Richard LaGravenese
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Personal life
LaGravenese was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a taxi driver.[2] He is of Italian descent.[4] He graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1980 with a bachelor of fine arts degree in acting.[5]
Career
LaGravenese wrote The Fisher King on spec in the late 1980s. It was acquired by Stacey Sher, Lynda Obst, Debra Hill's production company and subsequently directed by Terry Gilliam. For writing the film, LaGravenese received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
In New York City during the early 1980s, billed as "The Double R" comedy duo, in collaboration with playwright Richard O'Donnell, LaGravenese co-penned and consecutively performed in several Off-Off-Broadway productions including Spare Parts, Blood-Brothers at The 78th Street Theatre Lab, The Lion Theatre, and West Bank Cafe.[6]
LaGravenese wrote an adaptation for the famously on-and-off version of the musical Gypsy for Barbra Streisand. In 2015, he revealed that he'd spent several months working on the script with Streisand. "I had the best time with her. I can't even tell you. It was like a fantasy come true. I did my first draft and went to her house to do rewrites. She's so meticulous in the best possible way. We went through it page by page by page."
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Rude Awakening | No | Yes | No | |
| 1991 | The Fisher King | No | Yes | No | |
| 1994 | The Ref | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 1995 | A Little Princess | No | Yes | No | |
| The Bridges of Madison County | No | Yes | No | ||
| Unstrung Heroes | No | Yes | No | ||
| 1996 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | No | Yes | No | |
| 1998 | The Horse Whisperer | No | Yes | No | |
| Living Out Loud | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Beloved | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2003 | A Decade Under the Influence | Yes | No | No | Documentary film |
| 2006 | Paris, je t'aime | Yes | Yes | No | Segment: "Pigalle" |
| 2007 | Freedom Writers | Yes | Yes | No | |
| P.S. I Love You | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| 2010 | Conviction | No | Uncredited | No | |
| 2011 | Water for Elephants | No | Yes | No | |
| 2013 | Beautiful Creatures | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2014 | The Last Five Years | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Unbroken | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2016 | The Comedian | No | Yes | No | |
| 2022 | Disenchanted | No | Story | No | |
| 2024 | A Family Affair | Yes | No | No |
Television
| Year | Title | Writer | Executive Producer |
Creator | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Behind the Candelabra | Yes | No | No | Television film |
| 2014 | The Divide | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| TBA | Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey | Yes | Yes | No |
References
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7. ^Jeremy Kinser (February 13, 2015) ‘The Last Five Years’ Director On His Heartbreaking New Musical And Working On ‘Gypsy’ With Barbra Streisand'
External links
- Richard LaGravenese at IMDbTemplate:Edit at WikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- HuffingtonPost
- DarkHorizons
- CharlieRose
- MovieMaker
- ‘The Last Five Years’ Director On His Heartbreaking New Musical And Working On ‘Gypsy’ With Barbra Streisand
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