screenplay for Steven Caple, Jr. and Eye of the Storm for Outstanding Foreign - Language Film.

The script is from first time screenwriter Jack Paglen and apparently sat on a «black list» of unproduced screenplays for years.

Happy as Lazzaro premiered in competition and was awarded Best Screenplay for Alice Rohrwacher

Additionally, the film scored prizes for Best Actor for Timothée Chalamet, Best Adapted Screenplay for James Ivory, and Best Original Song for the number «Mystery of Love.»

Five awards went to black people yesterday: Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney for Best Adapted Screenplay for Moonlight, Moonlight for Best Picture, Viola Davis for Best Supporting Actress for Fences, Mahershala Ali for Best Supporting Actor for Moonlight, and Ezra Edelman alongside Caroline Waterlow for Best Documentary Feature for O.J.: Made in America.

The nominations for Brooklyn were: Best Actress for Saoirse Ronan, Best Supporting Actor for Domhnall Gleeson, Best Supporting Actress for Julie Walters, Best Screenplay for Nick Hornby, and Outstanding Achievement in Craft, for which Fiona Weir is nominated for casting.

Soon, Steven Spielberg and an all - star cast were on board, and Josh Singer — who'd previously co-written the Oscar - winning screenplay for Spotlight — joined the project.

Actor - turned - screenwriter Taylor Sheridan is enjoying a fairytale career right now: his script for Denis Villeneuve's Sicario was much admired, now he has a nomination for his complex and seductive screenplay for Hell or High Water.

Since then, he has also written the play and screenplay for Killer Joe, and been seen as an actor in the key role of a Senator in the TV show «Homeland ``.

Little Miss Sunshine was nominated for several Academy Awards, and came home with Best Original Screenplay for Michael Ardnt and Best Supporting Actor for Alan Arkin.

(Note for Browncoats: They have some great new screenplays for Firefly!)

Then, we revisit two interviews with first - time directors who could win major awards on Sunday: Yance Ford, whose film Strong Island is up for Best Documentary, and Greta Gerwig, a contender for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Lady Bird.

«Vicky Cristina Barcelona» also secured a pair: Best Screenplay for Woody Allen and Best Supporting Actress for Penelope Cruz.

The American director, producer and screenwriter received the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Call Me by Your Name, which is based on a novel by André Aciman.

Helgeland, who is perhaps best known for writing and receiving an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for L.A. Confidential (1997) here has based Legends... Read more»

He also told us about his experiences in Ireland, writing the Moby Dick screenplay for John Huston.

Given that film's failure, one can understand why Garland chose to take the pen into his own hands moving forward, continuing to work with Boyle by providing screenplays for

But «Batman v Superman» didn't go away empty handed, as it also received four awards from the Razzies: Worst Screenplay for Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer, Worst Supporting Actor for Jesse Eisenberg's bizarre Lex Luthor, Worst Screen Combo for Affleck and Henry Cavill as the titular superheroes, and Worst Remake, Rip - off, or Sequel.