Robert Moresco

Robert " Bobby" Moresco (born 1 April 1951) is an American film actor, producer, director, and screenwriter who, together with director Paul Haggis has received numerous awards for the screenplay of Crash ( 2004).

Biography

Moresco was initially an actor and made ​​his debut in 1979 in Philadelphia by William Richert communities, before he then participated in predominantly single episodes of television series such as The Equalizer, Miami Vice and Law & Order.

The mid-1990s he began his career as a producer and screenwriter and was involved in the development of television series such as EZ Streets and MillenniuM.

The greatest success of his career he had for his screenplay he the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay was awarded with staged by director Paul Haggis drama Crash episode movie from 2004 with Haggis at the Oscar ceremony in 2006. Other awards for this were the British Academy Film Awards 2006 for best original screenplay, the Black Movie Award for the most outstanding film in 2005, the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay in 2006, the price of the Chicago Film Critics Association for Best Original Screenplay in 2006 the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best screenplay in 2006, the Humanitas Prize in the category of the 2006 film, the Independent Spirit Award for best first novel in 2006, the Las Vegas film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay in 2006, the London Critics ' Circle film Award for Best Writer in 2006, the online film Critics Society Award for best Original Screenplay in 2005, the Southeastern film Critics Association Award for best Original Screenplay, the Washington DC Area film Critics Association Award for best Original Screenplay, 2005 and the price of the Writers Guild of America (WGA Award) for best Original Screenplay in 2006. Moreover, Haggis and Moresco were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best screenplay in 2006 and the Satellite Award for the most outstanding original screenplay in 2005.

His later work as a director include Hell's Kitchen (2001) with Chazz Palminteri and Streets of Philadelphia - Under traitors (2006). He also wrote with Haggis also the screenplays for television series The Black Donnellys (2007) and was co-producer of Million Dollar Baby ( 2004) and producer of the series Crash ( 2009).

Moresco is the father of actress and screenwriter Amanda Moresco.