Dead Man Walking (film) "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film four stars, his highest rating, and called it "absorbing, surprising, technically superb and worth talking about for a long time afterward." At the 68th Academy Awards, "Dead Man Walking" was nominated in four different categories: Susan Sarandon won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role, Sean Penn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, Tim Robbins was nominated for Best Director and its main track "Dead Man Walkin'" by Bruce Springsteen was nominated for Best Original Song. At the Golden Globes, Sarandon and Penn received nominations for their acting while Robbins
Dead Man Walking (Body of Proof) Megan. Gwen is eventually taken away by the police, after admitting to George's attempted, and Ted's accidental murder. "Dead Man Walking" was written by series creator Christopher Murphey and directed by Matthew Gross, best known for directing "Dirty Sexy Money" and "Day Break", and films such as "Fired Up!" and "Joe Somebody". This was Gross's first episode as a director, but he wrote the second episode of season one, "Letting Go", alongside Murphey. Daniel Licht who has worked on the series since its inception, returned to compose the music for the episode. Actresses Christina Hendricks (best known for her role