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Jeff Vintar was born in 1964 in Oak Park, Illinois. He gave up a renowned bus driving career to attend the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop, and after that spent the next several years starving until he sold three spec scripts in 1995: "The Long Hello and Short Goodbye", "Spaceless" and "Hardwired." He has since written screenplays for Warner Bros, Twentieth Century Fox, and Columbia Pictures.

Long Hello and Short Goodbye (1999) was filmed as a German-language production in 1999, and for the last three years an English-language version has come close to production numerous times for producer John Woo. "Hardwired" was at Touchstone Pictures under director Bryan Singer before finding a new home at Twentieth Century Fox. It will be released in 2004 under the title I, Robot (2004) with Will Smith starring, and directed by Alex Proyas. "Spaceless" survived a round of development hell at Fox 2000, then Fox Animation, and is now back at the live-action division with Gore Verbinski attached to direct. Which just goes to show you that some screenplays never die. [This is good news or horrifying news, depending on your point-of-view.] Vintar's latest work is an adaptation written on spec of Cordwainer Smith's famous short story, "Scanners Live in Vain." He lives in southern California with his wife/lover/editor/co-writer/muse Michele, and their young daughter.

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A graduate of the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop

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