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John Crowley Net Worth
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John Francis Crowley net worth is $700,000
John Francis Crowley Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
John Crowley /?kra?li/ (born December 1, 1942) is an American author of fantasy, science fiction and mainstream fiction. He studied at Indiana University and has a second career as a documentary film writer. He is best known as the author of Little, Big (1981), which received the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and has been called "a neglected masterpiece" by Harold Bloom and his Ægypt series of novels which revolve around the same themes of Hermeticism, memory, families and religion.
Full Name
John Francis Crowley
Net Worth
$700,000
Date Of Birth
1942-12-01
Place Of Birth
Presque Isle, Maine, U.S.
Occupation
Novelist, Documentary screenwriter, University lecturer
Profession
Scientist, Entrepreneur, Businessperson
Education
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame Law School, Harvard Business School, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, United States Naval Academy
Nationality
American
Spouse
Fiona Weir
Children
Megan Crowley, John Crowley Jr., Patrick Crowley
Nicknames
John Crowley, Crowley, John
IMDB
Awards
BAFTA Award for Best British Film, British Independent Film Award Douglas Hickox Award (Directorial Debut), British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Director - Fiction
Nominations
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama, Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
Movies
Brooklyn, Closed Circuit, Is Anybody There?, Boy A, Intermission, Celebration
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"It seems to me that the idea of transmitting coldness - whether deliberately or unwittingly - might offer an interesting imaginative starting point for a contemporary story, romantic, comic or tragic in tone." - On a particular theme he is eager to produce.
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Fact
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Directed 1 actress to an Oscar nomination: Saoirse Ronan, who is nominated for Best Actress for Brooklyn (2015).
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He was nominated for the 2005 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for his direction of Martin McDonagh's "The Pillowman".
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In May 2005, he joined forces with British director Danny Boyle in an initiative backed by the UK Film Council which gives two screenwriters a chance to pen a feature film. Each director has their own theme and each successful writer will have their script directed by the two directors.
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Brother of 'Laurence Olivier (I)' & Tony Award-winning set designer Bob Crowley.
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After seeing Mark O'Rowe's play 'Howie the Rookie" at The Bush Theatre, he approached him and asked him had he ever considered writing a screenplay. The answer was no. Six months later, he received a phone call from O'Rowe telling him that he had written a screenplay but not to tell anyone about it. The screenplay was for "Intermission", which premiered in the summer of 2003.
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He is a graduate from the University College Cork.
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He is associate director at the Donmar Warehouse.
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In 1995, his play, "True Lines", won the Stewart Parker Award for Best New Play.
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In 1996 he won the Kilkenny Cream of the Ireland award for Performing Arts for his work on Double Helix.
