Charles Randolph

{{Short description|American screenwriter and film producer}}

{{Distinguish | Charles Randolph-Wright}}

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| birth_place = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

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| occupation = Screenwriter, film, television producer

| years_active = 2001–present

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{{marriage|Mili Avital|2004}}

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Charles Randolph (born February 28, 1963) is an American screenwriter and producer for film and television. In 2015, he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay along with Adam McKay for co-writing The Big Short. 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. After graduating from Yale Divinity School,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/23/movies/film-in-film-still-a-missionary.html|title=FILM; In Film, Still a Missionary|first=Dana|last=Kennedy|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 23, 2003}} he worked as a cultural studies and philosophy professor at various universities in Vienna, Austria (including Webster Vienna Private University{{Cite web |url=http://webster.ac.at/webtalks |title=WebTalks | Webster Vienna Private University |access-date=2019-10-07 |archive-date=2019-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007003835/http://webster.ac.at/webtalks |url-status=dead }}) in the 1990s.{{cite web|last1=Gavin|first1=Rachael|title=Love and Other Drugs screenwriter Charles Randolph on big screen opportunities|url=http://if.com.au/2012/01/17/article/Love-and-Other-Drugs-screenwriter-Charles-Randolph-on-big-screen-opportunities/DSOMVGKXXZ.html|website=if.com.au|access-date=18 December 2015|date=18 January 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061016/http://if.com.au/2012/01/17/article/Love-and-Other-Drugs-screenwriter-Charles-Randolph-on-big-screen-opportunities/DSOMVGKXXZ.html|url-status=dead}}

Screenwriting

In 1997, Randolph spent a weekend giving lectures at the University of Southern California. From a chance meeting with someone who worked for the Farrelly brothers, Randolph was inspired to attempt screenwriting.

Randolph has written screenplays for several films and TV movies including The Life of David Gale (2003), The Interpreter (2005), Love & Other Drugs (2010) and The Big Short (2015).

In 2016, Randolph received the Writers Guild of America Award 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 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1017488/awards|title=Charles Randolph|website=IMDb|access-date=2017-12-20}} Randolph invested nearly a year adapting The Big Short; three months for an initial draft and another three months to reduce the complexity.{{Cite web|url=https://creativescreenwriting.com/banking-on-the-big-short/|title=Banking on The Big Short|last=Hogan|first=Brianne|date=January 20, 2016|website=Creative Screenwriting}}

Personal life

Randolph is married to Israeli actress Mili Avital, with whom he has two children.

Filmography

Film

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Year

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!width=65| Writer

!width=65| Producer

! Notes

2003

| The Life of David Gale

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| {{no}}

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2005

| The Interpreter

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

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2009

| Tenderness

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

2010

| Love & Other Drugs

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

2015

| The Big Short

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay

2019

| Bombshell

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

Television

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Year

! Title

!width=65| Writer

!width=65| Producer

! Notes

2001

| Untitled Charles Randolph Project

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| TV movie

2010

| The Wonderful Maladys

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|rowspan=2|TV pilot

2013

| The Missionary

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

2016

| Exposed

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| TV movie

References

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