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Feb 7, 2024 · In the spring of 2019, she shut herself in a makeshift office — the coat closet in her apartment— with the goal of writing a script that would get her representation and help her pivot away from her day job in casting. She emerged months later with May December. Now, Burch is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter.
Feb 22, 2024 · Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik had a busy 2023. The pair got married, and in May, a film they had plotted together, and which Burch had scripted, premiered at Cannes Film Festival.
Nov 20, 2023 · What emerged months later was her script for May December, a slippery examination of power, celebrity, and artifice, drawn from a real-life scandal and set against the backdrop of today’s true ...
- Lisa Wong Macabasco
Burch completed the screenplay for May December, her first feature film, in 2019. The script was inspired by recollections of the 1990s tabloid culture of her youth, particularly the case of Mary Kay Letourneau.
Jan 11, 2024 · Screenwriter Samy Burch explains the background to the Netflix film May December and the different reactions and questions it has inspired.
Jan 28, 2024 · This week, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science announced its nominations for this year’s Oscar ceremony and May December was named for the Best Original Screenplay Award. That screenwriter is Samy Burch. Starring Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, and Charles Melton, here is a plot summary of May December:
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Nov 29, 2023 · It sounds so simple and commonplace, but it's a lesson in not only great acting but also writing great subtext. Directed by Todd Haynes and starring Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman, May December is about Gracie (Moore), a middle-aged woman who seduced and later married a 13-year-old boy.
