Disney to make Jesse Owens biopic David Seidler, who won an Oscar for best screenplay for The King's Speech, is reported to be writing the script. Antoine Fuqua, who directed Training Day and Olympus has Fallen, is slated to direct. It had been reported that Hitler planned to use the Berlin Olympics to promote the Nazi ideology of Aryan supremacy, but the African-American Owens was the most successful athlete to take part that year. Owens's four victories saw white German athletes beaten into silver medal positions. However, his return to the United States saw him declare bankruptcy only three years later, as he was able to find only limited employment opportunities amid his home country's own policies of racial segregation. He died in 1980 at the age of 66. Owens won the 100m and 200m sprints and the 400m relay, as well as taking a gold medal in the long jump. Earlier this month, Owens's only remaining gold medal was sold at auction for almost $1.5m, with some of the proceeds from the sale donated to the Jesse Owens foundation. IN PICTURES: 90 years of Disney