Alexander Dinelaris Jr.

Alexander Dinelaris Jr. is an American screenwriter and playwright.

Alexander Dinelaris Jr.
Born	1968 Washington Heights, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Director, Producer, Writer
Years active	2014–present

Film

At the 87th Academy Awards in 2015, Dinelaris, alongside Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, and Armando Bó won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 2014 film Birdman ^[1]

In 2015, Dinelaris continued his collaboration with Iñárritu, serving as co-producer on The Revenant.^[2]

In 2019, he filmed the short film In This, Our Time, which he wrote and directed.^[3]

In 2022, Dinelaris co-wrote the screenplay to Carmen, directed by Benjamin Millipied and starring Paul Mescal and Melissa Barrera.^[4]

On February 8, 2023, it was announced that Alexander Dinelaris Jr is working with Residente to co-write a new film title Porto Rico.^[5]

Theater

In 2003, Dinelaris provided additional book and lyrics to Zanna, Dont!, receiving Drama Desk nominations for Best Book of a Musical and Best Lyrics.^[6][7]

In 2009, his play Still Life was presented Off-Broadway in a Manhattan Class Company production starring Sarah Paulson, Frederick Weller, Ian Kahn, and Dominic Chianese.^[8]

Dinelaris wrote the book for the Broadway musical On Your Feet about the life and career of Gloria Estefan.^[9] For this, he was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical.

In 2019, he formed his New York–based production company Lexicon and announced that its first feature film will be an adaptation of the Broadway musical Jekyll & Hyde, which Dinelaris will adapt into a screenplay and produce. However, no updates were made since 2020, with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the film industry cited as a reason.

The same year, the first workshop of Boman Irani's Spiral Bound was conducted by Dinelaris.^[10][11][12]

Credits

Film

• Birdman (screenplay)
• The Revenant (co-producer)
• Carmen (screenplay)
• The Mehta Boys (screenplay)
• In The Summer (producer)

Theater

• Zanna, Dont! (additional material)
• On Your Feet! (libretto)
• Still Life (playwright)