Douglas Geoffrey McGrath (born February 2, 1958) is an American screenwriter. He is also a film director and actor. He also writes political commentary, such as "The Flapjack File", a column for The New Republic.McGrath was nominated for both an Academy Award and a BAFTA award for his Bullets Over Broadway screenplay. He was twice nominated for a Writers Guild of America award:1997 for Emma1995 for Bullets Over BroadwayA son of Beatrice and R. Searle McGrath, an independent oil producer from Midland, Texas. He is an alumnus of Trinity School of Midland, The Choate School, and Princeton University. At Princeton, he was a member of the Triangle Club and joined its Board of Directors after graduation. In 1995, McGrath married Jane Read Martin, a former assistant of Woody Allen's. She and McGrath have a son named Henry.
As of 2015, he has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Quiz Show (1994), The Insider (1999) and Michael Clayton (2007).
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He is an alumnus of the Trinity School of Midland, TX, The Choate School, and Princeton University.
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He's the son of Beatrice and R. Searle McGrath, an independent oil producer from Midland, Texas.
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