Douglas McGrath
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| Born | George Schweinfurth February 2, 1958 Midland, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | October 4, 2022 (aged 64) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | playwright, director, actor |
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Douglas Geoffrey McGrath (February 2, 1958 – November 3, 2022) was an American screenwriter, film director, and actor. He received various accolades including nominations for an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Tony Award, and Primetime Emmy Award.
He started his career as a writer for Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1981. He then directed such films as Emma (1996), Company Man (2000), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), and Infamous (2006). He also co-wrote with Woody Allen Bullets Over Broadway (1994) for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as well as BAFTA and Writers Guild of America Award nominations.[1][1][1] He also appeared in such films as Quiz Show (1994), The Daytrippers (1996), Happiness (1998), The Insider (1999), and Michael Clayton (2008).
He received a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical for the Broadway musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical in 2014. He starred in his one man show Everything's Fine directed by John Lithgow off-Broadway until his death in 2022. He wrote political commentary, such as "The Flapjack File", a column for The New Republic as well as articles for The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Vanity Fair.[2]
Early life and education
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McGrath is the 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.
Personal life
In 1995, McGrath married Jane Read Martin, a former assistant of Woody Allen's and sister of author Ann M. Martin. She and McGrath have a son.
Death
McGrath died on November 3, 2022, after performing at the Daryl Roth Theatre.[3]
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Books
- Flippin, Royce & Douglas McGrath (1981). Save an alligator, shoot a preppie : a terrorist guide. Drawings by Frank Williams. New York: A & W Visual Library.
Essays and reporting
- McGrath, Douglas (October 10, 2016). "The Pences visit Manhattan". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. Vol. 92, no. 32. p. 47.
References
- ^ a b c IMDb awards
- ^ "Douglas McGrath Dies: 'Emma' Filmmaker, Writer Of 'Beautiful: The Carole King Musical', Oscar-Nominated Co-Author Of Woody Allen's 'Bullets Over Broadway' Was 64". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ "Everything's Fine Star Douglas McGrath Dies Suddenly". Playbill. November 4, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ Kenneth Jones (June 21, 2012). "New Works by Rajiv Joseph, Jenny Schwartz and Doug McGrath Will Cling to Vineyard's Vine in 2012–13". Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
- ^ Schuessler, Jennifer (16 March 2013). "Carole King Musical Is Broadway Bound". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
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