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'''Alan B. McElroy''' is an American [[screenwriter]], known for his collaborations with [[Todd McFarlane]] on the [[Spawn (comics)|''Spawn'']] franchise, and horror films such as ''[[Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers]]'' and ''[[Wrong Turn]]''.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
'''Alan B. McElroy''' is an American [[screenwriter]], known for his collaborations with [[Todd McFarlane]] on the [[Spawn (comics)|''Spawn'']] franchise, and for penning horror films such as ''[[Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers]]'' and ''[[Wrong Turn]]''.


== Life & Career ==
== Life & Career ==
McElroy was born in [[Cleveland, Ohio]] and attended [[Hawken School]] in [[Gates Mills, Ohio]], planning on becoming a novelist while majoring in Psychology at [[Boston University]] and [[Miami University]] in [[Oxford, Ohio]]. He also participated in a [[distance learning]] program and Miami's European campus in [[Luxembourg]]. Shortly after graduation and marriage he taught himself to write his first screenplay from an article in [[Writer's Digest]] magazine. McElroy then moved to Los Angeles with his wife, Kymm, and was picked as one of thirty individuals to join the Columbia Pictures Writing Program. From that experience he acquired an agent and began writing full-time.
McElroy was born in [[Cleveland, Ohio]] and attended [[Hawken School]] in [[Gates Mills, Ohio]], planning on becoming a novelist while majoring in Psychology at [[Boston University]] and [[Miami University]] in [[Oxford, Ohio]]. He also participated in a [[distance learning]] program and Miami's European campus in [[Luxembourg]]. Shortly after graduation and marriage he taught himself to write his first screenplay from an article in [[Writer's Digest]] magazine. McElroy then moved to Los Angeles with his wife, Kymm, and was picked as one of thirty individuals to join the Columbia Pictures Writing Program. From that experience he acquired an agent and began writing full-time.


His screenwriting debut was [[Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers|''Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers'']], the fourth entry in the long-running [[Halloween (franchise)|horror franchise]]. Due to an impending strike by the [[Writers Guild of America]] (of which McElroy is a member), McElroy was forced to develop a concept, pitch the story, and send in the final draft in under eleven days.<ref name="H4info">{{cite web|year = 2001|url = http://www.halloweenmovies.com/filmarchive/h3bts.htm|title = Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Behind the Scenes|work=HalloweenMovies.com|publisher = Trancas International Films|accessdate=January 14, 2010}}</ref> McElroy has mostly written [[Action film|action]] ([[Rapid Fire (1992 film)|''Rapid Fire'']], ''[[The Marine]], [[Tekken (2009 film)|Tekken]]''[[The Marine|)]] and [[Horror film|horror films]] (''[[Wrong Turn]], [[Wheels of Terror]], [[Thr3e (film)|Thr3e]]''). He is also a long-time collaborator of [[Todd McFarlane]] and has frequently worked to different capacities on the [[Spawn (comics)|''Spawn'']] franchise, having written the [[Curse of the Spawn|''Curse of the Spawn'']] comic series, the [[Spawn (film)|1997 motion picture]], and was the co-creator and showrunner of the critically-acclaimed [[Todd McFarlane's Spawn|animated adaptation.]] His 2003 film [[Wrong Turn|''Wrong Turn'']] spawned a franchise, with an additional 5 films being produced, albeit without McElroy's involvement.
His screenwriting debut was [[Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers|''Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers'']], the fourth entry in the long-running [[Halloween (franchise)|horror franchise]]. Due to an impending strike by the [[Writers Guild of America]] (of which McElroy is a member), McElroy was forced to develop a concept, pitch the story, and send in the final draft in under eleven days.<ref name="H4info">{{cite web|year = 2001|url = http://www.halloweenmovies.com/filmarchive/h3bts.htm|title = Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Behind the Scenes|work=HalloweenMovies.com|publisher = Trancas International Films|accessdate=January 14, 2010}}</ref> McElroy has mostly written [[Action film|action]] ([[Rapid Fire (1992 film)|''Rapid Fire'']], ''[[The Marine]], [[Tekken (2009 film)|Tekken]]''[[The Marine|)]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ranker.com/list/scripts-and-screenplays-by-alan-b-mcelroy/reference|title=Movies Written By Alan B. McElroy|work=Ranker|access-date=2017-04-09|language=en}}</ref> and [[Horror film|horror films]] (''[[Wrong Turn]],'' ''[[Wheels of Terror]], [[Thr3e (film)|Thr3e]]'').<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ATreCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT220&lpg=PT220&dq=alan+B.+McElroy+hollywood&source=bl&ots=_uhZcMZAov&sig=u58uTXIG-cP2QXGj0tkiSYyTvRc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs_uCSnpbTAhUP0mMKHSGCBoIQ6AEITzAO#v=onepage&q=alan%20B.%20McElroy%20hollywood&f=false|title=From Fairy Tale to Film Screenplay: Working with Plot Genotypes|last=Murphy|first=Terence Patrick|date=2015-09-15|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781137552037|language=en}}</ref> He is also a long-time collaborator of [[Todd McFarlane]] and has frequently worked to different capacities on the [[Spawn (comics)|''Spawn'']] franchise, having written the [[Curse of the Spawn|''Curse of the Spawn'']] comic series, the [[Spawn (film)|1997 motion picture]], and was the co-creator and showrunner of the critically-acclaimed [[Todd McFarlane's Spawn|animated adaptation.]] His 2003 film [[Wrong Turn|''Wrong Turn'']] spawned a franchise, with an additional 5 films being produced, albeit without McElroy's involvement.


== Personal Life ==
== Personal Life ==
McElroy is a native of [[Cleveland, Ohio]], but has resided in [[Los Angeles]] since the early nineties. His wife Kymm is an [[artist]] and [[homemaker]], and he has two daughter (Ashleigh and Mackenzie) and one son (Matthew).
McElroy is a native of [[Cleveland, Ohio]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/alan-b-mcelroy/1862679/main/|title=Alan McElroy - Director - Screenwriter {{!}} Moviefone|website=AOL Moviefone|language=en|access-date=2017-04-09}}</ref> but has resided in [[Los Angeles]] since the early nineties. His wife Kymm is an [[artist]] and [[homemaker]], and he has two daughter (Ashleigh and Mackenzie) and one son (Matthew). McElroy is a [[Christian]], and two of his films (''[[Thr3e (film)|Thr3e]], [[Left Behind: The Movie]]'') are adaptations of religious social material.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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Alan B. McElroy is an American screenwriter, known for his collaborations with Todd McFarlane on the Spawn franchise, and for penning horror films such as Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Wrong Turn.

Life & Career

McElroy was born in Cleveland, Ohio and attended Hawken School in Gates Mills, Ohio, planning on becoming a novelist while majoring in Psychology at Boston University and Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He also participated in a distance learning program and Miami's European campus in Luxembourg. Shortly after graduation and marriage he taught himself to write his first screenplay from an article in Writer's Digest magazine. McElroy then moved to Los Angeles with his wife, Kymm, and was picked as one of thirty individuals to join the Columbia Pictures Writing Program. From that experience he acquired an agent and began writing full-time.

His screenwriting debut was Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, the fourth entry in the long-running horror franchise. Due to an impending strike by the Writers Guild of America (of which McElroy is a member), McElroy was forced to develop a concept, pitch the story, and send in the final draft in under eleven days.[1] McElroy has mostly written action (Rapid Fire, The Marine, Tekken)[2] and horror films (Wrong Turn, Wheels of Terror, Thr3e).[3] He is also a long-time collaborator of Todd McFarlane and has frequently worked to different capacities on the Spawn franchise, having written the Curse of the Spawn comic series, the 1997 motion picture, and was the co-creator and showrunner of the critically-acclaimed animated adaptation. His 2003 film Wrong Turn spawned a franchise, with an additional 5 films being produced, albeit without McElroy's involvement.

Personal Life

McElroy is a native of Cleveland, Ohio,[4] but has resided in Los Angeles since the early nineties. His wife Kymm is an artist and homemaker, and he has two daughter (Ashleigh and Mackenzie) and one son (Matthew). McElroy is a Christian, and two of his films (Thr3e, Left Behind: The Movie) are adaptations of religious social material.

Filmography

Year Film Notes
1988 Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers screenplay and story
1989 Murder by Night (TV movie) writer
1990 Wheels of Terror writer
1992 Rapid Fire screenplay and story
1993 Ground Zero: Texas (video game) screenplay
1997 Spawn screenplay and story
1997–1999 Todd McFarlane's Spawn (TV series 1997–1999) 6 episodes. co-executive producer
2000 Left Behind: The Movie[5][6] writer
2001 Layover writer and director
2002 Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever writer
2002 Resident Evil writer (uncredited)
2003 Wrong Turn writer
2006 The Marine writer
2006 Thr3e writer
2007 Wrong Turn 2: Dead End characters
2009 Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead characters
2010 Tekken screenplay
2011 Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings characters
2012 Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines characters
2014 Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort characters
2015 The Marine 4: Moving Target writer
2015 The Perfect Guy story
2015 The Condemned 2 writer

References

  1. ^ "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Behind the Scenes". HalloweenMovies.com. Trancas International Films. 2001. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
  2. ^ "Movies Written By Alan B. McElroy". Ranker. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  3. ^ Murphy, Terence Patrick (September 15, 2015). From Fairy Tale to Film Screenplay: Working with Plot Genotypes. Springer. ISBN 9781137552037.
  4. ^ "Alan McElroy - Director - Screenwriter | Moviefone". AOL Moviefone. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  5. ^ http://www.namesakeentertainment.com/lb.htm
  6. ^ https://www.amazon.ca/Left-Behind-Movie-Kirk-Cameron/dp/B00004YS9G

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