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John August(I)

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  • Producer
  • Director
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Trailer for this documentary about screenwriters
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Tales from the Script (2009)
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John August's screenwriting credits include Go (1999), Big Fish (2003), Titan A.E. (2000), Charlie's Angels (2000), and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003).

Born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, John earned a degree in journalism from Drake University in Iowa and an MFA in film from the Peter Stark program at the University of Southern California. He lives in Los Angeles. John has a weekly screenwriting column on Internet Movie Database, in the "Ask a Filmmaker" section of indie.imdb.com.
BornAugust 4, 1970
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BornAugust 4, 1970
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  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
    • 2 wins & 12 nominations total

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John August
John August and Melissa McCarthy in The Nines (2007)
John August and Elle Fanning at an event for The Nines (2007)
Ryan Reynolds and John August at an event for The Nines (2007)
John August at an event for The Nines (2007)
Ryan Reynolds, John August, Melissa McCarthy, and Elle Fanning at an event for The Nines (2007)
John August at an event for The Nines (2007)
John August
John August

Known for

Big Fish (2003)
Big Fish
8.0
  • Writer
  • 2003
Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, AnnaSophia Robb, Julia Winter, Jordan Fry, and Philip Wiegratz in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
6.7
  • Writer
  • 2005
Frankenweenie (2012)
Frankenweenie
6.9
  • Writer
  • 2012
Go (1999)
Go
7.2
  • Writer
  • 1999

Credits

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Writer

  • Summer Lovin'
    • Writer
    • In Development
  • Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of the Wizard of Oz
    • screenplay
    • Pre-production
  • Tower of Terror
    • Writer
    • Pre-production
  • Will Smith, Alan Tudyk, Navid Negahban, Numan Acar, Marwan Kenzari, Naomi Scott, Mena Massoud, Adam Alzoubi, and Nathaniel Ellul in Aladdin (2019)
    Aladdin
    • screenplay by
    • 2019
  • Frankenweenie (2012)
    Frankenweenie
    • screenplay
    • 2012
  • Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Jonny Lee Miller, Jackie Earle Haley, Eva Green, Chloë Grace Moretz, Bella Heathcote, and Gulliver McGrath in Dark Shadows (2012)
    Dark Shadows
    • story
    • 2012
  • Ryan Reynolds in The Nines (2007)
    The Nines
    • written by
    • 2007
  • Corpse Bride (2005)
    Corpse Bride
    • screenplay
    • 2005
  • Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, AnnaSophia Robb, Julia Winter, Jordan Fry, and Philip Wiegratz in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    • screenplay
    • 2005
  • Alaska (2003)
    Alaska
    • written by
    • TV Movie
    • 2003
  • Big Fish (2003)
    Big Fish
    • screenplay
    • 2003
  • Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and Lucy Liu in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
    Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 2003
  • Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and Lucy Liu in Charlie's Angels (2000)
    Charlie's Angels
    • written by
    • 2000
  • Drew Barrymore and Matt Damon in Titan A.E. (2000)
    Titan A.E.
    • screenplay
    • 2000
  • Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Jacinda Barrett, Kristanna Loken, Gabriel Olds, and Daniel Sunjata in D.C. (2000)
    D.C.
    • created by
    • screenplay
    • writer (creator) ...
    • TV Series
    • 2000
  • Go (1999)
    Go
    • written by
    • 1999
  • God
    • written by
    • Short
    • 1998

Producer

  • Tower of Terror
    • executive producer
    • Pre-production
  • Ben Kingsley, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Gemma Arterton in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
    Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
    • executive producer
    • 2010
  • Alaska (2003)
    Alaska
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2003
  • Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Jacinda Barrett, Kristanna Loken, Gabriel Olds, and Daniel Sunjata in D.C. (2000)
    D.C.
    • co-executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2000
  • Go (1999)
    Go
    • co-producer
    • 1999

Director

  • Ryan Reynolds in The Nines (2007)
    The Nines
    • Director
    • 2007
  • God
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1998
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos5

Tales From The Script
Trailer 2:24
Tales From The Script
My Date with Drew
Trailer 0:50
My Date with Drew
My Date with Drew
Trailer 2:03
My Date with Drew
My Date with Drew
Trailer 0:51
My Date with Drew
Tales from the Script
Trailer 2:23
Tales from the Script

Personal details

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  • Born
    • August 4, 1970
    • Boulder, Colorado, USA
  • Spouse
    • Mike2008 - present
  • Other works
    (2014-2015 Season) Andrew Lippa and his musical, "Big Fish," was performed at the Theatre At the Center in Chicago, Illinois with Colette Todd in the cast.

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Since 2011, has hosted, with good friend and fellow screenwriter Craig Mazin, 'Scriptnotes', a weekly podcast on the craft of screenwriting.
  • Quotes
    You tend to have a lot of ideas you would like to see made into movies, yet the reality is that most things that actually become movies aren't brand-new ideas. At this point in time, the movies that get made are based on some pre-existing piece of intellectual property.

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