Alexander Dinelaris is an Academy Award and Golden Globe winner for the screenplay of "Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)". He is the co-creator and executive producer of the series "The One Percent" for MRC, starring Ed Helms, Hilary Swank and Ed Harris. He is currently adapting the novel "Entering Hades" into a feature film with Michael Fassbender. His film "The Year of the Monarchs" is currently in development with Mandalay Entertainment. Alexander is also the book writer of the West End production of The Bodyguard Musical and of Gloria and Emilio Estefan’s Broadway musical On Your Feet! Other recent work includes his plays Red Dog Howls (New York Theater Workshop), Still Life (Manhattan Class Company), The Chaos Theories (Shotgun Theater) and In This, Our Time (59e59). Mr. Dinelaris is a proud member of the Writer’s Guild and the Dramatists Guild.