John August

John August (born August 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter and film director, best known for his frequent screenwriting collaborations with Tim Burton. August was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado as John Meise. He earned a degree...

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When screenwriter John August wrote that only non-writers get writer's block, some readers whined (and personally attacked him). "But getting blocked does happen to real writers!" they cried. They cried because they wanted to be victims,...

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...(@Jon_Favreau) because of his excellent Tweets while filming Iron Man, while movie-loving Adam B. Vary tells me he follows "John August (@JohnAugust), who's always sharp about the business of screenwriting; Elizabeth Banks (@ElizabethBanks),...

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...brought in after the screenplay has been "locked" (i.e., the scenes numbered and pages fixed); on , John August revealed that when asked to doctor a script he is sent a disc of the script by the last writer, so doctoring requires little...

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"1 being the first and most primitive and 9 being the last and most advanced one the scientist made before he perished." For John August, writer and director of the recent complex thriller "The Nines," the number represented the highest...

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...on the big screen, following Goldman, Bryan Goluboff ("The Basketball Diaries"), Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow ("Evan Almighty") and John August ("Go," "Charlie's Angels," "Corpse Bride"). Peter Segal ("Nutty Professor II," "Anger Management,"...

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...years, has had a tough time taking flight, with writers William Goldman, Bryan Goluboff, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow, as well as John August taking turns writing a script. Peter Segal remains attached to direct and also is producing with...

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Walt Disney Animation Studios is looking for a Character TD.... Longtail Studios is looking for a 3D Modeler.... John August To Write Preacher, Frankenweenie Trades are reporting that frequent Tim Burton collaborator John August is set...

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posted by Jay Cochran in Movies at 07:51 AM on 2009.01.22 It is being reported that John August who worked on the movie "Big Fish" will scribe the upcomig comic book adaptation of the 'Preacher' for Columbia Pictures which is being...

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Jan 21, 2009, 03:45 PM | by Nicole Sperling John August will write the film version of the subversive comic book series Preacher for director Sam Mendes. Preacher is based on the works by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, which center on a...

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