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José Rivera (born March 24, 1955) is a playwright and the first Puerto Rican screenwriter to be nominated for an Academy Award for the movie, The Motorcycle Diaries.
Josè Rivera is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in New York City, Rivera has become one of the most influential Latino voices in...
José. Rivera. The first Puerto Rican screenwriter to be nominated for an Academy Award, for The Motorcycle Diaries, Rivera is also the author of 26 full-length plays including the Obie Award-winning Marisol and References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot, both produced at the Public Theater, New York.
His screenplay The Motorcycle Diaries was nominated for 2005 Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar—making him the first Puerto Rican writer ever nominated for an Academy Award—as well as a BAFTA and Writers Guild Award and received top screenwriting awards in Argentina and Spain.
José Rivera, the playwright of Boleros for the Disenchanted, was born in Puerto Rico in 1955 where he was raised until, at the age of four, his family migrated to Long Island, New York. From a young age Rivera was drawn to the stage and has become one of the more prolific contemporary Latino playwrights.
José Rivera is an award-winning screenwriter and playwright. Mr. Rivera has won two Obie Awards for playwriting for MARISOL and REFERENCES TO SALVADOR DALI MAKE ME HOT, both produced at The Public Theater in New York.
Feb 26, 2006 · José Rivera Playwright. José Rivera studied with Gabriel García Márquez at the Sundance Institute, and the influence of the magical realist style can often be found in his plays.
