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Oct 18, 2023 · Julia Cox, the screenwriter of Netflix's compelling new sports drama, turned a (mostly) solitary pursuit into high drama with carefully chosen details and a real-life friendship...
- Jim Hemphill
Julia Cox tackled the first draft of Nyad with a mountain of research to draw on. She wanted to be very faithful to Diana Nyad’s life and her inspirational story, yet also infuse the story with some personal touches.
It is directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (in their feature narrative film directorial debut) and written by Julia Cox, based on Nyad's 2015 memoir Find a Way. It stars Annette Bening as Nyad, [2] with Jodie Foster and Rhys Ifans in supporting roles. [3]
Oct 23, 2023 · Screenwriter Julia Cox on structuring her sports movie like a romance, controversy around its real-life subject, and “the unbelievable tenacity and athleticism of Annette Bening.” By Savannah...
Nov 21, 2023 · The path to her prodigious achievement is the story that unfolds in “Nyad,” the new Netflix drama written by Julia Cox and directed by the Oscar-winning “Free Solo” filmmakers Jimmy Chin and...
Dec 20, 2023 · “If I had allowed myself to dream, I would have dreamed of Annette Bening and Jodie Foster,” “Nyad” screenwriter Julia Cox says.
Dec 20, 2023 · There was an opportunity here to create a film about friendship and an unflinching portrait of a fiercely self-confident woman," Julia Cox writes in an essay. (Gabriella Spiegel / For The Times)
