Ehren Kruger
Ehren Kruger | |
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Born | Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. | October 5, 1972
Occupation | Film producer, screenwriter |
Years active | 1998–present |
Ehren Kruger (born October 5, 1972)[1] is an American film producer and screenwriter. He is best known for writing three of the five installments in the Transformers film series: Revenge of the Fallen, Dark of the Moon, and Age of Extinction.[2]
Life and career[]
Kruger was raised in Alexandria, Virginia, and attended the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, graduating in 1990.[3] He graduated from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 1993 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.[4]
His produced screenplays include Arlington Road, Scream 3 and Reindeer Games.[5] He was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay for The Ring.[6]
He also did uncredited rewrites to Scream 4, when Kevin Williamson had to leave production.[7][8]
Early on in his career after penning the screenplay Arlington Road, he received the Nicholl Fellowship from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1996.[9] Kruger wrote the script of the television series adaption of Terry Gilliam's film The Brothers Grimm.[10]
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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1998 | Killers in the House | Yes | No | TV movie |
1999 | Arlington Road | Yes | No | |
New World Disorder | Yes | No | Co-wrote with Jeffrey Smith | |
2000 | Scream 3 | Yes | No | |
Reindeer Games | Yes | No | ||
2001 | Impostor | Yes | No | Co-wrote with Caroline Case and David Twohy |
2002 | The Ring | Yes | No | |
2005 | Rings | Yes | No | Short film Co-wrote with Jonathan Liebesman |
The Ring Two | Yes | No | ||
The Skeleton Key | Yes | No | ||
The Brothers Grimm | Yes | No | ||
2007 | Blood & Chocolate | Yes | Executive | Co-wrote with Christopher B. Landon |
2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Yes | No | Co-wrote with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman |
2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Yes | No | |
2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | Yes | No | |
2017 | Ghost in the Shell | Yes | No | Co-wrote with Jamie Moss and William Wheeler |
2019 | Dumbo | Yes | Yes | |
2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | Yes | No | Co-wrote with Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie |
Uncredited rewrites
- Dracula 2000 (2000)
- Mindhunters (2004)
- Scream 4 (2011)
Producer only
- Scream 4 (2011)
- Dream House (2011)
- Rings (2017) (Executive producer)
- Ophelia (2018)
References[]
- ^ "Kruger, Ehren 1972-". Encyclopedia.com. Gale. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
- ^ Ehren Kruger Returns to Write 'Transformers 4'; Shia LaBeouf Definitely Out
- ^ Grove, Lloyd (July 9, 1999). "The Reliable Source". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ^ "Features". Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ^ "'Scream 3' Writer Working on Fourth Film, Actors Pissed?". Bloody Disgusting.
- ^ "Horror Writers Association - Past Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners". horror.org. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ^ "'Transformers' Writer Boards Disney Mountain Adventure Movie (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ^ Sharkey, Betsy (April 15, 2011). "Movie review: 'Scream 4'". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ^ "Ehren Kruger Arlington Road" (PDF).
- ^ The Brothers Grimm Headed to the Small Screen
External links[]
- Ehren Kruger at IMDb
- 1972 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- 21st-century American screenwriters
- American film producers
- American male screenwriters
- Screenwriters from Virginia
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology alumni
- Tisch School of the Arts alumni
- Writers from Alexandria, Virginia
- 20th-century American male writers
- 21st-century American male writers
- American film producer stubs