Doug Atchison
Birthday: 1974-10-20 | Place of Birth:Doug Atchison is an American motion picture director and screenwriter. He received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Fellowship for Akeelah and the Bee in 2000. After winning the Nicholl Fellowship, former ICM superagent Lou Pitt guided Doug's screenplay into production in partnership with Lions Gate Entertainment, 2929 Entertainment, and Starbucks Productions. Akeelah and the Bee went on to become a critical and modest commercial success, which launched Atchison's career. In 2006, Atchison entered into a three-picture deal with The Weinstein Company. Atchison graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Doug Atchison, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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