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Emily V. Gordon Biography

Birth Name:Emily V. Gordon

Birth Place:Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Profession Writer, Producer, Actress

Fast Facts

  • Attended the University of North Carolina, Greensboro
  • Married comic and writer Kumail Nanjiani in 2007
  • Began serving as the programming director for Hollywood's Nerdist Theater in 2011
  • Worked as a therapist in Chicago before relocating to Los Angeles to pursue her comedy career
  • Based the script for "The Big Sick" on her real life
  • Met her husband Kumail after heckling him at a Chicago-area comedy club
  • Released the book "Super You" in 2015

Awards

  • 2017ACCA-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2017CFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2017CIFCC Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2017DFCS Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2017DFCC-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2017FFCC Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2017Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2017Halfway Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2017LAOFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2017PFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2017SDFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2017Kanbar Award for Storytelling-: winner
  • 2017SFFCC Award-Best Screenplay, Original: nominated
  • 2017SFCS Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2017SLFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2017WAFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2018Oscar-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2018AFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2018COFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2018Critics Choice Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2018DFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2018Independent Spirit Award-Best First Screenplay: winner
  • 2018GAFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2018Gold Derby Film Award-Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2018HFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2018HFCS Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2018Humanitas Prize-Comedy Feature Film: nominated
  • 2018Image Award-Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2018Tar Heel Award-: winner
  • 2018OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: nominated
  • 2018OFTA Film Award-Best Feature Debut: nominated
  • 2018WGA Award (Screen)-Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2021BAFTA TV Award-International: nominated
  • 2021Independent Spirit Award-Best New Scripted Series: nominated
  • 2021Image Award-Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series: nominated