Tom Stoppard | |
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![]() Stoppard at the 1999 Vanity Fair Post-Oscar Party | |
2 Nominations / 1 Win | |
Role | Screenwriter |
Born | July 3, 1937 |
Zlín, Czechoslovakia | |
Tom Stoppard, (born Tomáš Straussler) is a British playwright, knighted in 1997. He has written for television, radio, film and stage. Themes of human rights, censorship and political freedom pervade his work along with exploration of linguistics and philosophy.
Wins[]
- 71st Academy Awards, 1998
- Best Original Screenplay — Shakespeare in Love (shared with Marc Norman)
Nominations[]
- 58th Academy Awards, 1985
- Best Original Screenplay — Brazil (shared with Terry Gilliam and Charles McKeown)
- 71st Academy Awards, 1998
- Best Original Screenplay — Shakespeare in Love (shared with Marc Norman)