John August (born August 4, 1970 in Boulder, Colorado) is an American screenwriter and film director. August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... The City of Boulder (, Mountain Time Zone) is a home rule municipality located in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...

Born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, August earned a degree in journalism from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa and an MFA in film from the The Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California. He lives in Los Angeles. The City of Boulder (, Mountain Time Zone) is a home rule municipality located in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. ... Wifvat Plaza sculpture in front of Opperman Hall and Law Library Drake University is a private, co-educational university located in the city of Des Moines, Iowa. ... This article is about the state capital of Iowa. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A Master of Fine Arts (MFA) is a graduate degree in an area of applied or performing arts typically requiring two to three years of study beyond the bachelor level. ... The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly as Southern Cal[1]) is located in the University Park neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, USA. USC is one of the worlds leading private research universities, and was founded in 1880, making it California... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

August's debut film was 1999's critically-acclaimed Go, which he also co-produced and was second unit director in. Since that time, his credits include Big Fish, for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Charlie's Angels, Titan A.E., and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. Go is a 1999 motion picture that tells of three plots that happen to involve one drug deal. ... The Second Unit Director is the leader of the second unit, which is the smaller of the two units used on almost every modern large-scale film production. ... Big Fish, also known as Min Kyu, or Dae Saeng Sun, is a 2003 movie directed by Tim Burton and written by John August, starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup and Jessica Lange. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Charlies Angels ( 2000) is an action/comedy film based on the 1970s television series Charlies Angels. ... Titan A.E. is a 2000 animated sci-fi space adventure film from Fox Animation Studios and Twentieth Century Fox. ...

He wrote the screenplay for both of Tim Burton's 2005 ventures, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , an adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic children's book, and Corpse Bride. A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. ... Timothy William Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an Academy Award-nominated American film director, writer and designer known for his off-beat and quirky style. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Prince Pondicherry. ... Roald Dahl (IPA: ) (September 13, 1916 – November 23, 1990) was a Welsh novelist and short story author of Norwegian descent, famous as a writer for both children and adults. ... Tim Burtons Corpse Bride is a 2005 Academy Award-nominated stop-motion-animation film based loosely on a 19th century Russian-Jewish folktale version of an older Jewish story and set in a fictional Victorian era England. ...

As of 2006, August is writing a feature adaptation of Tarzan and executive producing a movie version of Jordan Mechner’s videogame Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time for Jerry Bruckheimer’s company.-1... James H. Pierce and Joan Burroughs Pierce starred in the 1932-34 Tarzan radio series 1964 Edition of Tarzan of the Apes Tarzan, a fictional character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1912 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in twenty-three sequels. ... Jordan Mechner (born 1960s) is a recognized figure in the video game industry as a visionary game designer. ... Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a third-person action adventure video game published by Ubisoft. ... Jerome Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1945) is an American film and television producer. ...

He runs a website aimed at budding screenwriters, johnaugust.com, and a semi-regular Q and A at the Internet Movie Database. The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about motion pictures, actors, movie stars, TV shows, TV stars, production crew personnel, as well as video games. ...

His directorial debut, an independently-produced drama entitled The Nines, debuted at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The Nines is a 2007 film written and directed by John August. ... The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival in the United States, and ranks alongside the Cannes, Moscow, Venice, Berlin, and Toronto festivals as one of the most prestigious in the world. ...

Produced screenplays

• Go
• Blue Streak (uncredited rewrite)
• Titan A.E.
• Charlie's Angels
• Jurassic Park III (uncredited rewrite)
• Minority Report (uncredited rewrite)
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
• The Rundown (uncredited rewrite)
• Big Fish
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Corpse Bride
• The Nines (also director)
• Bob: The Musical (in development)

Go is a 1999 motion picture that tells of three plots that happen to involve one drug deal. ... Blue Streak may refer to: Blue Streak missile Blue Streak (film) This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Titan A.E. is a 2000 animated sci-fi space adventure film from Fox Animation Studios and Twentieth Century Fox. ... Charlies Angels ( 2000) is an action/comedy film based on the 1970s television series Charlies Angels. ... Jurassic Park III is a 2001 motion picture, and a sequel of The Lost World: Jurassic Park and the highly successful original Jurassic Park. ... The Minority Report (The) Minority Report is a science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick first published in 1956. ... Welcome to the Jungle (also known as The Rundown) is an action film starring The Rock and Seann William Scott about a bounty hunter/enforcer/aspiring chef named Beck who must head for the Amazon jungle to capture someone. ... Big Fish, also known as Min Kyu, or Dae Saeng Sun, is a 2003 movie directed by Tim Burton and written by John August, starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup and Jessica Lange. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Prince Pondicherry. ... Tim Burtons Corpse Bride is a 2005 Academy Award-nominated stop-motion-animation film based loosely on a 19th century Russian-Jewish folktale version of an older Jewish story and set in a fictional Victorian era England. ... The Nines is a 2007 film written and directed by John August. ...

Unproduced screenplays

• Here and Now (first script)
• How to Eat Fried Worms (unused draft)
• A Wrinkle in Time (unused draft)
• Devil's Canyon (unsold zombie western)
• Fenwick's Suit
• Demonology (described as Aliens meets Clueless)
• Fantasy Island
• Thief of Always
• Scared Guys
• Barbarella
• Fury (unsold violent action spec)
• Tarzan (modern-day interpretation)
• Untitled John August Project (sci-fi pitch; a scary King Kong)

Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A Wrinkle in Time is a childrens fantasy novel by Madeleine LEngle, written from 1959 to 1960[1] and published in 1962 after over forty rejections by publishers because it was, in LEngles words, too different. ... Devils Canyon may refer to: Devils Canyon; a 1935 Western film. ... Demonology is the systematic study of demons. ... This article is about the film, for the video games of the same name see Aliens (Square computer game) and Aliens (arcade game). ... House, see Clueless (House episode). ... Fantasy Island refers to two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network. ... The Thief of Always is a novel by Clive Barker that was published in 1992. ... Barbarella was originally a French science fiction comic book created by Jean-Claude Forest, who originated the character for serialisation in the French magazine V-Magazine in 1962. ... James H. Pierce and Joan Burroughs Pierce starred in the 1932-34 Tarzan radio series 1964 Edition of Tarzan of the Apes Tarzan, a fictional character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1912 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in twenty-three sequels. ... King Kong battles a pterosaur in the original 1933 version. ...

External links

• John August's Personal Website
• Test screening of his untitled project
• Some Biographical and Career Information
• Latin NewsWire Media Group Executive Producer, Bruce Keffer has a conversation with John August December 01, 2006