Screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard, who skilfully adapted stories of historical black figures in Remember The Titans, starring Denzel Washington, Ali with Will Smith, and Harriet with Cynthia Erivo, has died at the age of 70. Howard was the first black screenwriter to write a drama that made 100 million US dollars at the box office when Remember The Titans crossed that milestone in 2000. Denzel Washington starred in Remember The Titans (Alamy)“It made my career,” he told the Times-Herald of Vallejo, California, in 2009. Howard followed up Remember The Titans with Ali, the 2002 Michael Mann-directed biopic of Muhammad Ali. The screenwriter told the Times-Herald: “I got into this business to write about the complexity of the black man.

Source: The Times January 28, 2023 20:39 UTC