---
name: "Alexander Dinelaris Jr."
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alexander-dinelaris"
fi1m_id: "alexander-dinelaris"
imdb_id: "nm5409486"
tmdb_id: 1281196
wikidata_id: "Q19359572"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "20 March 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-02T21:50:40.372725+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alexander Dinelaris Jr.

## Identity

Alexander Dinelaris Jr.

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alexander-dinelaris
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alexander-dinelaris
- **IMDb ID:** nm5409486
- **TMDB ID:** 1281196
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19359572
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Dinelaris_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19359572, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5409486/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1281196

Writer and producer. Born 20 March 1968 in Washington Heights, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 20 March 1968, Washington Heights, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Also known as:** Alexander Dinelaris
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Alejandro González Iñárritu](https://film.one/person/alejandro-g-inarritu.md), [Nicolás Giacobone](https://film.one/person/nicolas-giacobone.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 52 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Dinelaris_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19359572, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5409486/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1281196

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)*](https://film.one/film/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance.md) (82)

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## Biography

Alexander Dinelaris Jr. is an American screenwriter and playwright. Born in 1968 in New York, he studied theatre directing before writing plays including *Still Life* and *Zanna, Don't!*. He wrote the book for the Broadway musical *On Your Feet!*, for which he received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination.

Dinelaris co-wrote the screenplay for *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014) with Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone and Armando Bó; the film won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He later co-wrote the screenplay for *Carmen* (2022) and has worked as a producer on films including *The Revenant* (2015). In 2019 he founded the New York-based production company Lexicon.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Digger* (2026), Fi1m 52, Executive Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/digger.md)
- *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014), Fi1m 82, Associate Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance.md)

### Produced (1)

- *The Revenant* (2015), Fi1m 74, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-revenant.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Digger* (2026), Executive Producer, Screenplay — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/digger.md)
- *Dovecote* (2024), Writer, Producer
- *The Mehta Boys* (2024), Executive Producer, Writer
- *In the Summers* (2024), Producer
- *Carmen* (2023), Screenplay
- *Bounce* (2022), Director
- *The Revenant* (2015), Co-Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-revenant.md)
- *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014), Associate Producer, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance.md)
- *On Your Feet!*, Musical
- *Porto Rico*, Screenplay
- *Petrichor*, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2015: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (won), for *Birdman*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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