Describes how the director and co-screenwriter gained financial support to create the movie, and includes an overview of Rwanda with details on the events that inspired the movie.
Terry George, Hotel Rwanda director/producer and co-writer with Keir Pearson, received Academy Award® and BAFTA nominations for his first produced screenplay, In the Name of the Father. Later he adapted and directed the acclaimed HBO movie based on Neil Sheehan's Pulitzer Prize-winning tale, A Bright Shining Lie, nominated for Emmy® and Golden Globe awards. George's other writing credits include The Boxer and Hart's War. He also created and produced the acclaimed original CBS-TV series The District. George lives in Ireland and New York.