Screenwriter MISAN SAGAY won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture for Fox Searchlight’s critical box office hit, Belle. Also nominated for a Humanitas Prize, Sagay’s screenplay was inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a British admiral who was raised by her aristocratic aunt and uncle. Sagay’s producing and screenwriting credits include Secret Laughter of Women, starring Colin Firth and Nia Long, and the awardwinning, critically acclaimed ABC television movie, Their Eyes Were Watching God, starring Halle Berry, and executive produced by Oprah Winfrey.
