Who directed the film for which Eric Roberts earned an Academy Award nomination ?
Runaway Train (film) Runaway Train is a 1985 American thriller film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay and John P. Ryan. The screenplay by Djordje Milicevic, Paul Zindel and Edward Bunker was based on an original screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, with uncredited contributions by frequent Kurosawa collaborators Hideo Oguni and Ryuzo Kikushima. The film was also the feature debuts of Danny Trejo and Tommy "Tiny" Lister, who both proceeded to successful careers as "tough guy" character actors.
Richard Friedenberg Richard Friedenberg is an American screenwriter and film director. He wrote the screenplay for "A River Runs Through It" (1992), starring Brad Pitt, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award, and the screenplay for the Hallmark Hall of Fame television film "Promise" (1986), starring James Garner and James Woods, for which he won an Emmy Award. He also wrote the screenplay for "Dying Young" starring Julia Roberts and wrote and directed "The Education of Little Tree" (1997).