theOscarSite Bio: Born in St. Louis, MO; majored in English at Colorado College. He later took time to travel. Sexton then worked as a copywriter, journalist and translator. After living in Mexico City for four years, he relocated to Los Angeles to become a screenwriter.

"For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story" (2000) was his first filmed screenplay, which was produced by HBO Films and which earned Sexton the 2002 WGA Paul Selvin Award, given to a work that "best embodies the spirit of the constitutional and civil rights and liberties, which are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere." Sexton followed that with the teleplay of the HBO movie "Boycott" (2001, co-written with Herman Daniel Farrell), starring Jeffrey Wright, Terrence Howard and CCH Pounder.

Sexton also wrote "The Education of Ron Morris"; "Live From Baghdad" (2002, for which he received a 2003 Emmy^® Award nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries Movie or Dramatic Special), starring Michael Keaton and Helena Bonham Carter; "Marion Barry" and "Walkout" (both 2006), starring Alexa Vega and Michael Pena; and "Enrique's Journey" -- all for HBO Films. He collaborated on the screenplay for CHILDREN OF MEN (2006) and is in pre-production for the 2010 remake of LOGAN'S RUN.

Sexton is married to foley artist Laura Macias, and the couple has two children, Jeronimo and Martina.

· Achievement in Writing (Adapted Screenplay) 2006: CHILDREN OF MEN (w. Alfonso Cuarón and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby)