Charles Randolph (born February 28, 1963) is an American screenwriter and producer for film and television. In 2015, he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay along with Adam McKay for co-writing The Big Short. In 2019, he wrote and produced the film Bombshell, which was directed by Jay Roach and starred Charlize Theron, Margot Robbie, and Nicole Kidman.
Early life Randolph was born in Nashville, Tennessee. After graduating from Yale Divinity School, he worked as a cultural studies and philosophy professor at various universities in Vienna, Austria (including Webster Vienna Private University) in the 1990s.
Screenwriting In 1997, Randolph spent a weekend giving lectures at the University of Southern California. From a chance meeting with someone who worked for the Farrelly brothers, Randolph was inspired to attempt screenwriting.
Randolph has written screenplays for several films and TV movies including The Life of David Gale (2003), The Interpreter (2005), Love & Other Drugs (2010) and The Big Short (2015).
In 2016, Randolph received the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the Critic’s Choice Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the Empire Award for Best Screenplay, and the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay for co-writing The Big Short with Adam McKay. He was additionally nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. Randolph invested nearly a year adapting The Big Short; three months for an initial draft and another three months to reduce the complexity.
Personal life Randolph is married to Israeli actress Mili Avital, with whom he has two children.
Filmography Film Year Title Writer Producer Notes 2003 The Life of David Gale 2005 The Interpreter 2009 Tenderness 2010 Love & Other Drugs 2015 The Big Short Academy Award for Best Adapted ScreenplayBAFTA Award for Best Adapted ScreenplayNominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay 2019 Bombshell
Television Year Title Writer Producer Notes 2001 Untitled Charles Randolph Project TV movie 2010 The Wonderful Maladys TV pilot 2013 The Missionary 2016 Exposed TV movie
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Randolph on the red carpet for The Big Short Hollywood premiere, on YouTube