Charles Randolph is an American
screenwriter
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and producer for
film
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and
television
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. In 2015, he won the
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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along with
Adam McKay for co-writing ''
The Big Short
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''. In 2019, he wrote and produced the film ''
Bombshell'', which was directed by Jay Roach and starred Charlize Theron, Margot Robbie, and Nicole Kidman.
Early life
Randolph was born in
Nashville, Tennessee
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. After graduating from
Yale Divinity School
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, he worked as a
cultural studies
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and
philosophy
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professor at various universities in
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Austria
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(including
Webster Vienna Private University) in the 1990s.
Screenwriting
In 1997, Randolph spent a weekend giving lectures at the
University of Southern California
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. From a chance meeting with someone who worked for the
Farrelly brothers
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, Randolph was inspired to attempt screenwriting.
Randolph has written screenplays for several films and TV movies including ''
The Life of David Gale
''The Life of David Gale'' is a 2003 dramatic crime thriller film directed by Alan Parker and written by Charles Randolph. The film is an international co-production, between the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom. It was Parker's fin ...
'' (2003), ''
The Interpreter'' (2005), ''
Love & Other Drugs
''Love & Other Drugs'' is a 2010 American romantic comedy-drama film directed, produced and co-written by Edward Zwick and based on Jamie Reidy's 2005 non-fiction book ''Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman''.
Starring Jake Gyllenhaal ...
'' (2010) and ''
The Big Short
''The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine'' is a nonfiction book by Michael Lewis about the build-up of the United States housing bubble during the 2000s. It was released on March 15, 2010, by W. W. Norton & Company. It spent 28 weeks on ' ...
'' (2015).
In 2016, Randolph received the
Writers Guild of America Award
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for Best Adapted Screenplay, the
Critic’s Choice Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the
Empire Award for Best Screenplay, and the
BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts
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and the
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay for co-writing The Big Short with
Adam McKay. He was additionally nominated for the
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
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Winners and nominees
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See also
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. Randolph invested nearly a year adapting ''The Big Short''; three months for an initial draft and another three months to reduce the complexity.
Personal life
Randolph is married to Israeli actress
Mili Avital
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, with whom he has two children.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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Randolph on the red carpet for ''The Big Short'' Hollywood premiere on
YouTube
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
American male screenwriters
American television writers
American male television writers
Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winners
Best Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award winners
Film producers from Tennessee
Screenwriters from Tennessee
Writers from Nashville, Tennessee
Television producers from Tennessee
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