Nicole Perlman (born December 10, 1981) is an American screenwriter, best known for co-writing the

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film ''

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'' (2014), and the story for Marvel's '' Captain Marvel'' (2019), and for ''

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'' (2019).

Early life

Perlman was born in

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, the daughter of Penny and Michael Perlman, a physician. She was raised

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. She grew up in Boulder, where she attended

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. She studied film and dramatic writing at

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, where she graduated with a BFA in 2003. She won the

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's Sloan Grant for Science in Film for her screenplay ''Challenger''.

Career

She was enrolled in Marvel's screenwriting program in 2009, during which time she was offered several of their lesser-known properties on which to base a screenplay. Out of those, Perlman chose

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and

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's ''

'', due to her interest in space and science fiction. "I can’t tell you what the other titles were that arvelwere offering up on the table, but I can tell you that one of them was a little bit more appropriate for me, just based on gender," she says. "I think they were a little taken aback when I chose ''Guardians'', because there were ones that would make a lot more sense if you were a romantic-comedy writer or something like that." Perlman spent two years writing a draft, immersing herself in the ''Guardians'' universe. In late 2011, Perlman was asked to create another draft, and in early 2012, American writer and director

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was brought in to contribute to the script, and direct the film. Perlman made her directorial debut in 2018 with ''The Slows,'' a short film which made its world premiere at

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and played at the

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''.'' It is adapted from a short story by Gail Hareven first published in ''

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''. The film stars

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and

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. Perlman co-received a "story by" credit on '' Captain Marvel'' (2019). She co-wrote an early script for the film ''

'', with ''

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'' creator

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. Eventually, she received a "story by" credit with Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez, while Hirsch was not credited.

Upcoming projects

In January 2016, Perlman announced that she is writing a sequel to ''

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'' alongside

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and Jay Basu. By October 2016, Warner Bros., Village Roadshow and Team Downey had put together a writers' room for the third of the

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'' films, with Perlman, Justin Malen,

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, and Kieran Fitzgerald included.

Filmography

Films

Short films

Films attached to with no release date

* Untitled ''Labyrinth'' sequel *'' M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand'' *'' Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light'' * Untitled ''Fast & Furious'' spin-off

References

External links

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'', January 14, 2019 {{DEFAULTSORT:Perlman, Nicole 1981 births Living people American women screenwriters Hugo Award-winning writers Jewish American screenwriters Nebula Award winners Place of birth missing (living people) Tisch School of the Arts alumni Writers from Boulder, Colorado