Virgil Williams

Virgil Williams is an American screenwriter and producer of television series and films. Together with Dee Rees , Williams was nominated for an Oscar at the 2018 Academy Awards for the adaptation of the novel of the same name for their film Mudbound .

Life

Williams began working as a screenwriter for the television series 24 , moved to the television series Emergency Room in 2005 , and wrote the scripts for a total of 18 episodes of the television series Criminal Minds from 2011 to 2017 .

For the film Mudbound by Dee Rees , Williams wrote the first screenplay for a film. Williams was also an executive producer for this. Together with Rees, Williams was nominated for an Oscar at the 2018 Academy Awards for the adaptation of the novel of the same name.

In late June 2018, Williams became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .

Filmography

• 2002–2004: 24 (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2005–2007: Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme ( ER , TV series, 9 episodes)
• 2011-2017: Criminal Minds (TV series, 18 episodes)
• 2017: Mudbound

Awards (selection)

Black Reel Award

• 2018: Nomination for Best Screenplay ( Mudbound )

Oscar

• 2018 : Nomination for the best adapted screenplay (Mudbound)

Writers Guild of America Award

• 2018: Nomination for Best Original Screenplay (Mudbound)

Web links

• Virgil Williams in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Meet Oscar Nominee Virgil Williams of 'Mudbound' by The Hollywood Reporter on Youtube (Video, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rebecca Davison: Sacked Criminal Minds star Thomas Gibson 'believes writer Virgil Williams isn't so innocent himself following on-set violence' In: dailymail.co.uk, August 18, 2016.
2. ↑ Kim McLendon: Thomas Gibson Nemesis Virgil Williams To Leave Criminal Minds: #NoHotchNoWatch Delighted In: inquisitr.com, April 26, 2017.
3. ↑ Ramin Setoodeh: Can Netflix Crash the Oscars With Dee Rees' 'Mudbound'? In: Variety, September 5, 2017.
4. ^ Gregg Kilday: Academy Invites Record 928 New Members. In: The Hollywood Reporter, June 25, 2018.
5. ↑ Get Out Dominates the Black Reel Awards In: blackreelawards.com, December 13, 2017.
6. ↑ 2018 Writers Guild Awards Nominees In: wga.org. Retrieved January 5, 2018.