Patrick Burleigh
{{Short description|American screenwriter, playwright, and essayist}}
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Patrick Burleigh is an American screenwriter, playwright, and essayist.{{Cite web |last=Flans |first=Lindsay |date=2017-02-24 |title=Nate Parker and Ava DuVernay Take Home Top Honors at Humanitas Prize Luncheon (Full Winners List) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/nate-parker-ava-duvernay-take-home-top-honors-at-humanitas-prize-luncheon-full-winners-list-979-979720/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} He is best known as a screenwriter for Eternals, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, and Ant-Man and the Wasp.{{Cite web |last=Couch |first=Aaron |date=2021-11-16 |title='Eternals' Writer Patrick Burleigh Reflects on His Marvel Journey |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/eternals-writer-patrick-burleigh-marvel-1235048513/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} Burleigh grew up in New York City and Los Angeles before attending Dartmouth College and Trinity College Dublin.{{Cite web |last=Burleigh |first=Patrick |date=2019-01-16 |title=I Was a 4-Year-Old Trapped in a Teenager's Body |url=https://www.thecut.com/2019/01/precocious-puberty-patrick-burleigh.html |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=The Cut |language=en}} In 2015, he sold his screenplay adaptation of Nicholas Griffin’s book Ping-Pong Diplomacy: The Secret History Behind the Game That Changed the World to Village Roadshow Pictures.{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=2014-10-20 |title=Village Roadshow Finds Writers for 'Ping Pong Diplomacy' (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/ping-pong-diplomacy-movie-writers-1201334506/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
History
In 2016, Burleigh was accepted into the Marvel Writer’s Program for Marvel Studios. Upon graduating from the program, Burleigh began writing reshoot material for Ant-Man and the Wasp before working with director Chloé Zhao to write the shooting script for Eternals, both for Marvel Studios.{{Cite web |title=Patrick Burleigh On Writing MCU's Eternals With Oscar-Winner Chloé Zhao |url=https://www.creativescreenwriting.com//patrick-burleigh-on-writing-mcus-eternals-with-oscar-winner-chloe-zhao |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Creative Screenwriting}} During this time, Burleigh also co-wrote the screenplay for Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway from Sony Pictures.{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2021-04-27 |title='The Borrowers' Reboot From Universal & Working Title In Works; Conrad Vernon In Talks To Direct Patrick Burleigh Script |url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/the-borrowers-vernon-conrad-universal-working-title-1234745021/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} In 2021, he was nominated for an Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award (AACTA) in the Best Adapted Screenplay in Film category for Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway.{{Cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=2021-11-01 |title='High Ground' and 'Nitram' Lead Australia's AACTA Awards Nominations |url=https://variety.com/2021/awards/asia/aacta-awards-nominations-1235101658/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2021-11-04 |title=Winners & Nominees {{!}} AACTA |url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/winners-and-nominees/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104054145/https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/winners-and-nominees/ |archive-date=2021-11-04 }} In 2017, Burleigh won the Humanitas Play LA Award, and he received an Honorable Mention in the Best Adapted Screenplay category at the 2022 Gold List Awards for Eternals.{{Cite web |title=Gold List |url=https://goldhouse.org/goldlist/?y=2022 |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=Gold House |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Patten |first=Dominic |date=2017-02-22 |title='Hidden Figures', 'Hacksaw Ridge' & '13th' Among Humanitas Prize Winners |url=https://deadline.com/2017/02/2017-humanitas-prize-winners-hidden-figures-hacksaw-ridge-full-list-1201941954/ |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}
Burleigh has written for publications such as New York (magazine) and Men’s Health.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-15 |title=Having It Together as a Dad Is Overrated. Sometimes It's Better to Blow Everything Up. |url=https://www.menshealth.com/trending-news/a36040315/patrick-burleigh-essay-fatherhood-dad-parenting/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Men's Health |language=en-US}} In 2019, Burleigh wrote an essay for New York describing his childhood living with a genetic mutation of the luteinizing hormone/choriogonadotropin receptor (LHCGR), also known as testotoxicosis or familial male-limited precocious puberty.{{Cite web |last=Weir |first=Melanie |date=2021-11-18 |title=Marvel 'Eternals' Writer Patrick Burleigh Drew Inspiration For Sprite From His Experience Being A Child In A Teenager's Body |url=https://www.enstarz.com/articles/223338/20211118/marvel-eternals-writer-patrick-burleigh-sprite.htm |website=Enstarz}}{{Cite web |title=He Started Puberty When He Was 2 Years Old. Now, He's Sharing His Experience |url=https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/01/29/puberty-testotoxicosis-patrick-burleigh |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=www.wbur.org |date=29 January 2019 |language=en}} The mutation, which is hereditary and was passed down through Burleigh’s father’s family line, triggered an early puberty in Burleigh at two years of age.
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Category:Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Category:Dartmouth College alumni
Category:21st-century American screenwriters