Craig Borten
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Born | Pennsylvania, U.S. | September 16, 1965
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Craig Borten (born September 16, 1965) is an American screenwriter. Borten is best known for his Oscar-nominated script for the 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club. In addition to his nomination for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Borten also received a nomination for Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Early life and education
Borten was born and grew up in Pennsylvania.[1] He attended Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania and then Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.
Career
Dallas Byers Club
After Syracuse University, Borten moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in filmmaking.[2] After hearing about Ron Woodroof, the original founder of the "Dallas Buyers Club" for the distribution of unapproved HIV medications, in the early 1990s, and interviewing Woodroof in 1992,[3] Borten decided to write a screenplay about Woodroof and his buyers club. In 1996, he sold the script for Dallas Buyers Club to a production company that was later dissolved.[4]
In 2001, he rewrote the script with
Other works
Borten's screenwriting credits since 2013 include other biopics, including the survival-drama The 33 and the Netflix film Sergio.
His upcoming projects include The War and Treaty with
References
- ^ a b Nilia, Radhaa. "Exclusive Interview with Oscar Nominated 'Dallas Buyers Club' writer Craig Borten". Splash Magazine. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
- ^ a b Zeitchik, Steven (August 16, 2013). "'The Dallas Buyers Club,' the AIDS film no one wanted to make". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
- ^ a b Alloway, Meredith (March 4, 2014). "Academy Award Nominated Screenwriter Craig Borten on DALLAS BUYERS CLUB". IndieWire. Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
- ^ a b c Ulaby, Neda (February 18, 2014). "Getting 'Dallas Buyers Club' Made Took Tenacity And 'Will'". NPR. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
External links
- Craig Borten at IMDb