a Peabody Award. In 2014, Amazon.com produced and released his audio drama, Christmas Eve, 1914, to commemorate the centennial of the World War I Christmas Truce. The piece stars actors Damon Herriman, James Scott, Xander Berkeley, Lance Guest, Cameron Daddo and Nate Jones. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son. Awards While in school at NYU, he won the Wasserman award for Best Screenwriting. He also won Arista's Clive Davis award for his film scores and music composition. Nominated for Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004 for documentary Deadline about Governor George Ryan. A long time Republican, Ryan broke with his party and helped to renew the national debate on capital punishment when, as governor, he declared a moratorium on his state's death penalty in 2000. Won Emmy in 2006 for Nonfiction Programming for the television series the 10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America. An investigation into Civil Rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner who were murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi during 1964's Freedom Summer. Won Emmy again in 2008 for Nonfiction Programming for the film Brooklyn Dodgers: Ghosts of Flatbush. The story of the Brooklyn Dodgers, their fans and New York in the 1950s. In 2011, he was nominated for an Emmy for Nonfiction Programming for the film Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals as well as a nomination for the television series The Season. In 2011, he also won a George Foster Peabody award for Magic & Bird. See also Notable alumni of St. Mark's School of Texas University of Texas at Austin References Dargis, Manohla. "Movies: About Charles Olivier " Edelstein, Bill. "the Ghosts of Flatbush" Lowry, Brian. "Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals" Cockrell, Eddie. "Nine Lives of Marion Barry" External links Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male journalists American documentary filmmakers American male screenwriters Tisch School of the Arts alumni St. Mark's School (Texas) alumni University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts alumni Journalists from London