Thomas Rickman (writer)

{{Infobox person

|name = Thomas Rickman

|other names = Tom Rickman

|birth_date = {{birth date|1940|2|8|mf=y}}

|birth_place = Sharpe, Kentucky, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|2018|9|3|1940|2|8|mf=y}}

|death_place =

|occupation = Film director, playwright, screenwriter

|alma_mater = AFI Conservatory

}}

Thomas "Tom" Rickman (February 8, 1940 – September 3, 2018){{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-rickman-dead-screenwriter-hooper-coal-miners-daughter-was-78-1140204|title=Tom Rickman, Screenwriter on 'Hooper' and 'Coal Miner's Daughter,' Dies at 78|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 5, 2018 |accessdate=October 2, 2018}} was an American film director, playwright, and screenwriter. He is best known for his work on the 1980 film Coal Miner's Daughter.

Early life and education

Rickman was born in Sharpe, Kentucky.

He was in the first class at the AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles; the class also included Gill Dennis, Terrence Malick, David Lynch and Caleb Deschanel.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-rickman-dead-screenwriter-hooper-coal-miners-daughter-was-78-1140204|title=Tom Rickman, Screenwriter on 'Hooper' and 'Coal Miner's Daughter,' Dies at 78|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 5, 2018 |accessdate=October 2, 2018}}{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/gill-dennis-dead-walk-the-line-screenwriter-was-74-1201497890/ |title=Gill Dennis, 'Walk the Line' Screenwriter, Dies at 74 |magazine=Variety |date=May 16, 2015 |access-date=May 16, 2015}}

Career

{{Citation needed span|text=In 1975, his stage play Balaam premiered at the Pasadena Repertory Theatre in Pasadena, California's historic The Hotel Carver, under artistic director Duane Waddell, directed by Gill Dennis, starring Elizabeth Hartman, Peter Brandon, Howard Whalen, and was the theatrical debut of Ed Harris.|date=July 2024}}

He received a nomination for Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for writing the screenplay of Coal Miner's Daughter.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1981 |title=The 53rd Academy Awards (1981) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-10-07|work=oscars.org}} His other films include Hooper (1978), Truman (1995), Everybody's All-American (1988), and the television film Tuesdays with Morrie (1999){{cite web|title=Thomas Rickman|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/108242/Tom-Rickman/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124024129/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/108242/Tom-Rickman/biography|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Williams, Karl|date=2015|archive-date=2015-11-24}}