Richard LaGravenese
Adapter, Director

Richard LaGravenese is a writer, director and producer. His credits include the screenplay for the HBO Emmy award winning “BEHIND THE CANDELABRA”, directed by Steven Soderbergh (Emmy Nomination for Best Writing in Television Movie/Mini Series, BAFTA nomination Best Screenplay). He previously earned Academy Award®, BAFTA and WGA award nominations for his original screenplay “The Fisher King”. His other screen writing credits include “Water for Elephants,” “The Bridges of Madison County,” “A Little Princess”, “The Horse Whisperer,” “The Ref“, ”The Mirror Has Two Faces,” “Beloved” and “Unstrung Heroes.” (TIFF premiere) LaGravenese wrote and directed the films “Living Out Loud”(TIFF premiere), “P.S. I Love You,” “Paris Je T’aime,”and “Beautiful Creatures,” as well as “Freedom Writers,” (Humanitas Prize for Best Screenplay). He co-produced and co-directed (with the late Ted Demme) the Emmy®-nominated documentary “A Decade Under the Influence”, (National Board of Review’s William Everson Film History Award). With co-creator Tony Goldwyn, LaGravenese wrote and produced the critically acclaimed AMCnetwork/WEtv television series, THE DIVIDE, which premiered the summer of 2014 and was shot entirely in Toronto.