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 oneact play The Rennings Children He then earned acclaim for a string of offBroadway 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 Original Screenplay as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director He was previously Oscarnominated as a writer for his first film You Can Count on Me 2000 and as a cowriter for Martin Scorseses historical epic film Gangs of New York 2002 He also wrote and directed the psychological drama film Margaret 2011 and adapted EM Forsters novel Howards End into the 2017 miniseries of the same name Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenneth Lonergan licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia