Alexander Dinelaris

Writing

Alexander Dinelaris

Born
(age 58)
Birthplace
Washington Heights, New York, USA
Credits
11 titles

Biography

Alexander Dinelaris Jr. is a screenwriter. He is one of four who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 2014 film Birdman at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015. Dinelaris also wrote the book for the Broadway musical On Your Feet, which is about the life and career of Gloria Estefan. For this, he was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical. In 2019, he formed his New York-based production company, Lexicon. He announced that its first feature film will be an adaptation of the Broadway musical Jekyll & Hyde, which Dinelaris will adapt into a screenplay and produce. That same year, he filmed the short film In This, Our Time, which he wrote and directed.

Alexander Dinelaris Jr conducted the first workshop of Boman Irani's Spiral Bound. On February 8, 2023, it was announced that Alexander Dinelaris Jr is working with Residente to co-write a new film, Porto Rico.

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Known For

Crew credits 11

YearTitleJob
TBA On Your Feet! Film Musical
TBA Porto Rico Film Screenplay
TBA Petrichor Film Writer, Producer
2026 Digger Film Executive Producer, Screenplay
2024 Dovecote Film Writer, Producer
2024 The Mehta Boys Film Executive Producer, Writer
2024 In the Summers Film Producer
2023 Carmen Film Screenplay
2022 Bounce Film Director
2015 The Revenant Film Co-Producer
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Film Associate Producer, Writer
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