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American screenwriter and film producer
David Harold Franzoni (born March 4, 1947) is an American
screenwriter and
film producer . He conceived the story for, co-wrote and co-produced the 2000 film
Gladiator ,
[1]
[2] for which he was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and won the
Academy Award for Best Picture .
[2]
[5] His other screenplays include
King Arthur (2004),
[7]
Amistad (1997), and
Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986).
[10]
Career
Franzoni's script for Gladiator was a revival of the
sword-and-sandal genre,
[11] using characters very different from the original and drawing upon available historic and archaeological sources.
[12] He started to write the story in the 1970s, after reading the 1958 non-fiction book Those About to Die by
Daniel P. Mannix , which detailed the Roman
gladiatorial games.
[13]
For Amistad , Franzoni decided not to use a standard narrative, explaining, "the typical slant in this sort of film is to have the poor, chained black man arrive in the presence of the white guy, who has a good soul and fights the good faith to liberate the black man."
[14] Franzoni was also the one who convinced
Steven Spielberg to direct the film.
[11]
Franzoni stated that the screenplay of King Arthur "aims more for history than myth,"
[15] and again relied upon archaeological evidence in an attempt to create a more realistic human and political interpretation of the character.
[17]
Filmography
References
^ Ortega Giménez, Alfonso (17 December 2013).
"Derecho romano" .
Cine y derecho en 21 películas (in Spanish). Editorial Club Universitario. p. 191.
ISBN
9788415941729 .
^
a
b Marks, Dara (23 February 2009).
"Filmography" .
Inside Story: The Power of the Transformational Arc .
A&C Black . p. 337.
ISBN
9781408109427 .
^
Scott, Ridley (2005).
"Filmography" . In Knapp, Laurence F.; Kulas, Andrea F. (eds.).
Ridley Scott: Interviews .
Univ. Press of Mississippi . p. 27.
ISBN
9781578067268 .
^ Shaheen, Kareem (6 June 2016).
"Rumi film will challenge Muslim stereotypes, says Gladiator writer" .
The Guardian . Istanbul. Retrieved 14 November 2017 .
^ Sun, Rebecca (16 June 2014).
"Oscar-winning Producer David Franzoni Signs With Paradigm" .
The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 14 November 2017 .
^
a
b Alberich, Enric (2009).
Películas clave del cine histórico (in Spanish). Ediciones Robinbook. p. 188.
ISBN
9788496924741 .
^ Caparrós Lera, José María; José Martín, Jerónimo (2001).
"Gladiator de Ridley Scott" .
El cine de fin de milenio (1999-2000) (in Spanish). Ediciones Rialp. p. 128.
ISBN
9788432133442 . [
permanent dead link ]
^ Solomon, John (2004). "Gladiator from Screenplay to Screen." In Winkler, Martin M. (Ed.), Gladiator: Film and History , pp. 1–15. Blackwell Publishers.
ISBN
1-4051-1042-2
^ Hixson, Walter L. (2003).
"Steven Spielberg American Dream" .
The American Experience in World War II: The United States and the road to war in Europe .
Taylor & Francis . p. 253.
ISBN
9780415940290 .
^ Soriano, John.
"WGA.org's Exclusive Interview with David Franzoni" (PDF) .
WGAW . Archived from
the original (PDF) on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2011 .
^ Matthews, John (2004). "An interview with David Franzoni".
Arthuriana . 14 (3): 116.
doi :
10.1353/art.2004.0054 .
S2CID
162155578 .
Bibliography
External links
Awards for David Franzoni
1951–1975 1976–2000
Robert Chartoff and
Irwin Winkler (1976)
Charles H. Joffe (1977)
Michael Cimino ,
Michael Deeley , John Peverall and
Barry Spikings (1978)
Stanley R. Jaffe (1979)
Ronald L. Schwary (1980)
David Puttnam (1981)
Richard Attenborough (1982)
James L. Brooks (1983)
Saul Zaentz (1984)
Sydney Pollack (1985)
Arnold Kopelson (1986)
Jeremy Thomas (1987)
Mark Johnson (1988)
Lili Fini Zanuck and
Richard D. Zanuck (1989)
Kevin Costner and
Jim Wilson (1990)
Ron Bozman ,
Edward Saxon and
Kenneth Utt (1991)
Clint Eastwood (1992)
Branko Lustig ,
Gerald R. Molen and
Steven Spielberg (1993)
Wendy Finerman ,
Steve Starkey and
Steve Tisch (1994)
Bruce Davey ,
Mel Gibson and
Alan Ladd Jr. (1995)
Saul Zaentz (1996)
James Cameron and
Jon Landau (1997)
Donna Gigliotti ,
Marc Norman ,
David Parfitt ,
Harvey Weinstein and
Edward Zwick (1998)
Bruce Cohen and
Dan Jinks (1999)
David Franzoni ,
Branko Lustig and
Douglas Wick (2000)
2001–present
Brian Grazer and
Ron Howard (2001)
Martin Richards (2002)
Peter Jackson ,
Barrie M. Osborne and
Fran Walsh (2003)
Clint Eastwood ,
Tom Rosenberg and
Albert S. Ruddy (2004)
Paul Haggis and
Cathy Schulman (2005)
Graham King (2006)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen and
Scott Rudin (2007)
Christian Colson (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow ,
Mark Boal ,
Nicolas Chartier and
Greg Shapiro (2009)
Iain Canning ,
Emile Sherman and
Gareth Unwin (2010)
Thomas Langmann (2011)
Ben Affleck ,
George Clooney and
Grant Heslov (2012)
Dede Gardner ,
Anthony Katagas ,
Jeremy Kleiner ,
Steve McQueen and
Brad Pitt (2013)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu ,
John Lesher and
James W. Skotchdopole (2014)
Blye Pagon Faust ,
Steve Golin ,
Nicole Rocklin and
Michael Sugar (2015)
Dede Gardner ,
Jeremy Kleiner and
Adele Romanski (2016)
J. Miles Dale and
Guillermo del Toro (2017)
Jim Burke , Brian Currie,
Peter Farrelly ,
Nick Vallelonga and
Charles B. Wessler (2018)
Bong Joon-ho and
Kwak Sin-ae (2019)
Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey,
Frances McDormand ,
Peter Spears and
Chloé Zhao (2020)
Fabrice Gianfermi,
Philippe Rousselet , Patrick Wachsberger (2021)
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and
Jonathan Wang (2022)
Emma Thomas ,
Charles Roven , and
Christopher Nolan (2023)
1990s
Goodfellas –
Martin Scorsese ,
Robert Chartoff , and
Irwin Winkler (1990)
The Commitments –
Alan Parker ,
Lynda Myles , and Roger Randall-Cutler (1991)
Howards End –
James Ivory and
Ismail Merchant (1992)
Schindler's List –
Steven Spielberg ,
Branko Lustig , and
Gerald R. Molen (1993)
Four Weddings and a Funeral –
Mike Newell and
Duncan Kenworthy (1994)
Sense and Sensibility –
Ang Lee and
Lindsay Doran (1995)
The English Patient –
Anthony Minghella and
Saul Zaentz (1996)
The Full Monty –
Peter Cattaneo and
Uberto Pasolini (1997)
Shakespeare in Love –
Donna Gigliotti ,
Marc Norman ,
David Parfitt ,
Harvey Weinstein , and
Edward Zwick (1998)
American Beauty –
Bruce Cohen and
Dan Jinks (1999)
2000s
Gladiator –
David Franzoni ,
Branko Lustig , and
Douglas Wick (2000)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring –
Peter Jackson ,
Barrie M. Osborne ,
Tim Sanders , and
Fran Walsh (2001)
The Pianist – Robert Benmussa,
Roman Polanski , and
Alain Sarde (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King –
Peter Jackson ,
Barrie M. Osborne , and
Fran Walsh (2003)
The Aviator –
Sandy Climan ,
Charles Evans Jr. ,
Graham King , and
Michael Mann (2004)
Brokeback Mountain –
Diana Ossana and
James Schamus (2005)
The Queen –
Andy Harries ,
Christine Langan , and
Tracey Seaward (2006)
Atonement –
Tim Bevan ,
Eric Fellner , and
Paul Webster (2007)
Slumdog Millionaire –
Christian Colson (2008)
The Hurt Locker –
Kathryn Bigelow ,
Mark Boal ,
Nicolas Chartier , and
Greg Shapiro (2009)
2010s
The King's Speech –
Iain Canning ,
Emile Sherman , and
Gareth Unwin (2010)
The Artist –
Thomas Langmann (2011)
Argo –
Ben Affleck ,
George Clooney , and
Grant Heslov (2012)
12 Years a Slave –
Dede Gardner ,
Anthony Katagas ,
Jeremy Kleiner ,
Steve McQueen , and
Brad Pitt (2013)
Boyhood –
Richard Linklater and
Cathleen Sutherland (2014)
The Revenant –
Steve Golin ,
Alejandro G. Iñárritu ,
Arnon Milchan ,
Mary Parent , and
Keith Redmon (2015)
La La Land –
Fred Berger ,
Jordan Horowitz , and
Marc Platt (2016)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri –
Graham Broadbent ,
Peter Czernin , and
Martin McDonagh (2017)
Roma –
Nicolás Celis ,
Alfonso Cuarón , and
Gabriela Rodríguez (2018)
1917 –
Pippa Harris , Callum McDougall,
Sam Mendes , and Jayne-Ann Tenggren (2019)
2020s
Nomadland – Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey,
Frances McDormand ,
Peter Spears , and
Chloé Zhao (2020)
The Power of the Dog –
Jane Campion ,
Iain Canning ,
Roger Frappier ,
Tanya Seghatchian , and
Emile Sherman (2021)
All Quiet on the Western Front –
Malte Grunert (2022)
Oppenheimer –
Christopher Nolan ,
Charles Roven , and
Emma Thomas (2023)
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