Alexander Dinelaris Jr.

Alexander Dinelaris Jr. is a screenwriter. He is one of four who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 2014 film Birdman at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015.[1] Dinelaris also wrote the book for the Broadway musical On Your Feet about the life and career of Gloria Estefan.[2] For this, he was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical. In 2019, he formed his New York–based production company Lexicon and announced that its first feature film will be an adaptation of the Broadway musical Jekyll & Hyde, which Dinelaris will adapt into a screenplay and produce. That same year, he filmed the short film In This, Our Time, which he wrote and directed.[3]
The first workshop of Boman Irani's Spiral Bound was conducted by Alexander Dinelaris Jr [4] [5][6]

Alexander Dinelaris Jr.
Born1968
Washington Heights, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)Director, Producer, Writer
Years active2014–present

In February 8, 2023, it was announced that Alexander Dinelaris Jr is working with Residente to co-write a new film title Porto Rico [7]

References
  1. Gettell, Oliver (February 22, 2015). "Oscars 2015: 'Birdman' quartet wins for original screenplay". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  2. Simon, Lizzie (2015-10-29). "Oscar-Winning Writer Takes on Estefan Story". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  3. "East Rockaway native reflects on film-writing career".
  4. "Acting is about lying convincingly: Boman Irani".
  5. "Boman Irani and Birdman Writer Alexander Dinelaris on the Art of Good Storytelling". 28 January 2019.
  6. "Masterclass with Boman Irani".
  7. "'Birdman's Alexander Dinelaris & Residente Scripting New Film 'Porto Rico'". 8 February 2023.


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