John August
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 August at the 2007 Sundance film festival |
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John August (born August 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter and film director, best known for his frequent screenwriting collaborations with Tim Burton.
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[edit] Biography
August was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado as John Meise.[1] He earned a degree in journalism from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa and an MFA in film from the The Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California. He lives in Los Angeles. He was married on June 28, 2008 after California's ban on gay marriage was lifted.[2]
[edit] Career
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August's debut film was 1999's critically-acclaimed Go, which he also co-produced and was second unit director in. Since that time, his credits include the Tim Burton-helmed Big Fish, for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Charlie's Angels, Titan A.E., and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.
After the success of Big Fish, he went on to write the screenplay for both of Tim Burton's 2005 ventures, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (an adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic children's book), and Corpse Bride.
August co-created the TV series D.C. (TV series) for the WB Network. The series only lasted seven episodes before being cancelled.
As of 2006[update], August is writing a feature adaptation of Tarzan and executive producing a movie version of Jordan Mechner's videogame Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time for Jerry Bruckheimer's company. He was writing the script for the superhero movie Shazam! before Warner Bros dropped the project.[3]
He runs a website aimed at budding screenwriters, johnaugust.com, and a semi-regular Q&A at the Internet Movie Database.
His directorial debut, an independently-produced drama entitled The Nines, was screened at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
He recently announced on his Blog that he is to write the script for the long-awaited film adaptation of the Graphic Novel series Preacher. He will also continue to work with Tim Burton again for his films Frankenweenie (2011) and Dark Shadows (2011).
[edit] Produced screenplays
- Go
- Blue Streak (uncredited rewrite)
- Titan A.E.
- Charlie's Angels
- Jurassic Park III (uncredited rewrite)
- Minority Report (uncredited rewrite)
- Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
- The Rundown (uncredited rewrite)
- Big Fish
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Corpse Bride
- The Nines (also director)
- Iron Man (uncredited rewrite)
- Bob: The Musical (in development)
[edit] Unproduced screenplays
- Here and Now (first script)
- How to Eat Fried Worms (unused draft)
- A Wrinkle in Time (unused draft)
- Devil's Canyon (unsold zombie western)
- Fenwick's Suit
- Demonology (described as Aliens meets Clueless)
- Fantasy Island
- Thief of Always
- Scared Guys
- Barbarella
- Fury (unsold violent action spec)
- Tarzan (modern-day interpretation)
