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Douglas McGrath is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 12 february 1958 at New York City (USA)

Douglas McGrath

Douglas McGrath
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Nationality USA
Birth 12 february 1958 at New York City (USA)
Death 3 november 2022 (at 64 years)

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.

Best films

Emma
Emma
(1996)
(Director) Bullets Over Broadway
Bullets Over Broadway
(1994)
(Scriptwriter)

Usually with

Woody Allen
Woody Allen
(8 films)
Santo Loquasto
Santo Loquasto
(8 films)
Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming
(3 films)
Letty Aronson
Letty Aronson
(7 films)
Rachel Portman
Rachel Portman
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Douglas McGrath (26 films)

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Actor

Café Society
Café Society (2016)

Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Parker Posey, Blake Lively Reynolds, Corey Stoll
Roles Norman
Rating65% 3.2983653.2983653.2983653.2983653.298365
New York, dans les années 30. Coincé entre des parents conflictuels, un frère gangster et la bijouterie familiale, Bobby Dorfman a le sentiment d'étouffer ! Il décide donc de tenter sa chance à Hollywood où son oncle Phil, puissant agent de stars, accepte de l'engager comme coursier. À Hollywood, Bobby ne tarde pas à tomber amoureux. Malheureusement, la belle n'est pas libre et il doit se contenter de son amitié. Jusqu'au jour où elle débarque chez lui pour lui annoncer que son petit ami vient de rompre. Soudain, l'horizon s'éclaire pour Bobby et l'amour semble à portée de main…
Café Society
Café Society (2016)
, 1h36
Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Blake Lively Reynolds, Parker Posey, Corey Stoll
Roles Norman
Rating65% 3.2983653.2983653.2983653.2983653.298365
Dans les années 1930, Bobby (Jesse Eisenberg), un jeune juif new-yorkais qui étouffe auprès de ses parents, petits bijoutiers, se rend à Hollywood. Pour y trouver un travail, il compte sur l'appui de son oncle Phil (Steve Carell), prestigieux agent d'acteurs. Il tombe amoureux de la secrétaire de celui-ci, Vonnie (Kristen Stewart), sans savoir qu'elle et son oncle sont amants. Néanmoins il parvient peu à peu à la séduire. Tous deux se désintéressent de la vie effervescente et superficielle d'Hollywood. Il veut l'amener à New York pour fonder une famille. Hélas, à l'heure du choix, Vonnie opte pour l'oncle, pour la sécurité. Bobby retourne chez ses parents. Il se lance dans les affaires aux côtés de son frère, gangster à ses heures, et fait prospérer leur très chic boîte de nuit. Il se marie avec Veronica (Blake Lively), il devient riche. Mais, quand Vonnie franchit la porte de son club au bras de son mari, la passion, qui ne s'était jamais éteinte, ressurgit entre les anciens amants.
Solitary Man
Solitary Man (2009)
, 1h30
Directed by Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Michael Douglas, Jenna Fischer, Jesse Eisenberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Imogen Poots, Susan Sarandon
Roles Dean Edward Gitleson
Rating62% 3.146473.146473.146473.146473.14647
The film opens with 54-year-old Ben Kalmen (Michael Douglas), an attractive and very successful car dealer in the New York area, at his annual medical check-up; his doctor tells him he needs a CAT scan to get a better look at his heart, due to an "irregularity" in his EKG.
Michael Clayton
Michael Clayton (2007)
, 1h59
Directed by Tony Gilroy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack, Michael O'Keefe, Tom McCarthy
Roles Jeff Gaffney
Rating71% 3.5979953.5979953.5979953.5979953.597995
Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is a "fixer" in a prestigious New York City law firm, using his connections and his knowledge of legal loopholes for his clients' benefit. After leaving an underground poker game and dealing with a wealthy client's (Denis O'Hare) hit and run, Michael drives despondently and stops at a remote field, where some horses are standing on a hill. When he leaves his car to climb up the hill to admire the horses, the car explodes behind him.
Hollywood Ending
Hollywood Ending (2002)
, 1h52
Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Woody Allen, George Hamilton, Téa Leoni, Debra Messing, Gregg Edelman, Mark Rydell
Roles Barbeque Guest
Rating65% 3.2500953.2500953.2500953.2500953.250095
Val Waxman (Allen) is a one-time prestigious film director lately reduced to overseeing cheesy television commercials in order to pay his bills and support his current live-in girlfriend (Debra Messing). When he is thrown off his latest effort (a deodorant commercial being filmed in the frozen north), he desperately seeks a real movie project.
Ghosts of Mars
Ghosts of Mars (2001)
, 1h38
Directed by John Carpenter
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Ghost films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Jason Statham, Pam Grier, Clea DuVall, Joanna Cassidy
Roles Benchley
Rating49% 2.452262.452262.452262.452262.45226
Set in the second half of the 22nd century, Mars has been 84% terraformed, allowing humans to walk on the surface without pressure suits. Martian society has become matriarchal, with women in most positions of authority. The story concerns police officer Melanie Ballard (Natasha Henstridge), second in command of a team alongside Sergeant Jericho (Jason Statham) sent to a remote mining outpost to transport prisoner Desolation Williams (Ice Cube). Arriving at the remote mining town, Ballard finds all of the people missing. She learns that they had discovered an underground doorway created by an ancient Martian civilization. When the door was opened it released disembodied spirits or "ghosts", which took possession of the miners.
Small Time Crooks
Small Time Crooks (2000)
, 1h34
Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Woody Allen, Tracey Ullman, Elaine May, Hugh Grant, Michael Rapaport, Kristine Nielsen
Roles Frenchy's Lawyer
Rating66% 3.347433.347433.347433.347433.34743
Career criminal Ray (Woody Allen) and his cronies want to lease an old restaurant so they can tunnel from the basement of the restaurant to a nearby bank. Ray's wife Frenchy (Tracey Ullman) covers what they are doing by selling cookies from the restaurant. The bank robbery scheme is a miserable failure, but after they franchise the business, selling cookies makes them millionaires.
Company Man
Company Man (2000)
, 1h35
Directed 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 Alan Quimp
Rating52% 2.6028552.6028552.6028552.6028552.602855
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.
The Insider
The Insider (1999)
, 2h37
Directed by Michael Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Historical, Politic
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Medical-themed films, Politique, Films about drugs, Films about television, Political films
Actors Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Renee Olstead, Roger Bart
Roles Private Investigator
Rating77% 3.898213.898213.898213.898213.89821
During a prologue that is not directly related to the main plot, CBS producer Lowell Bergman (Pacino) convinces the founder of Hezbollah, Sheikh Fadlallah, to grant an interview to Mike Wallace (Plummer) for 60 Minutes. While preparing for the interview, both Wallace and Bergman firmly stand their ground against the Sheikh's armed and hostile bodyguards' attempted intimidation and disruption.
Sweet and Lowdown
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
, 1h35
Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musiques du monde, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Sean Penn, Samantha Morton, Anthony LaPaglia, Uma Thurman, James Urbaniak, Gretchen Mol
Roles Himself
Rating71% 3.5970753.5970753.5970753.5970753.597075
Emmet Ray (Sean Penn) is a jazz guitarist who achieved some acclaim in the 1930s with a handful of recordings for RCA Victor, but who faded from public view under mysterious circumstances. Though a talented musician, Ray's personal life is a shambles. He is a spendthrift, womanizer and pimp who believes that falling in love will ruin his musical career. Due to his heavy drinking, he's often late or even absent for performances with his quintet. After music, his favorite hobby is shooting rats at garbage dumps. Ray idolizes famed guitarist Django Reinhardt, and is said to have fainted in his presence and to have fled a nightclub performance with severe stage fright upon hearing a false rumor that Reinhardt was in the audience.
Celebrity
Celebrity (1998)
, 1h53
Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Hank Azaria, Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Winona Ryder, Melanie Griffith
Roles Bill Gaines
Rating62% 3.1475653.1475653.1475653.1475653.147565
Lee Simon (Kenneth Branagh) is an unsuccessful novelist turned travel writer who immerses himself in celebrity journalism following a midlife crisis and subsequent divorce from his insecure wife, Robin (Judy Davis), a former English teacher, after sixteen years of marriage.
Happiness
Happiness (1998)
, 2h14
Directed by Todd Solondz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Horror
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Films about pedophilia
Actors Jane Adams, Elizabeth Ashley, Dylan Baker, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ben Gazzara, Jared Harris
Roles Tom
Rating76% 3.8487353.8487353.8487353.8487353.848735
Trish Maplewood, the eldest Jordan sister, is an upper middle class housewife happily married to psychiatrist Bill Maplewood and has three children. Unbeknownst to Trish, however, Bill is a pedophile who is obsessed with 11-year-old Johnny Grasso, a classmate of their son, Billy. When Johnny comes to the Jordan house for a sleepover, Bill drugs and rapes him. Later, Bill learns that another boy, Ronald Farber, is home alone while his parents are away in Europe. Under the guise of attending a PTA meeting, Bill drives to the boy's house and rapes him as well. After Johnny is taken to the hospital and found to have been sexually abused, the police arrive at the Maplewood residence to question Bill. After alerting his wife to the police presence, Bill begins by asking the two detectives, "You said something about Ronald Farber?" The two detectives, looking puzzled, say nothing. Bill then stammers, "I mean, Johnny Grasso." Out on bail, he tearfully admits to Billy that he "fucked" the boys, that he enjoyed it, and that he would do it again. When Billy asks, "Would you ever fuck me?", his father replies, "No... I jerk off instead.
The Daytrippers
The Daytrippers (1997)
, 1h27
Directed by Greg Mottola
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Hope Davis, Parker Posey, Liev Schreiber, Anne Meara, Stanley Tucci, Campbell Scott
Roles Chap
Rating69% 3.496263.496263.496263.496263.49626
Eliza (Davis) discovers a love letter that may prove that her husband (Tucci) is having an affair, so she decides to go to New York City and confront him. Her family, including her sister, Jo, and her live-in boyfriend, Carl, as well as her parents, Jim and Rita, go along for the ride in the family station wagon from Long Island.
Quiz Show
Quiz Show (1994)
, 2h13
Directed by Robert Redford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about television
Actors John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield, David Paymer, Hank Azaria
Roles Snodgrass
Rating74% 3.748623.748623.748623.748623.74862
In preparation for the latest broadcast of the popular quiz show Twenty One, the questions and answers to be used are transported from a secure bank vault to the studio as producers Dan Enright (David Paymer) and Albert Freedman (Hank Azaria) watch from the control booth. The evening's main attraction is Queens resident Herb Stempel (John Turturro), the reigning champion, who correctly answers question after question. However, both the network, NBC, and the corporate sponsor of the program, a supplementary tonic called Geritol, find that Stempel's approval ratings are beginning to level out, meaning the show would benefit from new talent.