Gregory Allen Howard
Gregory Allen Howard | |
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| Born | January 28, 1952 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | January 27, 2023 (aged 70) Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Notable work | Remember the Titans, Harriet, Ali |
| Mother | Narcissus Cole Howard Henley |
| Relatives | Lenard Henley (step-father), Debbie Howard and Lynette Henley(sisters),Ricardo Henley and Michael Henley (brothers) |
Gregory Allen Howard (January 28, 1952 – January 27, 2023) was an American journalist, playwright and Hollywood screenwriter. He is best known for composing the screenplay to Disney's award-winning mega movie staple Remember the Titans, a film chronicling the real life story of the racial barrier-breaking T.C. Williams High School football team recognized as the sports force to incite community integration in its notoriously Deep South-segregated Alexandria, Virginia, of 1971. Howard is the first African American screenwriter in Hollywood history to script a $100 million-generating motion picture drama, and the only African American screenwriter in film history to write a spec script that garnered $100 million in revenue.