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Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder.It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly about three female African-American mathematicians: Katherine Goble Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), who worked ...
Hidden Figures: Won [56] [57] Best Actress: Taraji P. Henson: Nominated Screen Actors Guild Awards: January 29, 2017: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: Hidden Figures: Won [58] Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Octavia Spencer: Nominated Teen Choice Awards: August 13, 2017: Choice Movie ...
The movie made US$231.3 million. The budget of the film was US$25 million. While the film is based on the book, author Margot Lee Shetterly agrees that there are differences between the two, and she finds that to be understandable. For better or for worse, there is history, there is the book and then there's the movie.
Bonnie Kathaleen Land (21 November 1918 - 7 October 2012) was a computer and mathematician at NASA's Langley facility. The 2016 movie Hidden Figures, which brought awareness to this early success within the NASA space program, was written by Land's former Sunday school student, and Land served as one of the first interviewees during research for the novel.
Glen Powell has recalled watching a rough cut of 2016’s Hidden Figures for the first time, admitting he was terrified his performance “ruined” the movie.. Powell, 35, portrayed real-life ...
“By honoring them, we honor the very best of our country’s spirit,” said author Margot Lee Shetterly, whose book “Hidden Figures” was adapted into a film in 2016.
Margot Lee Shetterly (born June 30, 1969) is an American nonfiction writer who has also worked in investment banking and media startups. Her first book, Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race (2016), is about African-American women mathematicians working at NASA who were instrumental to the success of the United States space ...
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