Emily V. Gordon
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 StorytellingWinner
- 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 AwardWinner
- 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