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Nick Hornby Biography

Birth Name:Nick Hornby

Birth Place:Maidenhead, England

Profession Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

Won the E M Foster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1999
Won the Whitbread Novel Award in 2005 for the work on "A Long Way Down․"
Founded the charitable organization TreeHouse in an effort to help children suffering from autism
In 2002, he received the W․H․ Smith Fiction Award for his work on the book "How To Be Good․"
Earned a degree in English from Cambridge University
Started out as a journalist for various magazines, including working as a pop music critic for the New Yorker
Often invokes elements of music and sport in his writings

Awards

2001USC Scripter Award-: nominated
2003Christopher Award-Film: winner
2009EDA Award-Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2009ACCA-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2009British Independent Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2009CFCA Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
2009Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
2009SLFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2009WAFCA Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
2010Oscar-Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2010Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: nominated
2010BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: nominated
2010Chlotrudis Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2010Critics Choice Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
2010Evening Standard British Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2010Gold Derby Film Award-Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2010ALFS Award-Screenwriter of the Year: nominated
2010OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: nominated
2010USC Scripter Award-: nominated
2014CFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2014PFCS Award-Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium: nominated
2014SDFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2014SFFCC Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
2014SEFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2014WAFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2015Movies for Grownups Award-Best Screenwriter: winner
2015EDA Award-Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2015ACCA-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2015British Independent Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2015COFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2015CFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2015Critics Choice Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2015DFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2015DFCS Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2015FFCC Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2015GAFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2015ICP Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2015INOCA-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2015NCFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2015OFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2015PFCS Award-Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material: nominated
2015SDFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2015SFFCC Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: winner
2015Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
2015Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
2015SLFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2015USC Scripter Award-: nominated
2015UFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2015WAFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2015WGA Award (Screen)-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2016Oscar-Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2016Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: winner
2016BAFTA Film Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2016British Screenwriters' Award-Best British Feature Film Writing: winner
2016COFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2016Chlotrudis Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2016Critics Choice Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2016DFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2016Evening Standard British Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2016GAFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2016Gold Derby Film Award-Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2016INOCA-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2016ALFS Award-Screenwriter of the Year: nominated
2016NCFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2016OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: nominated
2016Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
2016USC Scripter Award-Film: nominated
2016Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2019Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series: winner
2020Black Reel-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated