Ken Hixon
Ken Hixon(b. 1951) is an Americanscreenwriter,best known for his scripts forWelcome to the Rileys(2010),City by the Sea(2002) andInventing the Abbotts(1997).[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Born inIndianapolis, Indiana,he began acting as a child in community theater. Hixon studiedactingat theAmerican Conservatory TheaterinSan Francisco.His classmates includedAnna Deavere Smith,Gregory Itzin,M. C. GaineyandHarry Hamlin.
Career
[edit]Hixon was a stageactorwho worked in regional theater, including a Los Angeles production of Eugene O'Neill's two-character playHughiewithCharles Hallahanin 1979.[3]Hixon's roles in film and television included appearances inGeorge A. Romero'sKnightriders(1981),Bitter Harvest(1981), andThe Hollywood Knights(1980).
In the early 1980s he transitioned from acting to screenwriting. His writing credits includeIncident at Deception Ridge(1994),Morgan Stewart's Coming Home(1987), andGrandview, U.S.A.(1984). Two of histelevision films,Secret Sins of the Father(1994) andCaught in the Act(1993), were nominated for theEdgar Allan Poe Awardby theMystery Writers of America.[4]City by the Sea(1997) was adapted from the Esquire magazine articleMark of a Murdererwritten by Michael McAlary.[5]In 2019, he co-wrote the heist thrillerFinding Steve McQueen,based on theUnited California Bank robbery.[6]He also co-wroteUnbroken: Path to Redemption(2019).
References
[edit]- ^Maslin, Janet(4 April 1997)."Inventing the Abbotts".New York Times.
- ^"Movies".The New York Times.
- ^Christon, Lawrence (9 February 1979)."O'Neill: The Raw and the Refined".The Los Angeles Times.p. 122.Retrieved15 April2024.
- ^"EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD BEST TV FEATURE OR MINISERIES | Cozy Mystery List".
- ^Denis Hamill (28 August 2002)."2 Killers and the man in the middle - L.I lawman, subject of new film, wrestles with family legacy".New York Daily News.Retrieved13 September2017.
- ^Mancuso, Vinnie (February 25, 2019)."'Finding Steve McQueen' Trailer Pulls Off a Presidential Bank Heist ".Collider.RetrievedMarch 4,2019.
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