
Alexander Dinelaris
Personal Info
Known for
Writing
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Washington Heights, New York, USA
Alexander Dinelaris
Biography
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. Dinelaris also wrote the book for the Broadway musical On Your Feet, which is about the life and career of Gloria Estefan. 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. He 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. That same year, he filmed the short film In This, Our Time, which he wrote and directed.
Alexander Dinelaris Jr conducted the first workshop of Boman Irani's Spiral Bound. On February 8, 2023, it was announced that Alexander Dinelaris Jr is working with Residente to co-write a new film, Porto Rico.
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Known For
Crew
On Your Feet!
Musical
Porto Rico
Screenplay
(2026)
Judy
Screenplay
(2024)
In the Summers
Producer
(2024)
Dovecote
Writer, Producer
(2024)
The Mehta Boys
Executive Producer, Writer
(2023)
Carmen
Screenplay
(2022)
Bounce
Director
(2015)
The Revenant
Co-Producer
(2014)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Associate Producer, Writer