Stephen Gaghan
Birth Name:
Stephen Gaghan
Birth Place:
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Profession
Writer, Director, Producer, Script department, Actor, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- Awarded the National Board of Review Best Screenplay for "Syriana" in 2005
- Recieved a Writers Guild Award for his screenplay "Traffic" in 2001
- Attending Babson College in Massachusetts
- Studied at the University of Kentucky
- Married Socialite and fashion designer Minnie Mortimer in 2007
- Quote: "When basic reality is satire, drama’s backed into a tight corner․"
- Quote: "(At age 7 he told his mother) "I’m gonna be a writer․""
- Made his directing debut with the film "Abandon" in 2002
- Inspired to become a writer by his grandfather Jerry Gaghan, a newspaper columnist
- Was an all-star soccer player at the Kentucky Country Day School in Louisville, Kentucky
Awards
- 1997Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series:Winner
- 1998Edgar - Best Television Episode:Nominated
- 2000ACCA - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2000Sierra Award - Best Screenplay, Original:Nominated
- 2001Oscar - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:Winner
- 2001BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay - Adapted:Winner
- 2001CFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2001Chlotrudis Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2001Critics Choice Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted:Winner
- 2001Edgar - Best Motion Picture:Winner
- 2001Golden Globe - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:Winner
- 2001Humanitas Prize - Feature Film Category:Nominated
- 2001NSFC Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2001OFTA Film Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:Nominated
- 2001OFCS Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2001PFCS Award - Best Screenplay - Adaptation:Nominated
- 2001Golden Satellite Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted:Nominated
- 2001SEFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2001WGA Award (Screen) - Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:Winner
- 2003Best FilmNominated
- 2005ACCA - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2005NBR Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2006Oscar - Best Writing, Original Screenplay:Nominated
- 2006Edgar - Best Motion Picture Screenplay:Winner
- 2006USC Scripter AwardNominated
- 2006WGA Award (Screen) - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2007Robert - Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film):Nominated
- 2017Golden Globe - Best Original Song - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2021Razzie Award - Worst Director:Nominated
- 2021Razzie Award - Worst Screenplay:Nominated