Robert Nelson Jacobs

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Robert Nelson Jacobs
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Jacobs in August 2015
Born1954 (age 6869)
Alma mater University of Iowa
Yale University
Occupation Screenwriter
Years active1997–present

Robert Nelson Jacobs (born 1954) is an American screenwriter. In 2000, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for Chocolat . Jacobs is a board member and past president of the Writers Guild Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to promoting and preserving the craft of writing for the screen. [1]

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Biography

Jacobs grew up in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. He attended Yale University, where he received the Curtis Literary Prize for his short fiction and graduated with honors. He earned his master's degree from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Jacobs began his career as a writer of short stories that were published in little, prestigious magazines that generated little, prestigious income. Jacobs’ love of movies brought him to California, where it took a number of years for his work to finally start paying the rent. Jacobs’ screenplay credits include Out to Sea , Dinosaur , Chocolat , The Shipping News , Flushed Away , The Water Horse , and Extraordinary Measures . [2]

Filmography

YearFilmCreditNotes
1997 Out to Sea Writer, Songwriter: "You're Our Guest"
2000 Dinosaur Writer
2000 Chocolat WriterOscar / BAFTA Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay [3]
2001 The Shipping News WriterScripter Award Nominated [4]
2006 Flushed Away Additional Writer
2007 The Water Horse Writer
2010 Extraordinary Measures Writer

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References

  1. "Writers Guild Foundation elects 2014-15 directors, appoints Oscar-nominated writer Robert Nelson Jacobs president - Writers Guild Foundation". Archived from the original on 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  2. http://www.seattlepi.com/movietimes/moviepn.asp?movieID=84713 [ bare URL ]
  3. "Academy Award - Oscars - Red Carpet - Celebrity Photo". www.hollywoodreporter.com. Archived from the original on 2006-10-29.
  4. USC Scripter Award#2001