Alexander Dinelaris Jr.

Alexander Dinelaris Jr.
Born	1968 Washington Heights, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Director, Producer, Writer
Years active	2014–present

Alexander Dinelaris Jr. is a screenwriter. He is one of four who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 2014 film Birdman at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015. ^[1] Dinelaris also wrote the book for the Broadway musical On Your Feet about the life and career of Gloria Estefan. ^[2] For this, he was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical. In 2019, he formed his New York–based production company Lexicon and announced that its first feature film will be an adaptation of the Broadway musical Jekyll & Hyde , which Dinelaris will adapt into a screenplay and produce. However, no updates were made since 2020, with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the film industry cited as a reason. That same year, he filmed the short film In This, Our Time, which he wrote and directed. ^[3]

The first workshop of Boman Irani's Spiral Bound was conducted by Alexander Dinelaris Jr. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

On February 8, 2023, it was announced that Alexander Dinelaris Jr is working with Residente to co-write a new film title Porto Rico. ^[7]

References

1. Gettell, Oliver (February 22, 2015). "Oscars 2015: 'Birdman' quartet wins for original screenplay". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved February 23, 2015.
2. Simon, Lizzie (2015-10-29). "Oscar-Winning Writer Takes on Estefan Story". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 2016-06-15.
3. "East Rockaway native reflects on film-writing career".
4. "Acting is about lying convincingly: Boman Irani".
5. "Boman Irani and Birdman Writer Alexander Dinelaris on the Art of Good Storytelling". 28 January 2019.
6. "Masterclass with Boman Irani".
7. "'Birdman's Alexander Dinelaris & Residente Scripting New Film 'Porto Rico'". 8 February 2023.

External links

• Alexander Dinelaris Jr. at IMDb