Miss Congeniality (film) Miss Congeniality (film) Miss Congeniality is a 2000 American action comedy film directed by Donald Petrie, written by Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford, and Caryn Lucas, and starring Sandra Bullock with Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, William Shatner, Ernie Hudson, and Candice Bergen. "Miss Congeniality" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on December 22, 2000 and was a box office hit grossing $212 million worldwide. Bullock also garnered a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. A sequel, "", was released in March 24, 2005. In 1982, a very young Gracie Hart steps into
Julia Hart March 12, 2016. "Miss Stevens" was nominated for the Grand Jury Award and Gamechanger Award at South by Southwest in 2016. Hart's most recent film "Fast Color" premiered at South by Southwest in 2018. During the 2018 film festival and conference, 80% of narrative feature competition were films directed or co-directed by women. This film is co-written and produced by Hart's husband Jordan Horowitz. Julia Hart Julia Hart is an American screenwriter and film director, known for her work on "Miss Stevens" (2016) and "Fast Color" (2018). Directly after graduation, Hart became a teacher. At 25, she began teaching high