Warren Beatty Biography (1937-)



Full name, Henry Warren Beatty; born March 30, 1937, in Richmond, VA; son ofIra O. and Kathlyn (maiden name, MacLean) Beatty; brother of Shirley MacLaine(an actress, dancer, director, producer, and writer); married Annette Bening(an actress), March 3, 1992; children: Kathlyn, Benjamin, Isabel Ira Ashley,Ella Corinne. Education: Attended Stella Adler Theatre School, 1957;graduated from Northwestern University, 1959. Addresses: Agent-- Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825.Career: Actor, director, producer, and writer. Member: ScreenActors Guild, Writers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America, Sigma Chi. Awards, Honors: Theatre World Award, 1960; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best actor in a featured or supporting dramatic role, 1960,for A Loss of Roses; Golden Globe Award, new star of the year, 1962; Academy Award nominations, best actor and best picture, and British Academy Award nomination, best foreign actor, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, all 1967, for Bonnie and Clyde; Hasty Pudding Man of the Year, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, Harvard University, 1975; named star of the year, National Association of Theatre Owners, 1975; shared Academy Award nomination (with Robert Towne), best original screenplay, National Society of Film CriticsAward (with Towne), best original screenplay, Writers Guild of America Award, best original comedy screenplay, and Golden Globe Award nomination, best actor in a motion picture musical or comedy, all 1975, for Shampoo; named director of the year and producer of the year, both National Association ofTheatre Owners, 1978; Academy Award nominations, best actor, best director (with Buck Henry), best screenplay based on material from another medium (withElaine May), and best picture, Golden Globe Award, best actor in a musical/comedy, Writers Guild of America Award, best adapted comedy screenplay, and Saturn Award nominations, best actor, best director, and best writer, Academy of Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Films, all 1978, for Heaven Can Wait; Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, all best director, Directors Guild of America citation for outstanding directorial achievement for feature films, Academy Award nominations,best actor, best original screenplay (with Trevor Griffiths), and best picture, Golden Globe Award nominations, best actor in a motion picture drama and best original screenplay, National Board of Review Award, best director, Writers Guild of America Award, best original dramatic screenplay, and British Academy Award nomination, best actor, all 1981, for Reds; Academy Award nominations, best actor and best picture (with Mark Johnson and Barry Levinson), Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a motion picture drama, National Board of Review Award, best actor, and shared MTV MovieAward nomination, best kiss (with Annette Bening), all 1991, for Bugsy; Academy Award nomination, best screenplay written directly for the screen,Golden Globe Award nominations, best actor in a comedy or musical motion picture and best screenplay, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, best screenplay, Chicago Film Critics Association Award, best screenplay, Writers Guild of America Award nomination, best original screenplay, Golden Satellite Award nomination, best actor, and Golden Lion Award nomination, Venice Film Festival, all 1998, for Bulworth; Career Golden Lion Award, Venice FilmFestival, 1998; Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, Academy of Motion PictureArts and Sciences, 2000; Board of Governors Award, American Society of Cinematographers, 2000; World Artist Award, Seventh Annual Blockbuster Awards, 2001. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Occupation
Actor, director, producer, writer
Birth Details
March 30, 1937
Richmond, Virginia, United States

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