Before Night Falls is a 2000movie directed by Julian Schnabel. The screenplay, based on the autobiography of Reinaldo Arenas, was written by Schnabel, Cunningham O'Keefe and Lázaro Gómez Carriles. It stars Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, Johnny Depp and Michael Wincott and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor (Javier Bardem). This is a list of film-related events in 2000. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... Julian Schnabel (born New York, 1951) is an American painter, sculptor and filmmaker. ... Before Night Falls is the 1992 autobiography of gay Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas, describing his life in Cuba, his time in prison, and his ultimate escape to the United States. ... Reinaldo Arenas (born July 16, 1943 in HolguÃn, Cuba, died December 7, 1990 in New York) was a Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright who spent most of his life fighting the Fidel Castro regime through his art. ... Javier Ãngel Encinas Bardem (born March 1, 1969) is a Spanish actor. ... Olivier Martinez (born January 12, 1966) is an actor. ... Johnny Depp (born John Christopher Depp II, June 9, 1963) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... Michael Wincott Michael Wincott is a Canadian-American character actor best known for his deep, gravelly voice. ... The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...