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Chris Terrio
Writing · Born 1976-12-31 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Chris Terrio (born December 31, 1976) is an American screenwriter and film director. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the 2012 film Argo, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Terrio also won the Writers Guild Award for Best Adapted Screenplay of 2012 and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, a BAFTA, and the 2013 Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for this work. Terrio wrote the screenplay for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the follow-up to Zack Snyder's Man of Steel, based on an earlier draft by David S. Goyer, and is credited as co-writer for the 2017 film Justice League, alongside Joss Whedon for the theatrical cut and Zack Snyder and Will Beall for the 2021 director's cut for Warner Bros. He completed another screenplay, A Foreigner, based on an article by the journalist David Grann. Terrio also co-wrote the script for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker with director J. J. Abrams. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Terrio, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

Damages
Director

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Screenplay

Zack Snyder's Justice League
Story

Justice League
Screenplay

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Colonel Aftab Ackbar (voice)

Argo
Screenplay

Sunset Boulevard
Screenplay

The Skywalker Legacy
Self
Richard II
Screenplay
Book of Kings
Writer
Filmography
- 2021Zack Snyder's Justice LeagueStory
- 2020The Skywalker LegacySelf
- 2019Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerColonel Aftab Ackbar (voice)
- 2017Justice LeagueScreenplay
- 2016Batman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeScreenplay
- 2012ArgoScreenplay
- 2007DamagesDirector
- 2005HeightsDirector
- 2002Book of KingsWriter
- —Richard IIScreenplay
- —Sunset BoulevardScreenplay
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