Kenneth Lonergan is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. Born in the Bronx, New York City, New York, Lonergan began writing in high school at the Walden School . His first play, The Rennings Children, was chosen for the Young Playwright's Festival in 1982 while he was still an undergraduate. Lonegran matriculated at Wesleyan University where he trained as a playwright and director; he would go on to graduate from the NYU Playwriting Program. After graduating from NYU, Lonergan worked as a speechwriter for the Environmental Protection Agency. He also wrote industrial... shows—long-play commercials—for clients such as Weight Watchers and Fujifilm. Lonergan's first theatrical success came with the play This is Our Youth ; it was followed by The Waverley Gallery , based on his grandmother's Greenwich Village Gallery, and later Lobby Hero . Lonergan's film career began with his screenplay for the gangland comedy Analyze This . He was subsequently offered a job writing The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle .
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