Graham Moore

Graham Moore (2016)

Graham Moore (born October 18, 1981 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American screenwriter and writer . His debut novel The Sherlockian was published in 2010 and was on the New York Times bestseller list . In 2011 he wrote the screenplay for the 2014 film The Imitation Game - A Top Secret Life . For this screenplay he received an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2015 .

Life

Moore grew up in Chicago, the son of a lawyer and a university clerk. His parents divorced early and raised their son according to the Jewish faith . Moore studied at the University of Chicago Laboratory School , where he graduated in 1999. He then studied religion at Columbia University and worked as a sound engineer before becoming a writer.

One of his first works as a screenwriter was a script for the short-lived television series 10 Things I Hate About You (2009-2010). This was followed by his debut novel The Sherlockian , a mix of modern detective novel and a Sherlock Holmes story that jumps back and forth between two storylines.

His screenplay for the film The Imitation Game - A Top Secret Life (2014), which he wrote back in 2011 and which was placed on the well-known "Black List" of the most popular adaptations, received an Oscar.

Works

• The Sherlockian . Twelve 2010. ISBN 978-0-446-57259-0
• The Last Days of Night . Random House, 2016
  • The last days of the night . Translation of Kirsten Riesselmann. Cologne: Eichborn, 2017 ISBN 978-3-8479-0624-7

Filmography

• 2010: 10 Things I hate About You (episode: Meat is Murder )
• 2014: The Imitation Game - A Top Secret Life (The Imitation Game)

Web links

• Literature by and about Graham Moore in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Graham Moore in the WorldCat bibliographic database
• Graham Moore in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} E.A. Hanks: How Benedict Cumberbatch And Alan Turing Helped A Writer Find Success In Hollywood. BuzzFeed, accessed November 11, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Mike Dorning: Michelle Obama's confidant-in-chief: Susan Sher. Chicago Tribune , July 9, 2009, accessed November 12, 2014 . 
3. ↑ It's all about mom at first-time novelist Graham Moore's book party at the veep's house. In: Washington Post. December 2, 2010, accessed February 16, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Matt Dornic: Author Graham Moore's Presidential Perks. Mediabistro, December 2, 2010, accessed November 11, 2014 . 
5. ↑ RISING STAR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. (No longer available online.) University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, archived from the original on Nov. 11, 2014 ; Retrieved November 11, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Janet Maslin: A Sherlock Holmes Tale That's Hardly Elementary. The New York Times , December 15, 2010, accessed January 22, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Black List 2011. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Blcklst.com, archived from the original on February 6, 2015 ; accessed on January 22, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.