Stephen Gaghan

Writing

Born: 1965-05-06

From: Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.

Gender: Male

Popularity: 0.8

Biography

Stephen Gaghan (/ˈɡeɪɡən/ GAY-gən; born May 6, 1965) is an American screenwriter and director. He is noted for writing the screenplay for Steven Soderbergh's film Traffic, based on a Channel 4 series, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Syriana, which he wrote and directed. He also wrote and directed the thriller Abandon, the family film Dolittle, and the drama Gold. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Gaghan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & Nominations4 won · 2 nominated

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Syriana

2006

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Traffic

2001

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Traffic

2001

🏆 Won

Edgar Awards

1998

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

NYPD Blue

1997

🏆 Won

Writers Guild of America Award