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Ayad Akhtar

Ayad Akhtar

Actor, Writer, Director

Born October 28, 1970 in New York City, New York, USA

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From Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Graduated from Brown University.

Spent a year working with acting theorist and pioneer, Jerzy Grotowski (Towards a Poor Theater).

Has taught acting on his own and alongside Andre Gregory in New York City & Vienna, Austria.

Alumnus of the Graduate Film Program at Columbia University, with a degree in directing. Winner of a New York Documentary Center's Young Documentary Filmmakers' Award, an IFP Audience Choice Award and Programming Committee's Award for Best Film at the 2003 Columbia University Film Festival.

Author of numerous plays and screenplays. Ayad was star and co-writer of The War Within (Magnolia), which was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay.

His first novel, American Dervish, is being published by Little, Brown and Company in January 2012.

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The Pulitzer at 100 Trailer #1 (2017) | Movieclips Indie

Filmography

Actor

13

Type

Year

Would I Lie to You Poster

Would I Lie to You TV Series2022Self - Guest

UnRepresented Poster

UnRepresented Documentary2019Self - Playwright, Author

The Pulitzer at 100 Poster

The Pulitzer at 100 Documentary2016Self - playwright

Too Big to Fail Poster

Too Big to Fail TV Movie2011Neel Kashkari

FCU: Fact Checkers Unit Poster

FCU: Fact Checkers Unit Short Film2007

2006 Independent Spirit Awards TV Special2006Self - Nominee

Long After Short Film2006Naseer

The War Within Poster

The War Within Feature Film2005Hassan

Tavis Smiley Poster

Tavis Smiley TV Series2004Self

Life Document 2: Identity Short Film2002Ahmad

Theater Talk Poster

Theater Talk TV Series1996Self - Guest

Vanya on 42nd Street Poster

Vanya on 42nd Street Feature Film1994Audience Member

Titel, Thesen, Temperamente Poster

Titel, Thesen, Temperamente TV Series1967Self

Writer

3

Type

Year

The War Within Poster

The War Within Feature Film2005

Life Document 2: Identity Short Film2002

The Invisible Hand Poster

The Invisible Hand Short Film

Director

1

Life Document 2: Identity Short Film2002

Editor

1

Life Document 2: Identity Short Film2002

Thanks

1

The Mark of Cain Poster

The Mark of Cain Documentary2001

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