Biography
Alexander Dinelaris Jr. is a screenwriter. He is one of four who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 2014 film Birdman at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015. Dinelaris also wrote the book for the Broadway musical On Your Feet, which is about the life and career of Gloria Estefan. For this, he was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical. In 2019, he formed his New York-based production company, Lexicon. He announced that its first feature...
Complete Filmography
Judy
2026
Screenplay
The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's saviour before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everythi...
Dovecote
2024
Writer, Producer
As 'Dovecote' unfolds, it invites viewers to ponder these profound questions and contemplate the intricacies of human existence. Are we truly free whe...
The Mehta Boys
2024
Executive Producer, Writer
After the loss of his mother, Amay, a struggling young architect is forced to live for 48 hours with the one person he cannot stand, his father. It se...
In the Summers
2024
Producer
On a journey that spans the formative years of their lives, two sisters navigate their loving but volatile father during their yearly summer visits to...
Carmen
2023
Screenplay
A young and fiercely independent woman, Carmen, is forced to flee her home in the Mexican desert following the brutal murder of her mother. She surviv...
Bounce
2022
Director
A damaged war correspondent and her surgeon brother heal their acrimonious relationship and each other when he moves in with her uninvited during the ...
The Revenant
2015
Co-Producer
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014
Associate Producer, Writer
A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night appr...
On Your Feet!
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Musical
A film adaptation of the Broadway musical based on the lives of Gloria and Emilio Estefan.
Porto Rico
N/A
Screenplay
The life of Puerto Rican revolutionary José Maldonado Román, known as Águila Blanca, on the island in the late 19th century. Maldonado Román fought ag...