John Gatins
... that John Gatins, the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of Flight, got into scriptwriting when a fellow Vassar graduate offered him $1,000 to pen a screenplay?
... that <b id="mwCdI"><a href="./John_Gatins" id="mwCdM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Gatins">John Gatins</a></b>, the <a href="./85th_Academy_Awards" id="mwCdQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="85th Academy Awards">Academy Award</a>-<a class="mw-redirect" href="./Academy_Award_for_Best_Writing_(Original_Screenplay)" id="mwCdU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)">nominated</a> screenwriter of <i id="mwCdY"><a href="./Flight_(2012_film)" id="mwCdc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Flight (2012 film)">Flight</a></i>, got into <a href="./Screenwriting" id="mwCdg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Screenwriting">scriptwriting</a> when a fellow <a href="./Vassar_College" id="mwCdk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vassar College">Vassar</a> graduate offered him $1,000 to pen a screenplay?