Biography
Charles Fuller was an American playwright and screenwriter. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 5 March 1939 and died in Toronto, Ontario, on 3 October 2022. He attended Villanova University and La Salle College, and served in the US Army from 1959 to 1962. In 1967 he co-founded the Afro-American Arts Theatre in Philadelphia.
Fuller is best known for his play A Soldier's Play (1981), which won the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. He wrote the screenplay for the 1984 film adaptation A Soldier's Story, which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay and won an Edgar Award. Other stage works include Zooman and the Sign (1980) and The Brownsville Raid (1976). A 2020 Broadway revival of A Soldier's Play earned him a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.
