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{{Infobox person
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| occupation = Writer, producer
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| years_active = 1999-present
| years_active = 1999–present
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'''Misan Sagay''' is an Anglo-Nigerian screenwriter and producer.
'''Misan Sagay''' is an Anglo-Nigerian screenwriter and producer.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Sagay graduated from [[St Andrews University]] with a First Class Honours degree in [[Biochemistry]] then trained as a [[Doctor of Medicine|doctor]] at [[St Mary's Hospital Medical School|St Mary’s Hospital Medical School]], London.{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}}
Sagay graduated from [[St Andrews University]] with a First Class Honours degree in [[biochemistry]] then trained as a doctor at [[St Mary's Hospital Medical School]], London.{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}}


After qualifying as a doctor, she specialised in [[Pediatrics|Paediatric]] [[Hematology|Hamematology]] and Critical Care and at the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at [[Westminster]] Children’s Hospital. {{Citation needed|date=July 2016}}
After qualifying as a doctor, she specialised in [[Pediatrics|Paediatric]] [[Hematology|Hamematology]] and Critical Care and at the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at [[Westminster]] Children's Hospital. {{Citation needed|date=July 2016}}


== Career ==
== Career ==
A former emergency room doctor, Sagay made her writing debut with the 1999 film ''[[imdbtitle:0132502|The Secret Laughter of Women]]'' which she also produced.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/547|title=BFI {{!}} Sight & Sound {{!}} The Secret Laughter of Women (1998)|website=old.bfi.org.uk|access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> She wrote the teleplay for the Oprah-produced television movie ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God (film)|Their Eyes Were Watching God]]'', based on the book by the same name. Sagay is a member of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]].[[File:Dido_Elizabeth_Belle.jpg|thumb|Portrait of [[Dido Elizabeth Belle Lindsay]] (1761-1804) and her cousin [[Lady Elizabeth Murray]]]]
A former emergency room doctor, Sagay made her writing debut with the 1999 film ''[[imdbtitle:0132502|The Secret Laughter of Women]]'' which she also produced.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/547|title=BFI {{!}} Sight & Sound {{!}} The Secret Laughter of Women (1998)|website=old.bfi.org.uk|access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> She wrote the teleplay for the Oprah-produced television movie ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God (film)|Their Eyes Were Watching God]]'', based on the book by the same name. Sagay is a member of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]].[[File:Dido_Elizabeth_Belle.jpg|thumb|Portrait of [[Dido Elizabeth Belle Lindsay]] (1761–1804) and her cousin [[Lady Elizabeth Murray]]]]
Sagay wrote the 2013 British drama ''[[Belle (2013 film)|Belle]]'' after visiting [[Scone Palace]], where she saw a unique portraiture of two women, [[Dido Elizabeth Belle Lindsay]] and her cousin [[Lady Elizabeth Murray]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thesource.com/2014/04/27/her-source-i-writer-misan-sagay-talks-belle/|title=Her Source I Writer Misan Sagay Talks ‘Belle’|last=Shaina411|website=The Source|access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref> This painting, and the women within, acted as the inspiration for her screenplay.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/27/movies/belle-and-slaverys-end-in-britain.html|title=‘Belle’ and Slavery’s End in Britain|last=Rickey|first=Carrie|date=2014-04-25|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref> The film tells the Story of Belle, the daughter of an enslaved African and a British admiral. The film discusses the prominence of African decedents and women in British society in the late 1700s.<ref name=":2" />
Sagay wrote the 2013 British drama ''[[Belle (2013 film)|Belle]]'' after visiting [[Scone Palace]], where she saw a unique portraiture of two women, [[Dido Elizabeth Belle Lindsay]] and her cousin [[Lady Elizabeth Murray]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thesource.com/2014/04/27/her-source-i-writer-misan-sagay-talks-belle/|title=Her Source I Writer Misan Sagay Talks 'Belle'|last=Shaina411|website=The Source|access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref> This painting, and the women within, acted as the inspiration for her screenplay.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/27/movies/belle-and-slaverys-end-in-britain.html|title='Belle' and Slavery's End in Britain|last=Rickey|first=Carrie|date=25 April 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref> The film tells the Story of Belle, the daughter of an enslaved African and a British admiral. The film discusses the prominence of African decedents and women in British society in the late 1700s.<ref name=":2" />


'''Belle Movie Authorship Challenge History'''.
'''Belle Movie Authorship Challenge History'''.


Director [[Amma Asante]] joined the '[[Belly (film)|Belle Movie]]' project in 2010 ([[Damian Jones]]) after Misan Sagay left due to ill health ([http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2426045/BAZ-BAMIGBOYE-Im-going-fired--Cate-Blanchett-spent-week-thinking-going-axed-Woody-Allen.html Baz of The Guardian]). In 2013 there was a standard automatic arbitration at the end of [[Principal photography|Principal Photography]] as Asante was a Director claiming joint credit with Sagay. The extensive [[Writers Guild of America, West|Writers Guild of America]] arbitration process found the script was overwhelmingly Sagay’s work. Sagay was awarded sole credit and so deemed to be the sole author of the script. Asante appealed the decision and lost the appeal.
Director [[Amma Asante]] joined the '[[Belly (film)|Belle Movie]]' project in 2010 ([[Damian Jones]]) after Misan Sagay left due to ill health (Baz of The Guardian). In 2013 there was a standard automatic arbitration at the end of [[Principal photography]] as Asante was a Director claiming joint credit with Sagay. The extensive [[Writers Guild of America, West|Writers Guild of America]] arbitration process found the script was overwhelmingly Sagay's work. Sagay was awarded sole credit and so deemed to be the sole author of the script. Asante appealed the decision and lost the appeal.


The credit became final in February 2013. ([[imdbtitle:2404181|cite]]) [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2426045/BAZ-BAMIGBOYE-Im-going-fired--Cate-Blanchett-spent-week-thinking-going-axed-Woody-Allen.html In a press report in September 2013, Asante contested the WGA awarded credit claiming she wrote 75% of the screenplay]. In 2014 after the films release in [[United States|US]] and [[United Kingdom|UK]], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/11008121/Belle-authors-in-bitter-feud-over-writing-credit.html in a press report Asante contested the WGA credit claiming she had written 100% of the screenplay having put Sagay’s script aside. She also claimed to have come on board in 2009]. Sagay has maintained throughout that the script that bore only Asante’s name was an edit polish and rearrangement of her script and has expressed outrage that it ever bore Asante’s name alone.
The credit became final in February 2013. ([[imdbtitle:2404181|cite]]) In a press report in September 2013, Asante contested the WGA awarded credit claiming she wrote 75% of the screenplay. In 2014 after the films release in US and UK, in a press report Asante contested the WGA credit claiming she had written 100% of the screenplay having put Sagay’s script aside. She also claimed to have come on board in 2009. Sagay has maintained throughout that the script that bore only Asante's name was an edit polish and rearrangement of her script and has expressed outrage that it ever bore Asante's name alone.


As of July 2016, Sagay is working on a six-part [[TV series]] called [http://deadline.com/tag/guerrilla/ Guerrilla] of which she is a [[Collaboration|co-writer]] alongside award winning [[Writer]] and producer [[John Ridley]] know by many as the [[screenwriter]] of [[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 years A Slave]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}} The series which stars award winning actor [[Idris Elba]] [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], known to many as the actor that plays the central character in the hit [[TV series]] [[Luther (TV series)|Luther]]. Idris features in Guerrilla, a six-part limited series, which has been given the green light by [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] and [[Sky Atlantic]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}}
As of July 2016, Sagay is working on a six-part TV series called Guerrilla of which she is a [[Collaboration|co-writer]] alongside award winning Writer and producer [[John Ridley]] know by many as the screenwriter of [[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 years A Slave]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}} The series which stars award winning actor [[Idris Elba]] [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], known to many as the actor that plays the central character in the hit TV series [[Luther (TV series)|Luther]]. Idris features in Guerrilla, a six-part limited series, which has been given the green light by [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] and [[Sky Atlantic]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}}


Away from [[screenwriting]], Misan is creating a programme with the Tisch School of Fine Arts in [[Florence]], which will help established connections between aspiring black screenwriters and established ones. The end goal is to help provide guidance to the next generation of talent.{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}}
Away from screenwriting, Misan is creating a programme with the Tisch School of Fine Arts in [[Florence]], which will help established connections between aspiring black screenwriters and established ones. The end goal is to help provide guidance to the next generation of talent.{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}}


Sagay is also a member of the ''Wolfe pack,'' a guild of 50 leading female [[Screenwriters]] working in [[Hollywood]] that aims to encourage more women to enter the film business.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2016/jun/16/diversity-black-women-screenwriters-film-misan-sagay-guerrilla|title='If diversity means giving white men more work writing about black women, we've failed'|last=Brewer|first=Kirstie|date=2016-06-16|website=the Guardian|access-date=2016-07-16}}</ref> Misan hopes also to be a catalyst for [[African diaspora|African]] descendants to take charge of their own [[narrative]]s. Sagan said in an interview with [[The Guardian]], "Black women need to be in control of their own stories and that means hiring more black talent across all aspects of film and television".<ref name=":0" />
Sagay is also a member of the ''Wolfe pack,'' a guild of 50 leading female Screenwriters working in Hollywood that aims to encourage more women to enter the film business.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2016/jun/16/diversity-black-women-screenwriters-film-misan-sagay-guerrilla|title='If diversity means giving white men more work writing about black women, we've failed'|last=Brewer|first=Kirstie|date=16 June 2016|website=the Guardian|access-date=2016-07-16}}</ref> Misan hopes also to be a catalyst for [[African diaspora|African]] descendants to take charge of their own narratives. Sagan said in an interview with [[The Guardian]], "Black women need to be in control of their own stories and that means hiring more black talent across all aspects of film and television".<ref name=":0" />


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
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== Awards, honors and nominations ==
== Awards, honors and nominations ==
Misan Sagay was nominated for a 2005 [[Black Reel Awards]] for Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted - Television for ''Their Eyes Were Watching God''
Misan Sagay was nominated for a 2005 [[Black Reel Awards]] for Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted – Television for ''Their Eyes Were Watching God''


Sagay was nominated for a 2015 [[Black Reel Awards]] for Best Screenplay for ''Belle''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blackreelawards.com/15th-annual-black-reel-awards-nominate-a-spate-of-familiar-faces/|title=And the Nominees Are . . .|date=2014-12-17|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref>
Sagay was nominated for a 2015 [[Black Reel Awards]] for Best Screenplay for ''Belle''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blackreelawards.com/15th-annual-black-reel-awards-nominate-a-spate-of-familiar-faces/|title=And the Nominees Are . . .|date=17 December 2014|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref>


Sagay received the 2015 [[NAACP Image Award]] for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture for ''Belle''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naacp.org/press/entry/winners-of-the-46th-naacp-image-awards|title=Winners of the ‘46th NAACP Image Awards’ {{!}} Press Room|access-date=2016-06-30|website=www.naacp.org}}</ref>
Sagay received the 2015 [[NAACP Image Award]] for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture for ''Belle''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naacp.org/press/entry/winners-of-the-46th-naacp-image-awards|title=Winners of the '46th NAACP Image Awards' {{!}} Press Room|access-date=2016-06-30|website=www.naacp.org}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 04:50, 25 July 2016

Misan Sagay
Occupation(s)Writer, producer
Years active1999–present

Misan Sagay is an Anglo-Nigerian screenwriter and producer.

Biography

Sagay graduated from St Andrews University with a First Class Honours degree in biochemistry then trained as a doctor at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London.[citation needed]

After qualifying as a doctor, she specialised in Paediatric Hamematology and Critical Care and at the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Westminster Children's Hospital. [citation needed]

Career

A former emergency room doctor, Sagay made her writing debut with the 1999 film The Secret Laughter of Women which she also produced.[1] She wrote the teleplay for the Oprah-produced television movie Their Eyes Were Watching God, based on the book by the same name. Sagay is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Portrait of Dido Elizabeth Belle Lindsay (1761–1804) and her cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray

Sagay wrote the 2013 British drama Belle after visiting Scone Palace, where she saw a unique portraiture of two women, Dido Elizabeth Belle Lindsay and her cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray.[2] This painting, and the women within, acted as the inspiration for her screenplay.[3] The film tells the Story of Belle, the daughter of an enslaved African and a British admiral. The film discusses the prominence of African decedents and women in British society in the late 1700s.[3]

Belle Movie Authorship Challenge History.

Director Amma Asante joined the 'Belle Movie' project in 2010 (Damian Jones) after Misan Sagay left due to ill health (Baz of The Guardian). In 2013 there was a standard automatic arbitration at the end of Principal photography as Asante was a Director claiming joint credit with Sagay. The extensive Writers Guild of America arbitration process found the script was overwhelmingly Sagay's work. Sagay was awarded sole credit and so deemed to be the sole author of the script. Asante appealed the decision and lost the appeal.

The credit became final in February 2013. (cite) In a press report in September 2013, Asante contested the WGA awarded credit claiming she wrote 75% of the screenplay. In 2014 after the films release in US and UK, in a press report Asante contested the WGA credit claiming she had written 100% of the screenplay having put Sagay’s script aside. She also claimed to have come on board in 2009. Sagay has maintained throughout that the script that bore only Asante's name was an edit polish and rearrangement of her script and has expressed outrage that it ever bore Asante's name alone.

As of July 2016, Sagay is working on a six-part TV series called Guerrilla of which she is a co-writer alongside award winning Writer and producer John Ridley know by many as the screenwriter of 12 years A Slave.[citation needed] The series which stars award winning actor Idris Elba OBE, known to many as the actor that plays the central character in the hit TV series Luther. Idris features in Guerrilla, a six-part limited series, which has been given the green light by Showtime and Sky Atlantic.[citation needed]

Away from screenwriting, Misan is creating a programme with the Tisch School of Fine Arts in Florence, which will help established connections between aspiring black screenwriters and established ones. The end goal is to help provide guidance to the next generation of talent.[citation needed]

Sagay is also a member of the Wolfe pack, a guild of 50 leading female Screenwriters working in Hollywood that aims to encourage more women to enter the film business.[4] Misan hopes also to be a catalyst for African descendants to take charge of their own narratives. Sagan said in an interview with The Guardian, "Black women need to be in control of their own stories and that means hiring more black talent across all aspects of film and television".[4]

Filmography

Year Title Notes
1999 The Secret Laughter of Women Writer & Producer
2005 Their Eyes Were Watching God Writer
2013 Belle Writer
2017 Guerrilla Co-writer

Awards, honors and nominations

Misan Sagay was nominated for a 2005 Black Reel Awards for Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted – Television for Their Eyes Were Watching God

Sagay was nominated for a 2015 Black Reel Awards for Best Screenplay for Belle.[5]

Sagay received the 2015 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture for Belle.[6]

References

  1. ^ "BFI | Sight & Sound | The Secret Laughter of Women (1998)". old.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  2. ^ Shaina411. "Her Source I Writer Misan Sagay Talks 'Belle'". The Source. Retrieved 4 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b Rickey, Carrie (25 April 2014). "'Belle' and Slavery's End in Britain". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b Brewer, Kirstie (16 June 2016). "'If diversity means giving white men more work writing about black women, we've failed'". the Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  5. ^ "And the Nominees Are . . ". 17 December 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Winners of the '46th NAACP Image Awards' | Press Room". www.naacp.org. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
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