Douglas McGrath
Film director
1958 –
Who is Douglas McGrath?
Douglas Geoffrey McGrath 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:
1997 for Emma
1995 for Bullets Over Broadway
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 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.
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- Born
- Feb 2, 1958
New York City - Also known as
- Douglas G. McGrath
- Douglas Geoffrey McGrath
- Doug McGrath
- Parents
- Spouses
- Jane Read Martin
(1995/06/03 - )
- Jane Read Martin
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Princeton University
- Lived in
- Midland
- New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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