Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski Set To Receive Austin Film Festival’s Bill Wittliff Award For Screenwriting
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, the famed writers, directors and producers who have thus far shard two Emmys, two PGA Awards, two WGA Awards, a USC Scripter Award and a Golden Globe, will add another prize to their mantels, having been tapped to receive the Bill Wittliff Award for Screenwriting at the 30th annual Austin Film Festival.
First introduced in 1995 as a means of honoring leading storytellers in film, television and new media, the award takes its name from the two-time Emmy nominee and WGA Award winner known for his work on films like Legends of the Fall and series like Lonesome Dove.
Past recipients include Buck Henry, Lawrence Kasdan, Frank Pierson, Nancy Meyers, Tony Gilroy and Scott Frank. Best known for their mastery of the left-of-center biopic, Alexander and Karaszewski have together scripted such films as Ed Wood, The People vs.
Larry Flynt, Man on the Moon, Big Eyes and Dolemite Is My Name, also developing, scripting and exec producing the much-discussed award winner The People v.
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