Samuel D. Hunter | |
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![]() Hunter in 2013 | |
Born | 1981 (age 43–44) Pullman, Washington, U.S. [1] |
Education | New York University (BFA) University of Iowa (MFA) Juilliard School (GrDip) |
Samuel D. Hunter (born 1981) [2] is an American playwright living in New York City. [3]
Hunter was born in Pullman, Washington and raised in Moscow, Idaho. [1] [4] He is best known for plays A Bright New Boise, which won the 2011 Obie Award for playwriting, and The Whale , which won the 2013 Drama Desk Award and the 2013 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play. [3] He is also the recipient of a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship. [2] He has also been a guest lecturer at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Fordham University, and other universities. [5]
Hunter is also a writer and producer for the television show Baskets . [6] A film adaptation of The Whale, written by Hunter and directed by Darren Aronofsky, was released in December 2022 and received two Academy Awards.