Bonnie MacBird
Bonnie MacBird | |
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| Born | San Francisco, California, United States |
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| Spouse(s) | Alan Kay (1983–present) |
| Website | macbird |
Bonnie MacBird is an American writer, actress, playwright, screenwriter, and producer. She is the original writer of the science fiction film Tron.
MacBird is a native of San Francisco, California and graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in music and a master's degree in film.[1] She is married to computer-scientist Alan Kay.
Film career[]
MacBird has spent most of her career in Hollywood as a screenwriter and producer. She wrote the original drafts of Tron[2][3] and received a "story by" credit. She worked in feature film development for Universal Studios in the 1970s, won two Emmy Awards as a producer in the 1980s, and was, for ten years, the head of a firm called Creative License/SkyBird Productions. She has a number of acting and writing credits in Los Angeles theatre.
She continues to write, direct and act in theatre in Los Angeles and is a voice actor for SkyBoat Media.[4]
Novels[]
Her first Sherlock Holmes novel, Art in The Blood, was published by HarperCollins in 2015. A second Holmes mystery, Unquiet Spirits, followed in 2017.[5][6] The Devil's Due was released in 2019, followed by The Three Locks in 2021.
Teaching[]
She lectures regularly on writing, the creative process, and Sherlock Holmes. She also teaches screenwriting at UCLA extension.[7]
References[]
- ^ Killerreads.com
- ^ Gencarelli, Mike (September 27, 2011). "Bonnie MacBird talks about co-writing 1982's "TRON"". Media Mikes. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ "March 2002 Q&A; with Bonnie MacBird". Tron Sector. 2002. Archived from the original on January 9, 2003. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ Skyboatmedia.com
- ^ The Bookseller Announcement of MacBird Sherlockian novels
- ^ Publishers Weekly
- ^ Bonnie MacBird. Archived April 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine UCLA Extension Writers Program. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
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