Douglas McGrath, a well-known screenwriter, film director and actor, died on Thursday, November 3, 2022, at the age of 64. Everything’s Fine producers Daryl Roth, Tom Werner and John Lithgow announced the news. They said:
“We are saddened by the untimely passing of Douglas McGrath.” Everything’s Fine Productions was delighted to present its solo autobiographical presentation. Jane and his family have our sincere condolences. “May the memory of his life be a gift.”
He was working on Everything’s Fine, an Off-Broadway solo, at the time of his death. The show’s final appearance was on November 2 and will run until January 22, 2022. His cause of death has not been disclosed and no funeral arrangements have been made.
Age 64
“His death was ‘a sudden, terrible shock’.”“No details about the cause of death have been released.”
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Douglas McGrath has been working in the film industry since the 1980s.
Douglas McGrath was born on February 2, 1958, to R. Searle McGrath and Beatrice McGrath. His father was an independent oil producer from Midland, Texas. The actor attended Trinity School of Midland, The Choate School and Princeton University. After graduation, he joined the board of directors of the Princeton Triangle Club. Douglas began his writing career for Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1981, and he is best known for his theatrical creations Checkers, The Age of Innocence, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, and others.
Douglas McGrath received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for his work on the 1994 dark crime comedy Bullets Over Broadway. Woody Allen directed the film, which he also co-wrote with McGrath. The script was eventually used as the basis for a 2014 Broadway theatrical adaptation. Bullets Over Broadway starred Jim Broadbent, John Cusack, Harvey Fierstein, Chazz Palminteri, Mary-Louise Parker, Rob Reiner, Jennifer Tilly and others. It received critical acclaim and grossed $37.5 million at the film office. The film was nominated for an Oscar, as well as BAFTA and Writers Guild of America awards.
In addition to his work for Saturday Night Live, he was known for directing two HBO documentaries, His Way and Becoming Mike Nichols. The documentaries were also nominated for Emmy Awards. He has appeared in many films as an actor, including Quiz Show (1994), The Daytrippers (1996), Prix Five (1997), Happiness (1998), Celebrity (1998), The Insider (1999), Company Man (2000), Small Time Crooks (2000), Hollywood Ending (2002), and others.
Emma (1996), Company Man (2000), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), Infamous (2006), His Way (2011), I Don’t Know How She Does It (2011), Become Mike Nichols (2016), and more movies were directed by him. He also wrote the comedy film Born Yesterday in 1993. It was directed by Luis Mandoki and earned about $17 million at the box office. In addition, in 2014, the screenwriter was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for the Broadway production Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. In addition to scripting, acting and directing, Douglas McGrath has also been an Air Mail columnist and has published pieces for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The New Republic and Vanity Fair. His wife, Jane Read Martin, and son, Henry McGrath, survive him.
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