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Jeremy Larner

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 225697

IMDb ID: nm0488373

Known for: Writing

Born: March 20, 1937

Died: February 24, 2026

Age: 88

Place of birth: Olean, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1971 - 1972

Years active: 2

Average TMDB rating: 6.11

Wikidata: Q1687602

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Biography

Jeremy Larner (March 20, 1937 — February 24, 2026) was an American screenwriter, author, poet, journalist and speechwriter. Born in Olean, New York, Larner graduated from Brandeis University in 1958 before writing several books throughout the 1960s, including his debut novel Drive, He Said (1964), which was adapted by co-writer/director Jack Nicholson into a 1971 film. As a journalist, Larner wrote for Harpers, The Paris Review, and Life. He was a speechwriter for Eugene McCarthy during his 1968 campaign for president, which inspired his book Nobody Knows, serialized for Harpers in ’69, and influenced Larner’s script for Michael Ritchie's The Candidate (1972), which starred Robert Redford as leftist lawyer Bill McKay, who quickly becomes a popular public figure as he is groomed to run for a senate seat. The film earned Larner an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Over the years, Larner further wrote speeches for politician Bill Bradley, activist Sam Brown, Paul Newman and Redford, covering topics like the Vietnam War and environmentalism.

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