Writer 1958 - 2022

Douglas McGrath

New York, New York, USA

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. McGrath started his career as a... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

5 titles

Infamous

Douglas McGrath 2006 1h 50m 6.0

While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.

Nicholas Nickleby

Douglas McGrath 2002 2h 12m

The Charles Dickens story of Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life for his recently torn-apart family.

Company Man

Douglas McGrath, Peter Askin 2000 1h 26m

Set in the 1960's, a school teacher pretends to be a CIA spy to get his nagging wife off his back. He helps a Russian ballet dancer defect and is then sent to Cuba to locate "Agent X" for the CIA.

Emma

Douglas McGrath 1996 2h 1m 7.0

Period piece in which Emma is so focused on match making for her friends that she may miss opportunity for herself.

Bullets Over Broadway

Woody Allen 1994 1h 38m 7.6

In New York in 1928, a struggling playwright is forced to cast a mobster's talentless girlfriend in his latest drama in order to get it produced.