Beau Willimon
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Occupation(s) | Playwright, screenwriter, producer |
Title | President of the Writers Guild of America, East |
Term | 2017–present |
Pack Beauregard Willimon[1] (born October 26, 1977) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He developed the American version of the series House of Cards, serving as showrunner for the first four seasons. In 2018, Willimon created the drama series The First for Hulu, about the first crewed mission to Mars.[2] He also was a writer on the first season of the Disney+ series Andor.
Early life and education
Beau Willimon was born in
Willimon attended
He returned to New York to attend Columbia's School of the Arts. One of his mentors was playwright Eduardo Machado.[6][9] Willimon said, "I was the worst student by far in our group. A lot of these people had known they wanted to be playwrights forever. I didn't know a soul in the theater world, and I didn't have the faintest idea how to truly write a play. But I quit drinking then and really committed myself to this path."[1] During graduate school, he received a visual arts scholarship for a proposal to create 40 lithographs about paranoia, and lived in South Africa for a year.[5] After receiving an MFA in Playwriting from the School of the Arts in 2003, he worked in odd jobs, including gallery and painter's assistant, set builder, finding jobs for the homeless,[12] barista, and an instructor teaching SAT prep classes. He also did an internship with New Dramatists.[6][9][12]
Willimon subsequently enrolled at the
Career
At Juilliard, he wrote a play,
Other plays include Lower Ninth, produced in 2007 by the
Willimon's work has also been developed and performed at MCC Theater, Ars Nova, HERE Arts Center, the Phoenix Theatre, the Actors Theater of Chicago, Battersea Arts Centre in London, Cherry Lane Theatre, and the South Coast Repertory.[14]
A film adaption of Farragut North, retitled
In September 2017, Willimon was elected for a two-year term as President of the Writers Guild of America, East, running unopposed.[23] He was re-elected without opposition in 2019.[24]
Hulu gave a straight-to-series order to The First in May 2017 (co-produced with Channel 4). It debuted in 2018, but was not renewed for a second season.[25] The show portrays members of a team of astronauts as they become the first humans to visit Mars.
In 2019, as WGA-E President, Willimon oversaw the negotiating committee for the "WGA-Agency Agreement", and joined other WGA members in firing his agents as part of the guild's stand against the ATA after the two sides were unable to come to an agreement on a new "Code of Conduct" that addressed the practice of packaging.[26] In 2021, he signed a first look deal with Entertainment One.[27]
House of Cards
In 2012, Willimon developed . It premiered on Netflix on February 1, 2013.
Willimon served as the series' showrunner for its first four seasons, stepping down in January 2016.[28] House of Cards premiered its sixth and final season on November 2, 2018.[29]
On November 3, 2017, Netflix fired Spacey from House of Cards and cut all ties with the actor following
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | The Ides of March | Co-screenwriter, co-producer | |
2013 | A Master Builder | Executive producer | |
2018 | Mary Queen of Scots | Screenwriter |
Plays
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | Farragut North | Writer | |
2008 | Lower Ninth | Writer | |
2008 | Zusammenbruch | Writer | As part of The 24 Hour Plays Off Broadway |
2010 | Spirit Control | Writer | |
2013 | The Parisian Woman | Writer | |
2014 | Breathing Time | Writer |
Television series
Writer/showrunner
Year | Show | Season | Episode | Episode number | Original airdate | Notes |
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2013 | House of Cards | 1 | "Chapter 1" | 1 | February 1, 2013 | |
"Chapter 2" | 2 | February 1, 2013 | ||||
"Chapter 3" | 3 | February 1, 2013 | Written by Willimon & Keith Huff | |||
"Chapter 4" | 4 | February 1, 2013 | Written by Willimon & Rick Cleveland | |||
"Chapter 7" | 7 | February 1, 2013 | Written by Willimon & Kate Barnow | |||
"Chapter 8" | 8 | February 1, 2013 | ||||
"Chapter 9" | 9 | February 1, 2013 | Written by Willimon & Rick Cleveland | |||
"Chapter 11" | 11 | February 1, 2013 | Written by Willimon, Keith Huff, & Kate Barnow | |||
"Chapter 12" | 12 | February 1, 2013 | Written by Willimon & Gina Gionfriddo | |||
"Chapter 13" | 13 | February 1, 2013 | ||||
2014 | 2 | "Chapter 14" | 1 | February 14, 2014 | ||
"Chapter 15" | 2 | February 14, 2014 | ||||
"Chapter 16" | 3 | February 14, 2014 | ||||
"Chapter 17" | 4 | February 14, 2014 | ||||
"Chapter 22" | 9 | February 14, 2014 | ||||
"Chapter 23" | 10 | February 14, 2014 | Written by Willimon & Laura Eason | |||
"Chapter 24" | 11 | February 14, 2014 | Written by Willimon & John Mankiewicz | |||
"Chapter 25" | 12 | February 14, 2014 | ||||
"Chapter 26" | 13 | February 14, 2014 | ||||
2015 | 3 | "Chapter 27" | 1 | February 27, 2015 | ||
"Chapter 33" | 7 | February 27, 2015 | ||||
"Chapter 38" | 12 | February 27, 2015 | ||||
"Chapter 39" | 13 | February 27, 2015 | ||||
2016 | 4 | "Chapter 40" | 1 | March 4, 2016 | ||
"Chapter 52" | 13 | March 4, 2016 | ||||
2018 | The First | 1 | "Separation" | 1 | September 14, 2018 | |
"What's Needed" | 2 | September 14, 2018 | ||||
2022 | Andor | 1 | "Narkina 5" | 8 | October 26, 2022 | |
"Nobody's Listening!" | 9 | November 2, 2022 | ||||
"One Way Out" | 10 | November 9, 2022 |
Accolades
Year | Association | Category | Project | Result | Ref. |
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2011 | Academy Award |
Best Adapted Screenplay | The Ides of March | Nominated | |
2011 | BAFTA Awards |
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated | ||
2011 | Golden Globe Award |
Best Screenplay | Nominated | ||
2013 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Drama Series | House of Cards | Nominated | |
2014 | Nominated | ||||
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Nominated | ||||
2015 | Outstanding Drama Series | Nominated | |||
2016 | Nominated | ||||
2023 | Andor | Nominated |
See also
References
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- ^ "The First (TV Series 2018-)". IMDB.
- ^ Willimon, Beau (June 2, 2013). "Look kids, this is where I was born - Alexandria, VA...on the banks of the Potomac, a stone's throw from D.C." Twitter. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ^ a b Peterson, Deb (January 24, 2012). "Oscar nominee Beau Willimon grew up in St. Louis". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ^ a b c d Rothman, Lily (February 13, 2014). "House of Cards Creator Beau Willimon Talks Season 2 and His Surprising Influences". Time. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ^ a b c d Wallenberg, Christopher (April 25, 2010). "A political drama with powerful ambitions". Boston.com. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ^ Willimon, Beau (February 23, 2013). "Was just at a JBS reunion event. Yes, I went to high school with Jon Hamm. We were in "Stage Door" together". Twitter. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ^ "Biography - Beau Willimon". Columbia University. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f "Beau Willimon on the Ides of March". Columbia University Entertainment. March 10, 2014. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ^ ""HOUSE OF CARDS" COMES TO COLUMBIA: AN EVENING WITH BEAU WILLIMON CC'99, SOA'03". Columbia College Today. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
- ^ Grobar, Matt (2019-01-08). "Beau Willimon Rewrites The Narrative Of 'Mary Queen Of Scots,' As Well As His Own". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
- ^ a b c Thompson, Anne (June 27, 2013). "EMMY WATCH: Willimon Talks Fincher's 'House of Cards,' Last-Minute Corey Stoll Rewrites". Indie Wire. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ^ Erickson, Amanda (May 1, 2009). "Beau Willimon '99 Brings Politics Alive on Stage". Columbia College Today. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
- ^ a b "Biography Beau Willimon - Playwright, Lower Ninth (2007)". Summer Play Festival. Retrieved November 9, 2011.[permanent dead link]
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- ^ McNary, Dave (September 19, 2017). "Beau Willimon Elected WGA East President". Variety. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ McNary, Dave (September 19, 2019). "Beau Willimon Re-Elected as President of Writers Guild of America East". Variety. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (3 May 2017). "Hulu Orders 'Marvel's Runaways' & Beau Willimon's 'The First' To Series". Deadline. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ "WGA: More Than 7,000 Writers Have Fired Their Agents". Deadline.
- ^ White, Peter (2021-01-11). "Beau Willimon Adapting Hasbro Board Game 'Risk' As TV Series As Part Of New First-Look Deal With eOne". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
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