Michael Mitnick
{{short description|American playwright (born 1983)}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Michael Mitnick
| image = Current War 17 (37043599886).jpg
|caption = Mitnick at TIFF in 2017
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|09|07}}
| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| education = Harvard University (BA)
Yale University (MFA)
| notableworks = The Current War (2017)
Fly By Night (2014)
The Giver (2014)
| awards = Drama Desk Best Musical Nominee (2015)
| spouse = Jessica Brickman (m. 2019)
}}
Michael Mitnick (born September 7, 1983) is an American playwright and screenwriter.
Early life
Mitnick grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and attended Fox Chapel Area High School, a public school in the Allegheny Valley. His father is a professor and the co-originator of The Theory of Agency.{{cite web |last=Mitnick |first=Barry M. |date=2017-11-11 |title=The Theory of Agency: A Framework |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1021642 |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=SSRN |ssrn=1021642 |format=PDF}} His mother is a public librarian.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/41843126/|website=newspapers.com|title=News Record from North Hills, Pennsylvania on November 6, 1995 · Page 8|date=6 November 1995 |access-date=2017-09-05}} As a high school student, he worked in the graphic design department of WQED Pittsburgh and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.{{cite web |title=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on March 6, 2013 · Page 17 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/96418349/ |access-date=2017-09-05 |website=newspapers.com|date=6 March 2013 }} Mitnick attended Harvard University, where he wrote or co-wrote four musical comedies, including one Hasty Pudding Theatricals show. His musical Snapshots had two off-Broadway performances in New York. He was a member of the A capella group The Krokodiloes. After graduating in 2006, Mitnick worked at The Atlantic Monthly{{cite web|url=http://harvardmagazine.com/2005/11/broadway-in-his-blood.html|website=harvardmagazine.com|title={{pipe}} Harvard Magazine|date=November 2005|access-date=2017-09-05}} before earning his Master of Fine Arts degree in playwriting from The Yale School of Drama.{{cite web|url=http://www.papermag.com/talking-about-our-parents-sex-lives-with-playwright-michael-mitnick-1425774514.html|title=Talking About Our Parents' Sex Lives with Playwright Michael Mitnick|website=PAPERMAG|date=July 2011|access-date=2017-09-05}}
Career
=Plays=
=Film=
=Television=
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| Title
! Year | |
|---|---|
| Vinyl | 2016{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/04/vinyl-recap-season-1-episode-8.html|website=vulture.com|title=Vinyl Recap: Progressions|date=3 April 2016 |access-date=2017-09-05}} |
| Siegfried & Roy HBO limited series
|TBA | |
| Dial M for Murder
|TBA |
=Music=
Mitnick co-wrote the holiday song "Christmas You Go So Fast," which was featured on Vinyl, an HBO series executive produced by Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger.{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/890694976|author=ACE|website=ascap.com|title=ACE Repertory|access-date=2017-09-05}}
He also co-wrote, with Will Connolly and Kim Rosenstock, the musical, Fly By Night, which released a cast recording for its Off-Broadway run.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/fly-by-night-original-off-broadway-cast-recording/1002485705|website=iTunes|title="Fly By Night (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording)" by Various Artists on iTunes|date=9 June 2015|access-date=2017-09-05}}
Honors
Variety magazine selected Mitnick as one of "10 Screenwriters to watch" in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/gallery/varietys-10-screenwriters-to-watch/#!9/michael-mitnick/|author=Variety Staff|title=10 Screenwriters to Watch|website=Variety|date=26 November 2013|access-date=2017-09-05}} He received the 2012 Visionary Playwright Award from Theater Masters.{{cite web|url=http://www.theatermasters.org/visionary-playwrights.html|website=theatermasters.org|title=Visionary Playwrights|access-date=2017-09-05}} He is a two-time winner of the Edgerton New American Foundation Award, for The Siegel (2017) and Fly By Night (2011), the latter of which was also nominated for four 2015 Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/05/hamilton-wins-seven-drama-desk-awards-1201435192/|author=Jeremy Gerard|title='Hamilton' Wins 7 Drama Desk Awards, Prizes Multiply For Hot Musical|website=Deadline|date=June 2015|access-date=2017-09-05}}
Works in development
In May 2017, Deadline placed Mitnick's original screenplay Some Are Born Great on its 2017 Cannes Hotlist, and he was slated to direct the film.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/cannes-movie-hot-titles-1202095532/|author=Mike Fleming Jr|title=The Cannes Titles Buyers And Sellers Are Buzzing About|website=Deadline|date=17 May 2017|access-date=2017-09-05}}
Mitnick is reported to be writing the screenplay for a forthcoming Audrey Hepburn biopic.{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2022-01-07 |title=Apple Lands Audrey Hepburn Biopic By Michael Mitnick; Rooney Mara Starring & Producing, Luca Guadagnino Directing |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/rooney-mara-audrey-hepburn-biopic-apple-luca-guadagnino-1234905916/ |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} He is also currently working on a limited series about Siegfried & Roy, adapting the Judy Batalion novel Light of Days, and adapting the anthology series Dial M for Murder for MGM.{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2021-01-05 |title=CAA Signs Scribe Michael Mitnick Of Upcoming MGM Series 'Dial M For Murder' & Amblin Pic 'The Light Of Days' |url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/caa-signs-scribe-michael-mitnick-of-upcoming-mgm-series-dial-m-for-murder-amblin-pic-the-light-of-days-1234665016/ |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}
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Category:21st-century American dramatists and playwrights
Category:Harvard University alumni
Category:David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni