Todd W. Langen
Todd W. Langen is an American screenwriter.
Langen was born in Detroit and earned a master's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan.[1]
He was 30 years old and working on the space shuttle for Hughes Aircraft Company when he decided that what he really wanted to do with his life was to be a screenwriter.[1] His first sale was an episode of Pursuit of Happiness (TV series), a television comedy series that lasted less than two months.[1]
He soon became a regular writer of episodes of The Wonder Years'.
The original treatment of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film) was written by Bobby Herbeck; Langen was called in to do a "Page One rewrite," that is, a complete revision based on a screenplay that a studio had deemed interesting bur unworkable as submitted. Langen and Herbeck did not work together and did not meet until the film opened. He is listed first in the credits.[1]
Awards
- Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy for an episode of The Wonder Years.[2]