Screening followed by a Q&A with Finn Wittrock.
Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Variety.
SYNOPSIS
Inspired by actual events, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story is the second installment of FX’s award-winning limited series, American Crime Story.
Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Brad Falchuk, Alexis Martin Woodall, Dan Minahan, Tom Rob Smith, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski are Executive Producers of The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.
GUEST BIO
Finn Wittrock is a two-time Emmy nominee and Julliard trained actor with an extensive resume in film, television and theatre. Most recently he was seen in Ryan Murphy’s THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY on FX, in which he received an Emmy nomination for Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie.
Later this year he will be seen in Barry Jenkin’s next film IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK. He recently wrapped production on JUDY, opposite Renee Zellweger, playing Judy Garland’s fifth ex-husband Mickey Deans; the film will release in 2019. He also wrapped THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO alongside Danny Glover and Thora Birch, and SEMPER FI alongside Jai Courtney and Nat Wolff.
Last year, he starred as The Gentleman Caller in “The Glass Menagerie” at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway, directed by Sam Gold and opposite Sally Field and Joe Mantello. Earlier that year he starred as Cassio in William Shakespeare’s “Othello,” also directed by Sam Gold and opposite Daniel Craig, Rachel Brosnahan, and David Oyelowo. Also in 2017, he appeared in Gillian Robespierre’s LANDLINE alongside Jenny Slate which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and was released by Amazon Studios. He completed production on A+, a film about a young woman (Rachel Keller) whose old flame (Wittrock) comes back into her life; A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’s DREAM, in which he will star opposite Rachael Leigh Cook; as well as the Netflix biopic A FUTILE & STUPID GESTURE, about National Lampoon’s success in the 1970s and 80s and the new media empire it created.
Wittrock starred in Adam McKay’s Oscar-nominated drama, THE BIG SHORT, alongside John Magaro, Christian Bale, Steve Carrell and Brad Pitt. The cast received nominations from the Screen Actors Guild and the Broadcast Film Critics Association for “Best Ensemble.”
In 2014, Wittrock appeared in Universal Pictures’ AFI Award winning true-life WWII drama, UNBROKEN, directed by Angelina Jolie and based on the true life story of Louis Zamperini. Wittrock portrayed the character Francis “Mac” McNamara, who is stranded at sea on a life raft for 47 days.
Additional film credits include THE SUBMARINE KID which he wrote with lifelong friend Eric Bilitch, who also directed the film; MY ALL AMERICAN written and directed by Angelo Pizzo (Hoosiers and Rudy) and starring opposite Aaron Eckhart; NOAH directed by Darren Aronofsky; WINTER’S TALE, written and directed by Akiva Goldsman; and TWELVE, directed by Joel Schumacher.
Wittrock’s television work includes Season 5 of FX’s and Ryan Murphy’s critically-acclaimed, Emmy-nominated series, AMERICAN HORROR STORY (HOTEL) where he played characters Tristan Duffy and Rudolph Valentino alongside Lady Gaga; as well as Season 4 (FREAK SHOW) in which he played Dandy Mott and received an Emmy nomination for his performance. In 2014 he starred in HBO’s critically-acclaimed, Emmy-nominated film THE NORMAL HEART, directed by Ryan Murphy and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name written by Larry Kramer. The film tells the story of a gay activist attempting to raise HIV/AIDS awareness during the onset of the crisis in New York City in the 1980’s. The film received a total of 16 Emmy nominations including “Outstanding Television Movie.”
Other television credits include his role as Damon in ABC’s ALL MY CHILDREN; guest-star appearances on CRIMINAL MINDS, LAW & ORDER: SVU, HARRY’S LAW, CSI: MIAMI, COLD CASE and ER, as well as the recurring role of Dale in Showtime’s acclaimed drama, MASTERS OF SEX.
After graduating from Juilliard, Wittrock began his career onstage playing Romeo in “Romeo and Juliet” at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C., and Marchbanks in Shaw's “Candida” at the Berkshire Theatre Festival near his hometown of Lennox, Massachusetts.
Wittrock made his Broadway debut as Happy Loman opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield in Mike Nichols’ 2012 revival of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” which won both the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Revival and Best Director of that year, respectively. He won a Theatre World Award and the Clarence Derwent Award for this performance.
He followed that success with appearances at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre opposite Diane Lane in Tennessee Williams' critically acclaimed “Sweet Bird of Youth,” directed by David Cromer, and “The Guardsman,” directed by Gregory Mosher at The Kennedy Center. Off-Broadway, Wittrock starred in Tony Kushner's “The Illusion” at the Signature Theatre and “Age of Iron” at the Classic Stage Co.
Other regional theater credits include “The Blue Deep” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival; “The Laramie Project” with The Mechanicals Theatre Group; and productions of “The Matchmaker, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” at A Noise Within Theatre Company.
Wittrock attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, followed by Julliard, and is currently a member of The Mechanicals Theatre Group in L.A., where he has also directed. Wittrock currently resides in Los Angeles.
