Let's make this birthday one to remember.

64 years old (Born on September 29, 1960)

Happy Birthday, Michael Almereyda! May your day be filled with more drama than Hamlet's existential monologues and fewer plot twists than a Shakespearean tragedy. Your brilliant screenplay for the 2000 adaptation of Hamlet still resonates—who knew Ethan Hawke brooding in modern-day New York could make Shakespeare feel so fresh?

Here's hoping this year brings you even greater success, perhaps another groundbreaking adaptation that makes us rethink classic literature (or at least gives us an excuse to pretend we understand it). Keep inspiring audiences everywhere—and remember, "to age or not to age" isn't really a question when you're timelessly talented.