Brendan ward biography

Brendan Ward, an award-winning Irish-American screenwriter and producer – who taught at Screenwriting at Columbia University's School of the Arts Graduate Film Program for almost thirty years – has died.

In a tribute published by Columbia's School of Arts recently, it was confirmed that Ward passed away suddenly at his home in New York City on August 4.

The statement went on to note that, "Upon news of his death, many of his former students, friends and colleagues reached out to honour and celebrate a man who not only taught the secrets of screenwriting, but also life-long lessons in compassion, generosity and the unexpected gift of finding powerful stories inside any nook and cranny of life."

Brendan Noel Ward was a dual citizen of Ireland and the US, and grew up as the youngest son in a family of eight children in New York.

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