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Tom Schulman

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Tom Schulman · Arts & Literature

What

Screenwriter of Dead Poets Society (Academy Award 1989)

When

1950, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Tom Schulman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Screenwriter of Dead Poets Society (Academy Award 1989)

How & why

Schulman is an American screenwriter who won the 1989 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the semi-autobiographical 'Dead Poets Society'. A Vanderbilt University graduate, he drew on his own boarding-school experience for the film. He is listed among Jewish screenwriters by the Jewish biographical index Jinfo; mainstream biographies do not detail his background further.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters

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Screenwriter of Dead Poets Society (Academy Award 1989)

1989

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters