---
name: "Dan Futterman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-futterman"
fi1m_id: "dan-futterman"
imdb_id: "nm0001246"
tmdb_id: 5346
wikidata_id: "Q1159071"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "8 June 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T22:37:42.021789+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."
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# Dan Futterman

## Identity

Dan Futterman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-futterman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dan-futterman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001246
- **TMDB ID:** 5346
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1159071
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Futterman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1159071, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001246/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5346

Writer. Born 8 June 1967 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 8 June 1967, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
- **Active:** 1991–2018
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 2 acting, 3 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Bennett Miller](https://film.one/person/bennett-miller.md)
- **SAG Awards:** 1 SAG Award (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (2), 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 76 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 73 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 1, Sport 1, Thriller 1, War & Politics 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $69m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Futterman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1159071, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001246/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5346

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Foxcatcher*](https://film.one/film/foxcatcher.md) (82), [*The Birdcage*](https://film.one/film/the-birdcage.md) (81)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Capote*](https://film.one/film/capote.md) (84)
- **Disney+:** [*The Looming Tower*](https://film.one/tv/the-looming-tower.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dan Futterman is an American actor and screenwriter. Born on 8 June 1967 in Silver Spring, Maryland, he graduated from Columbia University in 1989. He began his career in theatre, appearing in the Broadway production of *Angels in America*, before making his film debut in *The Fisher King* (1991).

Futterman played Val Goldman in the 1996 film *The Birdcage*. He later appeared as Vincent Gray in the television series *Judging Amy* (1999–2005) and took roles in films including *Enough* (2002), *A Mighty Heart* (2007) and *Kill the Messenger* (2014).

As a screenwriter, Futterman wrote the screenplay for *Capote* (2005), for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He received a second nomination for co-writing *Foxcatcher* (2014). He has also worked as a producer on series including *The Looming Tower* (2018).

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (2)

- *The Birdcage* (1996), Fi1m 81, as Val Goldman — [page](https://film.one/film/the-birdcage.md)
- *The Fisher King* (1991), Fi1m 80, as Second Punk — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fisher-king.md)

### Wrote (3) — the average rests on these

- *The Looming Tower* (2018), Fi1m 70, Story, Creator, Teleplay, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-looming-tower.md)
- *Foxcatcher* (2014), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/foxcatcher.md)
- *Capote* (2005), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/capote.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *American Rust* (2021), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Looming Tower* (2018), series, Executive Producer, Teleplay, Writer, Story, Creator — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-looming-tower.md)
- *Foxcatcher* (2014), Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/foxcatcher.md)
- *Kill the Messenger* (2014), as Leo Wolinsky
- *Gracepoint* (2014), series, Executive Producer
- *Hello I Must Be Going* (2012), as David
- *Political Animals* (2012), series, as Alex Davies
- *In Treatment* (2008), series, Writer
- *A Mighty Heart* (2007), as Daniel Pearl
- *Related* (2005), series, as Danny
- *Capote* (2005), Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/capote.md)
- *Enough* (2002), as Joe
- *Urbania* (2000), as Charlie
- *Judging Amy* (1999), series, as Vincent Gray
- *Will & Grace* (1998), series, as Barry
- *When Trumpets Fade* (1998), as Despin
- *Sex and the City* (1998), series, as Stephen
- *Thicker Than Blood* (1998), as Griffin Byrne
- *1999* (1997), as Rufus Wild
- *Shooting Fish* (1997), as Dylan
- *Far Harbor* (1996), as Brad
- *Breathing Room* (1996), as David
- *The Birdcage* (1996), as Val Goldman — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birdcage.md)
- *New York News* (1995), series, Actor
- *Caroline in the City* (1995), series, as Seth
- *Tracey Ullman Takes on New York* (1993), as Peter Levine
- *Class of '61* (1993), as Shelby Peyton
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), series, as Marcus Hume — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)
- *Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even* (1992), as Josh
- *Passed Away* (1992), as Tom
- *The Fisher King* (1991), as Second Punk — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fisher-king.md)
- *Daughters of Privilege* (1991), as Ballard Moss
- *Untitled Bruce Lee Biopic*, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2015: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Foxcatcher*
- 2006: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Capote*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2006: Best Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Capote*

### SAG Awards — 1 won

- 1997: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (won), for *The Birdcage*

### Other awards — 5 won, 7 nominated

- Chlotrudis Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2006: Chlotrudis Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Capote*
- Independent Spirit Awards 2006: Best Screenplay (won), for *Capote*
- Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2006: Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Capote*
- Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2006: Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Capote*
- Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay 2005: Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *Capote*
- Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay 2005: Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay (nominated), for *Capote*
- Critics' Choice Awards 2005: Best Original and Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Capote*
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay 2005: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *Capote*
- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay 2005: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay (nominated), for *Capote*
- San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2005: San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (won), for *Capote*
- Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2005: Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Capote*
- Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2005: Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (won), for *Capote*

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

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