Melisa Wallack
Melisa Lee Wallack (born April 18, 1968 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) is an American director and screenwriter .
Life
Wallack attended Skidmore College and graduated with a BA in English and a BS in Business. She and her sister started a company in their home state of Minnesota that did paperwork for large corporations. Eventually they moved to a new office in Los Angeles . There she came into contact with writers several times and then decided to try herself as a screenwriter.
Her first work was Meet Bill (2007), for which she wrote the screenplay and also directed with Bernie Goldmann . She then conceived the story for the fantasy comedy Spieglein Spieglein - The Really True Story of Snow White (2012), in which Tarsem Singh acted as director and which was brought to the screen with Julia Roberts , Lily Collins and Armie Hammer, among others .
In 2005, Wallack was named one of 10 Screenwriters to Watch by Variety . For her work on the script for Dallas Buyers Club , she was nominated for an Oscar for the first time in 2014 together with Craig Borten .
Filmography (selection)
As a director and screenwriter
- 2007: Meet Bill
As a screenwriter
- 2012: Mirror Mirror - The Truly True Story of Snow White (Mirror Mirror)
- 2013: Dallas Buyers Club
Awards
- 2014: Writers Guild of America Award : Nomination for Best Original Screenplay for Dallas Buyers Club
- 2014: Oscar : Nomination for Best Original Screenplay for Dallas Buyers Club
Web links
- Melisa Wallack in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Wallack on radaris.com
- ↑ Wallack on peoplebyname.com
- ↑ Dallas Buyers Club - Cast & Crew ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
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SURNAME | Wallack, Melisa |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wallack, Melisa Lee (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American director and screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1968 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Minneapolis , Minnesota |