William Broyles Jr.
American journalist and screenwriter (born 1944) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Dodson Broyles Jr.[1] (born October 8, 1944) is an American journalist, screenwriter, and former United States Marine Corps officer.
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Born | William Dodson Broyles Jr. (1944-10-08) October 8, 1944 (age 79) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Alma mater | Rice University (BA) University of Oxford (MA) |
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He created the television series China Beach (1988-91) and Six (2017-18), and wrote such films as Apollo 13 (1995), Cast Away (2000), Planet of the Apes (2001), Unfaithful (2002), The Polar Express (2004), Jarhead (2005) and Flags of Our Fathers (2006). His work on Apollo 13 earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Broyles' co-founded Texas Monthly magazine,[2] and served as editor of Newsweek from 1982 to 1984.