Deric Washburn is an American screenwriter.

Washburn graduated from Harvard College in 1959.[1] He began his career as a playwright, penning the off-Broadway plays Ginger Anne[2] and The Love Nest.[3]

He is best known for having written the original screenplay of The Deer Hunter after having co-written the story with Michael Cimino.[4] The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1978.

Washburn and Cimino spent three days writing the story, and then Washburn spent a month writing the script. Cimino then tried to deny him screenwriting credit. Washburn went to arbitration and was given full credit.[5]

Filmography

Unproduced scripts

  • Heavy Dust, adapted from Manhunt by Peter Maas
  • Gun for Sale, adapted from the book of the same name by Graham Greene
  • Warrior, based on a screenplay by Dale Herd and Winston Jones[6]
  • The Murder of Napoleon, adapted from the book of the same name by Ben Weider and David Hapgood[7]

Awards

As a member of the Actors Studio playwriting project, he received a $1500.00 award from the Edward Albee Foundation in 1964.[8]

As a writer, Washburn was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) and a WGA Award for "Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen" for The Deer Hunter, along with Quinn Redeker, Louis A. Garfinkle and Michael Cimino.[4][9]

References

  1. ↑ "New York Beat". Jet. February 21, 1963. p. 63 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Corrigan, Robert Willoughby; Hoffman, William M. (1965). New American Plays: Volume 1. Hill and Wang. ISBN 9780809007349.
  3. ↑ Taubman, Howard (January 28, 1963). "Theater: Lost Evening - 'The Love Nest' has Leueen McGrath". New York Times. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "The 51st Academy Awards (1979) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Retrieved August 27, 2013.
  5. ↑ Staff (July 13, 2016). "Peter Biskind on Michael Cimino's Twisted, Tortured Legacy: "A Mystery in Death as He Was in Life"". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  6. ↑ "UNPUBLISHED UNFILMED 1986 SCREENPLAY "WARRIOR" DERIC WASHBURN WRITER DEER HUNTER". WorthPoint. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  7. ↑ Honeycutt, Kirk (October 22, 1989). "Jack Nicholson has the title role in..." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  8. ↑ Zolotow, Sam (February 3, 1964). "2 Kopit Plays Go To Actors Studio; Rockefeller Foundation Aids Experimental Staging". New York Times. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1979)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.


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