Gregory Allen Howard, the first African American screenwriter for a $100 million drama with Remember The Titans, died today in Miami, Florida following a brief illness. He was 70 and his death was …
s, died today in Miami, Florida following a brief illness. He was 70 and his death was confirmed by his publicist., which starred Denzel Washington and was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.starring Will Smith and Jamie Foxx, directed by Michael Mannas, as well as the award-winning stage play .
Born in Norfolk, VA., Howard moved often as a child before settling in Vallejo, Calif. He went on to graduate from Princeton with a degree in American History, which served him well with his focus on historical topics in his screenwriting. After leaving Los Angeles to return to his native Virginia, Howard learned the story of the 1971 TC Williams High School football team, the Titans. Howard, who played offensive lineman on his high school and college football teams, was inspired by the unique story of the integration of the championship high school football team that people in the town of Alexandria, Virginia credited for the town’s positive race relations.
As an essayist, Howard contributed to the Taschen Muhammad Ali photo/art book GOAT: Greatest of All Time. His essay, “Rumble in an Urban Jungle,” was chosen as the introduction., the story of prima ballerina Misty Copeland for New Line Cinema. He also wrote, the Fannie Lou Hamer story for Chris Columbus’s 1492 Pictures. Most recently, he wrote the civil rights project Power to the People for producer Ben Affleck and Paramount Pictures., directed by Emmy-winner Ted Lange.
He is survived by his sister, Lynette Henley, and brother, Michael Henley , nieces Robyn Bacon and Valencia Kamara and nephew, Robert Henley, as well as by his beloved grandniece and two grandnephews, and cousins Pierre Gatling and the Honorable Patricia Cole.Must Read Stories
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