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Wash Westmoreland | |
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 Westmoreland at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2019 | |
| Born | 4 March 1966 Leeds, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Fukuoka University |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, director |
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Paul "Wash" Westmoreland (born 4 March 1966), previously known professionally as Wash West,[1] is a British director who has worked in television, documentaries, and independent films. He frequently collaborated with his husband, writer-director Richard Glatzer. Together, they wrote and directed the 2014 film Still Alice, based on Lisa Genova's NYT best-selling book and starring Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, and Alec Baldwin. The film won many awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actress for Julianne Moore and Humanitas Prize for feature film for the duo.[2] Their 2006 coming-of-age feature film, Quinceañera, won the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.[3]
- ^ "Fresh Air". American Archive of Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "Congratulations to the 2015 HUMANITAS Prize Winners". Humanitas. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ "Richard Glatzer, 'Still Alice' Writer and Director, Dies at 63". The Hollywood Reporter. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2020.