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Theodore Melfi is an American filmmaker. His second film, St. Vincent starring Bill Murray , was released in 2014. In 2016, Melfi co-wrote, directed, and produced Hidden Figures with Allison Schroeder , for which he received Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay . [1]
YearFilmCredited As(director)Credited As(writer)2022NoYes2021YesNo2020DaughterYesYes2017NoYesTheodore Melfi is an American filmmaker who has worked on movies such as Hidden Figures, St. Vincent and Going in Style. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and is married to Kimberly Quinn.
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Jan 6, 2017 · A film about the African-American women who worked as mathematicians at NASA in the early space program. Directed by Theodore Melfi, starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe and Kevin Costner, nominated for 3 Oscars.
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Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder.It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly about three female African-American mathematicians: Katherine Goble Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), who worked at NASA during the Space Race.
When Taraji P. Henson, who plays the sprinting space scientist, read the script for Hidden Figures, Theodore Melfi’s drama about the black female mathematicians, engineers and programmers who ...
Jan 17, 2017 · The director of the box office hit Hidden Figures talks about his decision to make a film about female mathematicians instead of Spider-Man, and why he sees them as superheroes. He also reveals how he balanced the space race and the home life of the protagonists, and how he met the real-life Katherine Johnson.
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Theodore Melfi is a producer and director of films such as Hidden Figures, St. Vincent and Going in Style. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and married to Kimberly Quinn.