
Douglas McGrath
Born
1958-02-12
Place of birth
New York, New York, USA
Died
2022-11-03
Biography
Douglas Geoffrey McGrath (February 2, 1958 – November 3, 2022) was an American screenwriter, film director, and actor. He received various accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Tony Award, and Primetime Emmy Award. McGrath started his career as a writer for Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1981. He co-wrote with Woody Allen the film Bullets Over Broadway (1994), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as well as BAFTA and Writers Guild of America Award nominations. He then directed such films as Emma (1996), Company M...
Known for

Café Society
Norman

The Insider
Private Investigator

Michael Clayton
Jeff Gaffney

Quiz Show
Snodgrass

Happiness
Tom

Small Time Crooks
Frenchy's Lawyer

Sweet and Lowdown
Himself

Hollywood Ending
Barbeque Guest

Celebrity
Bill Gaines

Saturday Night Live
Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Rifkin’s Festival
Gil Brenner

Solitary Man
Dean Edward Gitleson

Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self

The Daytrippers
Chap

Sounds from a Town I Love
Movie