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At the age of 25, Affleck became the youngest writer to ever win an Oscar for screenwriting. [1] Affleck next appeared in a wide range of studio films including the disaster film Armageddon (1998), the period film Shakespeare in Love (1998), the war drama Pearl Harbor (2001), and the thriller film Changing Lanes (2002).
He first gained recognition as a writer when he won the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Good Will Hunting (1997), which he co-wrote with Matt Damon; [454] Affleck remains the youngest person ever to win a Best Original Screenplay Oscar, at 25 years old. [455]
Argo is a 2012 political thriller directed by Ben Affleck, and produced by Grant Heslov, Affleck and George Clooney.The screenplay by Chris Terrio was adapted from sections of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative Tony Mendez's memoir The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA, and the 2007 Wired article The Great Escape by Joshuah Bearman on the Canadian Caper.
Who remembers when Ben Affleck and Matt Damon stole everyone's hearts by winning their maiden Oscars in 1997?! The best friend duo had their defining moment 19 years ago when they accepted the ...
Ben Affleck is the youngest winner (25) for Good Will Hunting, co-written with Matt Damon (27). Richard Schweizer was the first to win for a foreign-language film, Marie-Louise. Other winners for a non-English screenplay include Albert Lamorisse, Pietro Germi, Claude Lelouch, Pedro Almodóvar, Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won, Justine Triet and Arthur ...
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, “Good Will Hunting” (1997) Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, right, react to winning the Oscar for best original screenplay for "Good Will Hunting" at the 70th Academy ...
[3] [4] In 1997, Affleck played a comics artist in Smith's art-house success Chasing Amy. He co-wrote the script and starred with Matt Damon in Gus Van Sant's drama film Good Will Hunting, for which they won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. [5] [6] Affleck emerged a star with Michael Bay's top-grossing science fiction film ...
Ben Affleck Through the Years: Teen Movies, Oscar Wins and More. While Affleck is uncomfortable with the paycheck he received from Gigli, he shared that he wants to make sure “fairness” is ...