Stephen Sinclair

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Stephen Sinclair is a New Zealand film and television writer and emerging director.

As a screenwriter, Sinclair has worked with director Peter Jackson on Meet the Feebles, Braindead and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.^[1] He has directed several short films, including Home Video and Ride, which was selected for the Montreal Film Festival in 2004.^{[citation needed]} He has just made his feature film directorial debut, with the drama-comedy Russian Snark, which was written for Stephen Papps and Elena Stejko.^[2]

He is a son of poet and noted historian Sir Keith Sinclair and brother of the actor Harry Sinclair.

Current and future projects

Sinclair has just finished making his film Russian Snark and is now concentrating on developing new ideas for his next project with producer Liz DiFiore.^{[citation needed]}

Awards and festivals

Short films

Ride: Selected for the Montreal Film Festival in 2004.

Feature films

Russian Snark: Nominated for 6 awards at the Qantas Film and Television Awards in 2010, including Best Director.^[3]
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Won the Audience Award for Best Screenplay - Adapted at the Chlotrudis Awards in 2003, Won the PFCS Award for Best Screenplay - Adapted at the Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards in 2003. Won the Nebula Award for Best Script at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Awards in 2004.^[4]
Braindead: Won Best Screenplay at the New Zealand Film and Television Awards in 1993.^[5]

References

External links

v t e Nebula Award for Best Script/Bradbury Award

Nebula Award for Best Script	Soylent Green – Stanley R. Greenberg (1973) Sleeper – Woody Allen (1974) Young Frankenstein – Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1975) Star Wars (1977) The Sixth Sense – M. Night Shyamalan (1999) Galaxy Quest – David Howard & Robert Gordon (2000) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai and Hui-Ling Wang (2001) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair & Peter Jackson (2003) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson (2004) Serenety – Joss Whedon (2005) Howl's Moving Castle – Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt and Donald H. Hewitt (2006) Pan's Labyrinth – Guillermo del Toro (2007) WALL-E – Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter (2008)

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation	Terminator 2: Judgment Day – James Cameron (1992) Babylon 5 – J. Michael Straczynski (1999) 2000X — Tales of the Next Millennia – Yuri Rasovsky and Harlan Ellison (2001) Joss Whedon (2008) District 9 – Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell (2009) Inception – Christopher Nolan (2010) Doctor Who: "The Doctor's Wife" - Richard Clark and Neil Gaiman (2011) Beasts of the Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar (2012)

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