Warren Beatty co-wrote Reds.
Reds is a 1981 American epic drama film co-written , produced and directed by Warren Beatty . Warren Beatty . Beatty is the first and only person to have been twice nominated for acting in , directing , writing , and producing the same film -- first with Heaven Can Wait ( 1978 ) , which was co-written by Elaine May and co-directed by Buck Henry , and again with Reds , which he co-wrote with Trevor Griffiths .