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Josh Singer

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Josh Singer · Arts & Literature

What

Screenwriter of Spotlight (Academy Award 2015)

When

1972, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Josh Singer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Screenwriter of Spotlight (Academy Award 2015)

How & why

Singer is an American screenwriter who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, with Tom McCarthy, for Spotlight (2015), about journalists uncovering clerical abuse; he also wrote The Post, First Man and Maestro. He trained in law and business before turning to film. He was raised Jewish in Philadelphia.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

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Screenwriter of Spotlight (Academy Award 2015)

2015

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay