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Douglas McGrath is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 12 february 1958 at New York City (USA)
Douglas Geoffrey McGrath (born February 2, 1958) is an American screenwriter, film director, and actor. He also writes political commentary, such as "The Flapjack File", a column for The New Republic.
McGrath was nominated for both an Academy Award and a BAFTA award for his Bullets over Broadway screenplay. He was twice nominated for a Writers Guild of America award, in 1995 for Bullets over Broadway, and in 1997 for Emma.
A son of Beatrice and R. Searle McGrath, an independent oil producer from Midland, Texas. He is an alumnus of Trinity School of Midland, The Choate School, and Princeton University. At Princeton, he was a member of the Princeton Triangle Club and joined its Board of Directors after graduation. In 1995, McGrath married Jane Read Martin, a former assistant of Woody Allen's. She and McGrath have a son named Henry.
Carrière
Il signe des textes pour l'émission humoristique Saturday Night Live pendant la saison 1980-1981.
Comme acteur, il apparaît en 1994 dans le petit rôle de Snodgrass du film Quiz Show, réalisé par Robert Redford.
En 1995, il est nommé pour l'Oscar du meilleur scénario original pour Coups de feu sur Broadway (Bullets Over Broadway), film co-écrit et réalisé par Woody Allen. C'est avec ce film qu'il est également nommé l'année suivante dans la même catégorie aux BAFTA Awards.
L'association de la Writers Guild of America le nomme également à deux reprises pour le prix du meilleur scénario : d'abord pour Coups de feu sur Broadway en 1995, ensuite pour le film Emma, l'entremetteuse (Emma) en 1997.
Vie privée
En 1995, Douglas McGrath épouse Jane Read Martin. Il est le père de trois enfants.
(1996)
(Director)
(1994)
(Scriptwriter)
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Douglas Geoffrey McGrath (born February 2, 1958) is an American screenwriter, film director, and actor. He also writes political commentary, such as "The Flapjack File", a column for The New Republic.
McGrath was nominated for both an Academy Award and a BAFTA award for his Bullets over Broadway screenplay. He was twice nominated for a Writers Guild of America award, in 1995 for Bullets over Broadway, and in 1997 for Emma.
A son of Beatrice and R. Searle McGrath, an independent oil producer from Midland, Texas. He is an alumnus of Trinity School of Midland, The Choate School, and Princeton University. At Princeton, he was a member of the Princeton Triangle Club and joined its Board of Directors after graduation. In 1995, McGrath married Jane Read Martin, a former assistant of Woody Allen's. She and McGrath have a son named Henry.
Biography
Fils d'un producteur texan de pétrole, il fait ses études supérieures à l'université Princeton, où il fait partie de la troupe théâtrale du Princeton Triangle Club .Carrière
Il signe des textes pour l'émission humoristique Saturday Night Live pendant la saison 1980-1981.
Comme acteur, il apparaît en 1994 dans le petit rôle de Snodgrass du film Quiz Show, réalisé par Robert Redford.
En 1995, il est nommé pour l'Oscar du meilleur scénario original pour Coups de feu sur Broadway (Bullets Over Broadway), film co-écrit et réalisé par Woody Allen. C'est avec ce film qu'il est également nommé l'année suivante dans la même catégorie aux BAFTA Awards.
L'association de la Writers Guild of America le nomme également à deux reprises pour le prix du meilleur scénario : d'abord pour Coups de feu sur Broadway en 1995, ensuite pour le film Emma, l'entremetteuse (Emma) en 1997.
Vie privée
En 1995, Douglas McGrath épouse Jane Read Martin. Il est le père de trois enfants.
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(1994)(Scriptwriter)
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Porky's (1982)
, 1h34Directed by Bob Clark
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Sex comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Children's films, Teen movie, Films about virginity
Actors Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight, Roger Wilson, Tony Ganios, Cyril O'Reilly
Roles Coach Fred Warren
Rating62%
A group of Florida high school students plan on losing their virginity. They go to Porky's, a nightclub out in the Everglades, believing that they can hire a prostitute to satisfy their sexual desires. Porky takes their money but humiliates the kids by dumping them in the swamp. When the group demand their money back, the sheriff, who turns out to be Porky's brother, arrives to drive them away, but not before his minions extort the rest of their money and cause them more embarrassment. After Mickey (who returned to Porky's for revenge) is beaten so badly he has to be hospitalized, the gang becomes hellbent on exacting revenge on Porky and his brother, eventually succeeding in sinking his establishment in the swamp. Porky and his men, joined by the sheriff, chase after the group, but they make it across the county line (out of Porky's brother's jurisdiction), where they are met by a group of the local police officers, one of whom is Mickey's older brother Ted, and the high school band. After Ted repeatedly damages Porky's car, he says that all charges against Porky for driving an unsafe vehicle will be dropped if the night's events are forgiven. Because the boys were too young to be legally allowed in Porky's in the first place, Porky and his brother have no choice but to agree. The film ends with the group getting their revenge and Pee Wee finally losing his virginity.
The Gauntlet (1977)
, 1h49Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney, Carole Cook
Roles le parieur
Rating64%
Ben Shockley, an alcoholic cop from Phoenix, is well on his way to becoming a down-and-out when he is given the task to escort witness Gus Mally from Las Vegas. His superior, Commissioner Blakelock says that it's a "nothing witness" for a "nothing trial." Mally protests that they are both set up to be killed in a hit, which a jaded Shockley doubts. Mally soon reveals herself to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties and is in possession of incriminating information concerning a high figure in society.
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
, 2h15Directed by Clint Eastwood, James Fargo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, John Vernon, Bill McKinney, John Russell
Roles Lige
Rating77%
Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood), a Missouri farmer, is driven to revenge by the murder of his wife and young son by a band of pro-Union Jayhawker militants. The Union murderers were from Senator James H. Lane's Kansas Brigade, which included Captain Terrill.
Black Christmas (1974)
, 1h38Directed by Bob Clark
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Pregnancy films, Christmas films, Films about sexuality, Serial killer films
Actors Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon, Marian Waldman, Andrea Martin
Roles le sergent Nash
Rating70%
A disoriented man climbs up into the attic of a sorority house while the occupants hold a Christmas party. Jess Bradford (Olivia Hussey) receives an obscene phone call from "the moaner", a man who has recently been calling the house. After she calls sorority friends Barb Coard (Margot Kidder), Phyllis Phyl Carlson (Andrea Martin), Clare Harrison (Lynne Griffin) and the several other girls to listen, he starts saying perverted things to them, until Barb provokes the caller, to which he replies, "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU." Barb and Clare argue about the things she said to him, and Clare leaves. She is then attacked and killed; her body is carried up into the attic, where the killer places her in a rocking chair and puts a doll in her lap.
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His Way (2011)
, 1h27Directed by Douglas McGrath
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Actors Ellen Barkin, Jerry Weintraub, James Caan, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy García
Rating67%
I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)
, 1h29Directed by Douglas McGrath
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Christina Hendricks, Olivia Munn, Busy Philipps
Rating50%
By day, Kate Reddy (Sarah Jessica Parker) works for a Boston-based financial management firm; by night, she's a devoted mother to two adoring children and the happily married wife of out-of-work architect Richard (Greg Kinnear). Though balancing those two worlds has its fair share of challenges, Kate generally manages to come out on top thanks to the support of her best friend, Allison (Christina Hendricks), who's had plenty of experience balancing kids and a career. Meanwhile, on the other end of the spectrum, Kate's associate assistant, Momo (Olivia Munn), lives for her work and is afraid of settling down. Just when Kate lands a lucrative new account that will see her traveling across the country on a regular basis, however, her new business associate Jack (Pierce Brosnan) makes advances on her, and Richard receives a job offer he can't turn down. Though it looks as if Kate and Richard couldn't possibly take on any more responsibility, the demands of modern living ensure they'll never have a dull moment, even if they try.
Infamous (2006)
, 2h1Directed by Douglas McGrath
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about capital punishment, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Peter Bogdanovich, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis
Rating69%
Truman Capote, known in New York City society for his wit and fashion flair as much as he is recognized in literary circles as the celebrated writer of Other Voices, Other Rooms and Breakfast at Tiffany's, reads a brief article about the murder of a farming family in Holcomb, Kansas, in the back pages of the New York Times of November 16, 1959.
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
, 2h12Directed by Douglas McGrath
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Charlie Hunnam, Jim Broadbent, Christopher Plummer, Jamie Bell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Cumming
Rating70%
In a prologue we are introduced to the Nicklebys, who enjoy a comfortable life in the Devon countryside until the father dies and leaves his family with no source of income. Nineteen-year-old Nicholas, his mother, and his younger sister Kate venture to London to seek help from their wealthy, cold-hearted uncle Ralph, an investor who arranges for Nicholas to be hired as a tutor at Dotheboys Hall in Yorkshire and finds Kate work as a seamstress.
Company Man (2000)
, 1h35Directed by Douglas McGrath, Peter Askin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Douglas McGrath, Alan Cumming, Reathel Bean, Anthony LaPaglia, John Turturro, Denis Leary
Rating52%
In the 1960s, Alan Quimp is a schoolteacher of English grammar and married with the very demanding woman Daisy Quimp. In order to avoid the constant mockery in Daisy's family, Alan says that he is a secret CIA agent. Daisy tells everybody, the CIA acknowledges the lie, but due to a coincidence, Alan has just helped and hidden the professional Russian dancer Petrov who wanted to leave Russia. The CIA decides to hire Alan as an agent, to get the credits of bringing Petrov to USA, and immediately decides to send him to a very calm place, Cuba.
Emma (1996)
, 2h1Directed by Douglas McGrath
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, Alan Cumming, Toni Collette, Ewan McGregor, James Cosmo
Rating66%
The film describes a year in the life of Emma Woodhouse (Gwyneth Paltrow), a congenial but naïve young woman who thinks of herself as a romantic matchmaker in her small community in early-19th-century England. When her governess, Miss Taylor (Greta Scacchi), gets married and goes to live with her new husband, Mr Weston (James Cosmo), Emma proudly takes the credit for having brought the couple together. Her father and their old family friend (and brother of Emma's sister's husband) George Knightley (Jeremy Northam) dispute her claim and disapprove of her trying to make more matches, but she ignores their warnings and sets her mind on setting up Mr Elton (Alan Cumming), the minister who performed the Westons' marriage ceremony, with Harriet Smith (Toni Collette), an unsophisticated young woman on the verges of society.
Scriptwriter
Infamous (2006)
, 2h1Directed by Douglas McGrath
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about capital punishment, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Peter Bogdanovich, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis
Rating69%
Truman Capote, known in New York City society for his wit and fashion flair as much as he is recognized in literary circles as the celebrated writer of Other Voices, Other Rooms and Breakfast at Tiffany's, reads a brief article about the murder of a farming family in Holcomb, Kansas, in the back pages of the New York Times of November 16, 1959.
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
, 2h12Directed by Douglas McGrath
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Charlie Hunnam, Jim Broadbent, Christopher Plummer, Jamie Bell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Cumming
Roles Writer
Rating70%
In a prologue we are introduced to the Nicklebys, who enjoy a comfortable life in the Devon countryside until the father dies and leaves his family with no source of income. Nineteen-year-old Nicholas, his mother, and his younger sister Kate venture to London to seek help from their wealthy, cold-hearted uncle Ralph, an investor who arranges for Nicholas to be hired as a tutor at Dotheboys Hall in Yorkshire and finds Kate work as a seamstress.
Company Man (2000)
, 1h35Directed by Douglas McGrath, Peter Askin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Douglas McGrath, Alan Cumming, Reathel Bean, Anthony LaPaglia, John Turturro, Denis Leary
Roles Writer
Rating52%
In the 1960s, Alan Quimp is a schoolteacher of English grammar and married with the very demanding woman Daisy Quimp. In order to avoid the constant mockery in Daisy's family, Alan says that he is a secret CIA agent. Daisy tells everybody, the CIA acknowledges the lie, but due to a coincidence, Alan has just helped and hidden the professional Russian dancer Petrov who wanted to leave Russia. The CIA decides to hire Alan as an agent, to get the credits of bringing Petrov to USA, and immediately decides to send him to a very calm place, Cuba.
Emma (1996)
, 2h1Directed by Douglas McGrath
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, Alan Cumming, Toni Collette, Ewan McGregor, James Cosmo
Rating66%
The film describes a year in the life of Emma Woodhouse (Gwyneth Paltrow), a congenial but naïve young woman who thinks of herself as a romantic matchmaker in her small community in early-19th-century England. When her governess, Miss Taylor (Greta Scacchi), gets married and goes to live with her new husband, Mr Weston (James Cosmo), Emma proudly takes the credit for having brought the couple together. Her father and their old family friend (and brother of Emma's sister's husband) George Knightley (Jeremy Northam) dispute her claim and disapprove of her trying to make more matches, but she ignores their warnings and sets her mind on setting up Mr Elton (Alan Cumming), the minister who performed the Westons' marriage ceremony, with Harriet Smith (Toni Collette), an unsophisticated young woman on the verges of society.
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
, 1h38Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Mafia films, Films about television, Théâtre, Gangster films
Actors John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Tilly, Chazz Palminteri, Mary-Louise Parker, Jack Warden
Rating73%
In 1928, David Shayne (John Cusack) is an idealistic young playwright newly arrived on Broadway. In order to gain financing for his play, God of Our Fathers, he agrees to hire Olive Neal (Jennifer Tilly), the actress/girlfriend of a gangster. She is demanding and talentless, but her gangster escort Cheech (Chazz Palminteri) turns out to be a genius, who constantly comes up with excellent ideas for revising the play.