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Douglas McGrath
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2 February 1958 - 3 November 2022
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American actor, director, screenwriter Douglas Jeffrey Mac Grath (Douglas McGrath) was born on February 2, 1958. In 1994, Woody Allen’s “Bullets Over Broadway” was released, the script for which was written by Douglas Mac Grath. The script was nominated for the British Film Academy BAFTA and Oscar awards. As a director in 1996, Gret shot Melodrama "Emma" Based on a Jane Austen novel. This is a wonderful love story told with subtle humor and charm. Emma Woodstock was played by Gwyneth Paltrow. The
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American actor, director, screenwriter Douglas Jeffrey Mac Grath (Douglas McGrath) was born on February 2, 1958.
In 1994, Woody Allen’s “Bullets Over Broadway” was released, the script for which was written by Douglas Mac Grath. The script was nominated for the British Film Academy BAFTA and Oscar awards.
As a director in 1996, Gret shot
Melodrama "Emma" Based on a Jane Austen novel. This is a wonderful love story told with subtle humor and charm. Emma Woodstock was played by Gwyneth Paltrow. The film won the 1997 Oscar for Best Soundtrack for Musical or Comedy Picture and an Oscar nomination for Best Costume.
With the same subtle humor, the script for the film “Your Boyfriend” (1999) was written, which the author shot as a director, playing the role of the main character Allen Quimp.
Douglas Mac Grath also wrote and directed Nicholas Nickleby (2002) based on the educational novel by Charles Dickens.
As an actor, he starred in Woody Allen's comedy The Hollywood Finale (2002), Tony Gilroy's thriller Michael Clayton (2007), and Brian Koppelman's melodrama Sexaholic (2009).
Douglas MacGrath is a political columnist for The New Republic, and has written essays on art and culture in The New York Times.