August, John

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Name (Hebrew)
אוגוסט, ג'ון, 1970-
Name (Latin)
August, John
Other forms of name
August, John, 1970-
Meise, John
Date of birth
1970-08-04
Other designation
Gay men
Place of birth
Boulder (Colo.)
Associated country
United States
Place of residence/headquarters
Boulder (Colo.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Field of activity
Children's fiction
Motion picture authorship
Motion picture plays
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Screenplays
Occupation
Authors
Screenwriters
Motion picture producers and directors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 69131963
Wikidata: Q543697
Library of congress: no 95043419
Sources of Information
  • Natural born killers, c1994:t.p. (John August)
  • IMDb, December 26, 2015(John August; date of birth: 4 August 1970, Boulder, Colorado, USA; birth name: John Meise; writer, producer; born and raised in Boulder, Colorado; 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; lives in Los Angeles)
  • Wikipedia, December 26, 2015(John August (born August 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter and film director. He writes and maintains the popular screenwriting blog johnaugust.com, and develops screenwriter-targeted software; born Boulder, Colorado; August is openly gay. He married Michael August on June 28, 2008 during the four months same-sex marriage in California was recognized)
  • His Amazon page, Nov. 9, 2018(John August is the author of 2018's Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire, the first of a three-book series. It's his debut novel.)
  • His GoodReads page, Nov. 9, 2018(John August ; Genre: Children's, Fantasy, Thriller)
  • ארלו פינץ' בעמק האש:שער (ג'ון אוגוסט)
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Wikipedia description:

John August (born August 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. He is known for writing the films Go (1999), Charlie's Angels (2000), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Big Fish (2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Frankenweenie (2012), the Disney live-action adaptation of Aladdin (2019), the novels Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire (2018), Arlo Finch in the Lake of the Moon (2019) and Arlo Finch in the Kingdom of Shadows (2020). He hosts the screenwriting podcast Scriptnotes with Craig Mazin, maintains an eponymous screenwriting blog, and develops screenwriter-targeted software through his company, Quote-Unquote Apps. August is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, voting in the Writers branch. In 2016, he was awarded the WGAw's Valentine Davies Award for his dignified contributions to the entertainment industry and the community-at-large, and has been nominated for a BAFTA and a Grammy.

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