Claim: Warren Beatty was the co-writer, producer, and director of an epic drama movie.
Evidence: 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 -LRB- 1978 -RRB- , which was co-written by Elaine May and co-directed by Buck Henry , and again with Reds , which he co-wrote with Trevor Griffiths.
Reds is a 1981 American epic drama film co-written , produced and directed by Warren Beatty.