was nominated for two Drama Desk Awards in 2003 for his work on the book and lyrics for the Off-Broadway hit, Zanna, Don’t!. He won the 2015 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Birdman, (with Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone and Armando Bo) which also won Best Picture. His critically acclaimed play The Chaos Theories, which recently had a staged reading starring Kathleen Chalfont, Ally Sheedy, and Karen Ziemba, played to sold-out audiences, and was a top pick of the 2004 New York Fringe Festival. At the moment, he has two plays optioned for Broadway: Folding the Monster and Still Life. His newest play, Red Dog Howls, addressed the Armenian genocide. Other works include Big Kids, Adam & Evelyn, and Pathetique.