Gill Dennis

Birth Name:

Gill Dennis

Birth Place:

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Profession

Writer, Actor, Director, Script department

His Showtime miniseries "Home Fires" was included in the top 10 television events of 1987 as chosen by Time magazine
Was part of the inaugural class of the AFI Center for Advanced Film Studies, graduating in 1969
Was married to "A Patch of Blue" actress Elizabeth Hartman for close to 20 years
Got his start as an intern for the Sam Peckinpah film "The Ballad of Cable Hogue" in 1970
Worked with director James Mangold to adapt "Johnny Cash: The Autobiography" into the film "Walk the Line․"
Best known as the screenwriter of "Walk the Line," "Return to Oz" and "On My Own․"
Returned to his alma mater, the AFI Center, as a master filmmaker-in-residence in 1997

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