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1. newsletter.oscars.org › news › post'May December' Writer Samy Burch Unpacks Her Darkly Comedic ...

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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.

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3. www.vogue.com › article › samy-burch-may-decemberFirst-Time Screenwriter Samy Burch on the Slippery Story of

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   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...

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4. www.screendaily.com › features › how-may-decemberHow ‘May December’ screenwriters hit the cinematic jackpot ...

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   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. May...

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   At the 96th Oscars, Burch is a first-time nominee for Best Original Screenplay, of which she is "shocked and deeply moved." Surprising even herself, Burch followed up May December by writing something completely different: Coyote vs. Acme, starring Wile E. Coyote, Roadrunner, and John Cena.

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   Dec 1, 2023 · May December, written by Burch with story credit by Burch and Alex Mechanik, follows an actress (Portman) arriving in Georgia to do research for a film about a couple (Julianne Moore, Charles Melton) whose romance sparked a tabloid frenzy 23 years prior.

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   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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   Did Samy Burch write May December?

   • Loading... At the core of Todd Haynes' latest feature, May December, lies a secret weapon that takes three central performances of the film to a whole other level, and that is the work of screenwriter Samy Burch. Burch, a former casting director, wrote the first draft of this screenplay back in 2019, and it easily became…

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   Is 'May December' Burch's first screenplay?

   • Although May December is Burch's first produced screenplay, in many ways, this has been a lifetime in the making. 'Movies and the business of making movies was certainly the closest thing to a religion that I grew up with,' she says. It wasn't until high school that I started writing plays.

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   Is 'May December' Samy Burch's first movie?

   • Although May December is Samy Burch's first produced screenplay, in many ways, this has been a lifetime in the making. 'Movies and the business of making movies was certainly the closest thing to a religion that I grew up with,' she says.

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   Is May December based on a true story?

   • May December is a slippery examination of power, celebrity, and artifice, drawn from a real-life scandal. The script for this film was written by Samy Burch and it sets the story against the backdrop of today’s true-crime-obsessed culture.

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   Who is Samy Burch?

   • At the core of Todd Haynes’ latest feature, May December, lies a secret weapon that takes three central performances of the film to a whole other level, and that is the work of screenwriter Samy Burch.

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   Where did Samy Burch grow up?

   • Samy Burch grew up in West LA. He recalls growing up in the '90s and being surrounded by local news events such as the Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman murders and Monica Lewinsky's neighborhood. He grew up in West LA.

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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.