PLAYWRIGHT & AUTHOR
John Leonard Pielmeier( Playwright) John Leonard Pielmeier Began his career with the internationallyacclaimed play and movie Agnes of God. Since then he’ s had three more plays mounted on Broadway and over twenty-five film, television movies and miniseries produced. Scribner published his first novel, Hook’ s Tale, to wonderful reviews and his theatrical adaptation of it premiered in Houston in October 2021. His adaptation of William Peter Blatty’ s The Exorcist toured the U. K. after its acclaimed West End run, and is on its way to New York. He’ s received the Humanitas Award( plus two nominations), five Writers’ Guild Award nominations, a Gemini nomination, an Edgar Award, Camie Award, Christopher Award, and his projects have won a Gemini Award and been nominated for the Emmy Award and the Golden Globe. To know more, please visit his website: johnpielmeier. com.
William Peter Blatty( Author) William Peter Blatty was a writer and filmmaker. The Exorcist is his magnum opus. He also penned the subsequent screenplay, for which he won an Academy Award. His other works include the novels Elsewhere, Dimiter, Crazy, and The Ninth Configuration, which he adapted into a film and subsequently directed. He later directed The Exorcist III, adapted from his novel Legion, which is considered by far to be the best sequel to the original movie. His other screenplays include A Shot In The Dark, What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?, and an adaptation of his novel John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! His non-fiction book, Finding Peter: A True Story of the Hand of Providence and Evidence of Life After Death, was dedicated to his son Peter, who died tragically at the age of 19.