David Auburn

David Auburn (born November 30, 1969 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American playwright and director who received a Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for his play Proof .

Life

After attending school, David Auburn completed a degree in English literature at the University of Chicago , graduating in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA English Literature). In 1996 he worked on the musical Tick, Tick ... BOOM! by the composer Jonathan Larson into a three-person piece.

After he had written a number of plays in the late 1990s, his greatest success came in 2000 with Proof . For this he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Theater in 2001. In 2005, Proof was filmed by John Madden under the title The Proof - Love Between Genius and Madness with Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins . For the film, Auburn wrote the literary adaptation of his play together with screenwriter Rebecca Miller .

In 2007 he directed the film Girl in the Park , for which he also wrote the screenplay, with Sigourney Weaver and Kate Bosworth in the leading roles.

personal data
SURNAME	Auburn, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American playwright, screenwriter and director
DATE OF BIRTH	November 30, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago , Illinois, United States