After graduating from NYU, Heyman became a director of development for Prøtøzøa Pictures, the production company of filmmaker
Darren Aronofsky. He was a co-producer on Aronofsky's 2008 film
The Wrestler about an aging wrestler. After working on
The Wrestler, Heyman moved away from producing films in favor of writing them.
Black Swan was well received by critics and audiences, earning 5 Oscar nominations and winning a Best Actress Academy Award for
Natalie Portman. Heyman received nominations for a
BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay and a
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay. Heyman co-wrote
The Skeleton Twins, a 2014 film starring
Kristen Wiig and
Bill Hader as estranged twins, with
Craig Johnson, who also directed the film. The film premiered at the
Sundance Film Festival and won the Waldo Salt screenwriting award. Heyman went on to create and executive produce the streaming television series
Strange Angel, which was produced by
Scott Free and originally developed for AMC before being put into turnaround and picked up by CBS All-Access (which later became
Paramount+), as the streamer's first original series. The series ran for two seasons and starred
Jack Reynor,
Bella Heathcote and
Rupert Friend. Most recently, Heyman wrote the final shooting script for
The Boogeyman, based on the short story by
Stephen King of the same name and starring
Sophie Thatcher and
Chris Messina. The film was produced by
21Laps for
20th Century Studios and released in theaters on June 2, 2023 to mixed reviews. ==References==