Rafael Yglesias

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Rafael Yglesias is an American novelist and screenwriter [1] best known for his novels Hide Fox, And All After, [2] A Happy Marriage, [3] and the 1993 movie Fearless , which he adapted from his own novel of the same name. [4] He is the father of Nicholas and Matthew Yglesias.

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Yglesias was born in New York in 1954, son of novelist and journalist Jose Yglesias, and author Helen Yglesias. [5] He began writing screenplays in 1980. Fearless , directed by Peter Weir and starring Jeff Bridges, was critically acclaimed and led to Rosie Perez being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carla Rodrigo. The film was also entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. [6] Jeff Bridges' role as Max Klein is widely regarded as one of the best performances of his career. [7] [8] [9] Yglesias' other screenplays include Death and the Maiden , directed by Roman Polanski and based on the play by Ariel Dorfman; Les Misérables , directed by Bille August and based on the novel by Victor Hugo, and From Hell , directed by the Hughes Brothers and based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell. His film Dark Water is a remake of a J-horror film of the same name and was directed by Walter Salles.

Yglesias turned to television writing in the mid-2000s when, with screenwriter Tom Schulman, he adapted The Anatomy of Hope , a nonfiction book by Jerome Groopman about the psychological experience of illness, for HBO. The pilot was directed by J. J. Abrams but the network declined to move forward with a full series order.

From 2014 to 2016, Yglesias worked on Aquarius , created by John McNamara and starring David Duchovny, ultimately writing five episodes of the two-season series. [10]

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  2. ↑ "A novelist at 17" New York Times Interview
  3. ↑ "A Happy Marriage Wins Times Book Prize"
  4. ↑ "Notes from the Press Kit for Fearless".
  5. ↑ "A Maine Writer: Maine State Library".
  6. ↑ "Berlinale: 1994 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  7. ↑ "100 Essential Male Film Performances: Part 4 - From Page to Screen".
  8. ↑ "A superb Bridges turns in Fearless performances".
  9. ↑ "5 for the Day: Jeff Bridges". Archived from the original on August 5, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
  10. ↑ "Rep Sheet Roundup: Verve Signs Veteran Screenwriter Rafael Yglesias". The Hollywood Reporter . August 28, 2017.
  11. ↑ "A Novelist At 17" New York Times Interview.
  12. ↑ Interview about "A Happy Marriage" with Ben Cheever on http://www.pctv76.org
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  14. ↑ A Happy Marriage Wins Times Book Prize.
  15. ↑ Joyce Carol Oates NY Times Review of "The Wisdom of Perversity"
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