Kurt Wimmer
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Born | 1964 (age 59–60) |
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Kurt Wimmer(born 1964) is an Americanscreenwriter,film producerandfilm director.[1][2][3]
Biography
[edit]He attended theUniversity of South Floridaand graduated with aBFAdegree inArt History.[4]He then moved toLos Angeles,where he worked for 12 years as a screenwriter before directing the 2002 filmEquilibrium.[5]In numerous interviews, he citesEquilibriumas his directorial debut and first film, although his actual directorial debut was the 1995 action filmOne Tough BastardstarringBrian BosworthandBruce Payne.However,Equilibriumwas his first theatrically released film.
Wimmer has gone on to write for various films, mostly of theactionandthrillergenres. This includesThe Recruitin 2003,Law Abiding Citizenin 2009,Saltin 2010,Expend4blesin 2023 andThe Beekeeperin 2024.
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Director | Writer | Producer | |||
1995 | One Tough Bastard | Yes | No | No | |
1998 | Sphere | No | Story | No | |
1999 | The Thomas Crown Affair | No | Yes | No | |
2002 | Equilibrium | Yes | Yes | No | Role: Rebel victim (cameo) |
2003 | The Recruit | No | Yes | No | |
2006 | Ultraviolet | Yes | Yes | No | Role: Hemophage (cameo) |
2008 | Street Kings | No | Yes | No | |
2009 | Law Abiding Citizen | No | Yes | Yes | |
2010 | Salt | No | Yes | No | |
2012 | Total Recall | No | Yes | No | |
2015 | Point Break | No | Yes | Yes | |
2020 | Children of the Corn | Yes | Yes | Executive | |
Spell | No | Yes | Yes | ||
2021 | The Misfits | No | Yes | No | |
2023 | Expend4bles | No | Yes | No | |
2024 | The Beekeeper | No | Yes | Yes |
References
[edit]- ^Pasquine, Frank (July 18, 2012)."Screenwriter Kurt Wimmer on His Love of Film".
- ^D'Alessandro, Anthony (September 21, 2021)."'Salt' & 'The Bee Keeper' Scribe Kurt Wimmer To Direct & Write 'Solara' For Oakhurst & Motus ".
- ^"'Salt' Writer Kurt Wimmer Sells Spec Script 'Matthew 21′ to Thunder Road ".yahoo.com.
- ^"Filmmakers from Campus, The Oracle, 2011".
- ^"Equilibriumfans.com interview".Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.RetrievedSeptember 25,2006.
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