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Ronald L. Nyswaner (born October 5, 1956 in Clarksville, Pennsylvania
Clarksville, Pennsylvania

Clarksville is a borough in Greene County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 234 at the 2000 census.Geography...
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 screenwriter
Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scenarists are scriptwriters who write the screenplays from which films and television programs are made.Most screenwriters start their careers writing on speculation....
 and film director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
.

Nyswaner wrote his first screenplay for the Susan Seidelman
Susan Seidelman

Susan Seidelman is an American movie director....
 film Smithereens. After two other notable screenplays for Swing Shift
Swing Shift

Swing Shift may refer to:*Swing Shift , a 1997 Jazz album by Rik Emmett*Swing Shift , a 1984 film by Jonathan Demme*Swing Shift, a stop motion short film by Mike Jittlov...
 and Mrs. Soffel
Mrs. Soffel

Mrs. Soffel is a 1984 in film American film drama based on the true Buck McGovern and the Biddle Boys case of 1901 Pittsburgh, starring Diane Keaton and Mel Gibson....
, he gave his directorial debut with The Prince of Pennsylvania
The Prince of Pennsylvania

The Prince of Pennsylvania is a 1988 in film Comedy-drama starring Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Bedelia, Fred Ward, and Amy Madigan. The Academy Awards-nominated composer Thomas Newman wrote the music....
 in 1988, a film with Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves

Keanu Charles Reeves is a Canadian-American actor best known for his portrayals of Neo in the action film trilogy The Matrix, Ted Logan in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, and Officer Jack Traven in Speed ....
 and Fred Ward
Fred Ward

Fred Ward is an United States actor. He began his career in 1979 alongside Clint Eastwood in Escape from Alcatraz....
.

Nyswaner, who is openly
Coming out

Coming out, or commonly "coming out of the closet," describes the usually voluntary public revealing of a person's sexual orientation and/or gender identity....
 gay
Gay

The term gay was originally used, until well into the mid-20th century, primarily to refer to feelings of being "carefree," "happy," or "bright and showy"; it had also come to acquire some connotations of "immorality" as early as 1637....
 and an activist for gay rights, has often worked on movies with the subjects homosexuality
Homosexuality

Homosexuality refers to human sexual behavior or same-sex attraction between people of the same sex or to homosexual orientation. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "having sexual and romantic attraction primarily or exclusively to members of one?s own sex"; "it also refers to an individual?s sense of personal and social identi...
, homophobia
Homophobia

Homophobia is an irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals. Some definitions lack the "irrational" component....
, and AIDS
AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the HIV ....
.






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Ronald L. Nyswaner (born October 5, 1956 in Clarksville, Pennsylvania
Clarksville, Pennsylvania

Clarksville is a borough in Greene County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 234 at the 2000 census.Geography...
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 screenwriter
Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scenarists are scriptwriters who write the screenplays from which films and television programs are made.Most screenwriters start their careers writing on speculation....
 and film director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
.

Nyswaner wrote his first screenplay for the Susan Seidelman
Susan Seidelman

Susan Seidelman is an American movie director....
 film Smithereens. After two other notable screenplays for Swing Shift
Swing Shift

Swing Shift may refer to:*Swing Shift , a 1997 Jazz album by Rik Emmett*Swing Shift , a 1984 film by Jonathan Demme*Swing Shift, a stop motion short film by Mike Jittlov...
 and Mrs. Soffel
Mrs. Soffel

Mrs. Soffel is a 1984 in film American film drama based on the true Buck McGovern and the Biddle Boys case of 1901 Pittsburgh, starring Diane Keaton and Mel Gibson....
, he gave his directorial debut with The Prince of Pennsylvania
The Prince of Pennsylvania

The Prince of Pennsylvania is a 1988 in film Comedy-drama starring Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Bedelia, Fred Ward, and Amy Madigan. The Academy Awards-nominated composer Thomas Newman wrote the music....
 in 1988, a film with Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves

Keanu Charles Reeves is a Canadian-American actor best known for his portrayals of Neo in the action film trilogy The Matrix, Ted Logan in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, and Officer Jack Traven in Speed ....
 and Fred Ward
Fred Ward

Fred Ward is an United States actor. He began his career in 1979 alongside Clint Eastwood in Escape from Alcatraz....
.

Nyswaner, who is openly
Coming out

Coming out, or commonly "coming out of the closet," describes the usually voluntary public revealing of a person's sexual orientation and/or gender identity....
 gay
Gay

The term gay was originally used, until well into the mid-20th century, primarily to refer to feelings of being "carefree," "happy," or "bright and showy"; it had also come to acquire some connotations of "immorality" as early as 1637....
 and an activist for gay rights, has often worked on movies with the subjects homosexuality
Homosexuality

Homosexuality refers to human sexual behavior or same-sex attraction between people of the same sex or to homosexual orientation. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "having sexual and romantic attraction primarily or exclusively to members of one?s own sex"; "it also refers to an individual?s sense of personal and social identi...
, homophobia
Homophobia

Homophobia is an irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals. Some definitions lack the "irrational" component....
, and AIDS
AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the HIV ....
. Examples are the documentary Celluloid Closet and the television drama Soldier's Girl
Soldier's Girl

Soldier's Girl is a 2003 in film dramatic film produced by Showtime. It is based on a true story: the relationship between Barry Winchell and Calpernia Addams and the events that led up to Barry's murder by fellow soldiers....
, about the homicide of Private Barry Winchell
Barry Winchell

Barry Winchell was an infantry soldier in the United States Army, whose murder by a fellow soldier, Calvin Glover, became a point of reference in the ongoing debate about the law known as "Don't ask, don't tell" that enforces the military to discharge service members based on sexual orientation....
. In 1993 he came to worldwide prominence for his screenplay to the Academy Award winning movie Philadelphia
Philadelphia (film)

Philadelphia is a 1993 in film film revolving around HIV/AIDS, homosexuality and prevailing attitudes concerning gay people and homophobia. It was written by Ron Nyswaner and directed by Jonathan Demme....
, directed by Jonathan Demme
Jonathan Demme

Robert Jonathan Demme is an Academy Award for Directing-winning United States film director, film producer and writer....
. It earned him nominations for the Academy Award, the Golden Globe and the BAFTA.

After several years of working for television he wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil (2006 film)

The Painted Veil is a 2006 in film Cinema of the United States/Cinema of China drama film directed by John Curran. The screenplay by Ron Nyswaner is based on the 1925 The Painted Veil by W....
 which is based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham

William Somerset Maugham , Order of the Companions of Honour was an English language playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was one of the most popular authors of his era, and reputedly the highest paid of his profession during the 1930s....
. He received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award and won the award of the National Board of Review in 2006.

In 2004, he published Blue Days, Black Nights: A Memoir, which chronicles his relationship with alcohol, drugs, and hustlers.

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