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Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder.It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly about three female African-American mathematicians: Katherine Goble Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), who worked ...
The book was adapted as a film of the same name, written by Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder, and directed by Melfi. [13] It was released on December 25, 2016 to positive reviews from critics, [14] and received a nomination for Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards. [15]
Margot Lee Shetterly (born June 30, 1969) is an American nonfiction writer who has also worked in investment banking and media startups. Her first book, Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race (2016), is about African-American women mathematicians working at NASA who were instrumental to the success of the United States space ...
Hidden Figures: Won Outstanding Song – Traditional "I See a Victory" (Kim Burrell and Pharrell Williams) Won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Octavia Spencer: Nominated National Board of Review Awards: January 4, 2017: Best Cast: Hidden Figures: Won [48] Top 10 Films: Hidden Figures: Won [g] Online Film Critics Society ...
English: NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson arrives on the red carpet for the global celebration of the film "Hidden Figures" at the SVA Theatre, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016 in New York. The film is based on the book of the same title, by Margot Lee Shetterly, and chronicles the lives of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson -- African ...
Hidden Figures is a 2016 American film loosely based on the book by Margot Lee Shetterly. Hidden Figures or Hidden Figure may also refer to: Hidden Figures, nonfiction by Margot Lee Shetterly Hidden Figures (picture book), by Margot Lee Shetterly; Operation Hidden Figure, Brazil
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race is a 2018 picture book by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling, illustrated by Laura Freeman. The picture book is adapted from Shetterly's 2016 non-fiction book Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race ...
Bonnie Kathaleen Land (21 November 1918 - 7 October 2012) was a computer and mathematician at NASA's Langley facility. The 2016 movie Hidden Figures, which brought awareness to this early success within the NASA space program, was written by Land's former Sunday school student, and Land served as one of the first interviewees during research for the novel.