Erica Schmidt
American theatre director and writer (born 1975)
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Erica Schmidt (born 1975) is an American theatre director, playwright, and screenwriter best known for writing the BAFTA- and Academy Award-nominated 2021 film Cyrano, based on her 2018 stage musical of the same name. The musical premiered at the Goodspeed.[1] She was nominated for the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay[2] and the Sunset Film Circle Award for Best Screenplay.[3]
- Theatre director
- playwright
- screenwriter
Erica Schmidt | |
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| Born | 1975 (age 50–51) |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
| Notable work | Cyrano (screenplay) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Schmidt has created and directed a number of off-Broadway plays, including Humor Abuse, The Play Company, Lucy, A Month in the Country, Mac Beth (her all-female adaptation of Macbeth) and The Disappear.[4][5][6][7]
In 2001, Schmidt received a Robert and Gloria Hausman Theater Honor from the Princess Grace Foundation.[8]
In 2020, Schmidt received nominations for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play and Outstanding Revival of a Play for Mac Beth.
Personal life
In 2005 Schmidt married actor Peter Dinklage.[9] Together, they have two children, a daughter in 2011 and a son in 2017.[9][10][11]