Terri Tatchell
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Tatchell in October 2009 |
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1978 (age 37–38) |
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| Occupation |
Screenwriter |
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| Years active |
2006–present |
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| Spouse(s) |
Neill Blomkamp |
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Terri Tatchell is a Canadian screenwriter, best known for co-writing the screenplay of District 9[1] and was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 82nd Academy Awards.[2]
Career
Tatchell graduated in 2001 from the Vancouver Film School's Writing for Film and Television program.[3] She began her screenwriting career in 2006 with the IDEALOGUE short action film Adicolor Yellow under the direction of her husband Neill Blomkamp.[4] In 2008, Tatchell wrote, with Blomkamp, the screenplay of the science-fiction film District 9,[5] which was released in 2009. Her work on District 9 has since garnered a number of awards nominations,[6] including an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay[7] and the Saturn Awards.[8] She won the 2009 Bradbury Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for her work on the screenplay.[9] Tatchell is married to South African-Canadian filmmaker Neill Blomkamp.[4]
Filmography
References
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| | Nebula Award for Best Script |
- Soylent Green – Stanley R. Greenberg (1973)
- Sleeper – Woody Allen (1974)
- Young Frankenstein – Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1975)
- Star Wars – George Lucas (1977)
- The Sixth Sense – M. Night Shyamalan (1999)
- Galaxy Quest – David Howard and Robert Gordon (2000)
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai, and Hui-Ling Wang (2001)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson (2002)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Peter Jackson (2003)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson (2004)
- Serenity – Joss Whedon (2005)
- Howl's Moving Castle – Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt (2006)
- Pan's Labyrinth – Guillermo del Toro (2007)
- WALL-E – Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, and Pete Docter (2008)
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| Ray Bradbury Award for
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