He was commissioned to write the script for his most recent film by John Krasinski and (*) Matt Damon, but scheduling conflicts prevented them from starring in it.
This director's stage work includes a Pulitzer-nominated 2001 play where Eileen Heckart played an Alzheimer's afflicted grandmother titled The Waverly Gallery. He punched up the screenplay for Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York, and his stepfather had a mob colleague who underwent therapy, inspiring his screenplay for Analyze This. A young Mark Ruffalo starred in his first film as a director, You Can Count on Me. He was commissioned to write the script for his most recent film by John Krasinski and (*) Matt Damon, but scheduling conflicts prevented them from starring in it. This director cast Anna Paquin as the teenage star of his troubled second film, Margaret. Lucas Hedges's character plays in a band called Stentorian and comes under the guardianship of his father, who moved to Quincy to be a janitor after his children died in this director's most recent film. For 10 points, name this director of the Casey Affleck's Oscar-winning turn in Manchester by the Sea.
This director's stage work includes a Pulitzer-nominated 2001 play where Eileen Heckart played an Alzheimer's afflicted grandmother titled The Waverly Gallery.
Kenneth Lonergan