Doug Atchison

Doug Atchison
Born	United States
Alma mater	USC School of Cinematic Arts
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Notable work	Akeelah and the Bee

Doug Atchison is an American motion picture director and screenwriter. He received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Fellowship for the screenplay for Akeelah and the Bee, which Atchison directed as a film in 2006.^[1]

After winning the Nicholl Fellowship, former ICM agent Lou Pitt guided Atchison's screenplay into production in partnership with Lions Gate Entertainment and 2929 Entertainment. Akeelah and the Bee went on to become a critical and modest commercial success for which Atchison won the 2007 Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Feature Film/TV Movie.^[2] In 2006, Atchison entered into a three-picture deal with The Weinstein Company.

Atchison co-wrote the 2007 film Spinning into Butter starring Sarah Jessica Parker.^[3]

It was reported in 2012 that Atchison was attached to direct a movie about the hockey player Derek Sanderson.^[4]

Atchison wrote the screenplay for the 2018 feature film Brian Banks for which he won the Humanitas Prize in the Independent Feature Film Category ^[5] and for which Atchison was nominated for the 2020 Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film).^[6]

Atchison graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
1990	Ellen's Father	Yes	No	Yes	Short
1999	The Pornographer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also actor
2006	Akeelah and the Bee	Yes	No	Yes
2007	Spinning into Butter	No	No	Yes
2018	Brian Banks	No	No	Yes

References

1. "Academy Nicholl Fellows 1986–Present". Oscars.org. Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
2. "Hollywood Reporter 3/1/2007". The Hollywood Reporter. March 2007.
3. Holden, Stephen (March 26, 2009). "Crash Course in Racism at Quiet Campus". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 2, 2009.
4. The Canadian Press (November 5, 2012). "From buying a Rolls-Royce to stealing booze, the rise and fall of Derek Sanderson". The Hockey News. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
5. Low, Elaine (February 9, 2019). "Humanitas Prize Honoree Kenya Barris Is 'Never Out to Make Bank, He's There to Make Change'". Variety.
6. Lewis, Hilary (January 9, 2020). "NAACP Image Awards: 'Harriet' Leads Film Nominations With 10". The Hollywood Reporter.

External links

• Doug Atchison at IMDb