David Adams Berry (July 8, 1943 â€" December 16, 2016) was an American
screenwriter and playwright. He is best known for his stage play The
Whales of August and its 1987 screen adaptation, for which he also
wrote the screenplay.Berry was born in Denver, Colorado in the United
States. Berry's first play, G. R. POINT, won him an Obie Award for
Distinguished Playwriting and a Drama Desk Nomination for Best New
American Play in 1977. The play was produced on Broadway in 1979,
directed by William Devane and starring Michael Moriarty, Michael
Jeter, and Howard Rollins, Brent Jennings, Lori Tan Chinn and
others.Berry taught playwriting at the National Theatre Institute of
the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut, as well
as for the Worcester, Massachusetts, Consortium for Higher Education.
In 2005 he began teaching screenwriting at the School of Visual Arts
in New York City. He continued to write for both theatre and film. He
died of a heart attack at the age of 73 on December 16, 2016 in
Brooklyn, New York.
screenwriter and playwright. He is best known for his stage play The
Whales of August and its 1987 screen adaptation, for which he also
wrote the screenplay.Berry was born in Denver, Colorado in the United
States. Berry's first play, G. R. POINT, won him an Obie Award for
Distinguished Playwriting and a Drama Desk Nomination for Best New
American Play in 1977. The play was produced on Broadway in 1979,
directed by William Devane and starring Michael Moriarty, Michael
Jeter, and Howard Rollins, Brent Jennings, Lori Tan Chinn and
others.Berry taught playwriting at the National Theatre Institute of
the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut, as well
as for the Worcester, Massachusetts, Consortium for Higher Education.
In 2005 he began teaching screenwriting at the School of Visual Arts
in New York City. He continued to write for both theatre and film. He
died of a heart attack at the age of 73 on December 16, 2016 in
Brooklyn, New York.
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