Nicolás Giacobone

Nicolás Giacobone is an Argentine writer and screenwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 2014 film Birdman at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015. He wrote a book of short stories Algún Cristo, and the novels The Crossed-Out Notebook (2018) and Bum Bum Bum (2020). His screenplay for the film John and the Hole was part of the official selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival and premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.

Personal life His maternal grandfather was film director Armando Bó, his uncle is actor Víctor Bó, and his cousin is fellow screenwriter Armando Bó, with whom he won the Oscar.

Filmography Year Film Writer Producer 2010 Biutiful 2011 El último Elvis 2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 2015 The Revenant 2018 Animal 2021 John and the Hole 2022 Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths 2026 Digger