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Jan Vittorio Sardi AO (born 1953) is an Australian screenwriter. In 1997, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay), for Shine. He wrote and directed the 2004 film Love's Brother. He adapted the novel by Nicholas Sparks for The Notebook (2004).
Jan Sardi is an award winning screenwriter. In 1997 he received an Academy Award nomination for his screenplay for Shine (1996), as well as BAFTA, Writers Guild of America and Golden Globes nominations.
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Jan Sardi is an award winning screenwriter. In 1997 he received an Academy Award nomination for his screenplay for Shine (1996), as well as BAFTA, Writers Guild of America and Golden Globes nominations.
This Italian-born, Australian-raised screenwriter and novelist won international acclaim for "Shine" (1996), but has been a rising writer Down Under since the early 1980s,...
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCreditNo Score Yet90%Screenwriter56%76%Screenwriter54%85%WriterNo Score Yet66%Director, WriterJun 8, 2020 · Jan Sardi, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Shine, Mao’s Last Dancer and The Secret River (with Mac Gudgeon), could be forgiven for feeling a little like a hamster on a treadmill.
Oscar-nominated screenwriter and former Australian Writers’ Guild President Jan Sardi has been recognised for his distinguished service to the film and television industries as a screenwriter and director, and to professional guilds, awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours announced today.
Jan Sardi is one of Australia’s eminent screenwriters. In 1997 he received an Academy Award nomination for his screenplay for Shine, as well as BAFTA, Writers Guild of America and Golden Globes nominations.