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John August Biography
Birth Name:John Meise
Birth Place:Boulder, Colorado, United States
Profession Writer, Script department, Soundtrack, Producer, Director, Assistant director, Music department
Fast Facts
- Was nominated for the 2007 Best Film Award at the Sitges-Catalonian International Film Festival
- In 2006, he was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
- Earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Southern California
- Received a degree in journalism from Drake University
- Never saw the original 1970s version of "Charlie in the Chocolate Factory" before writing the screenplay to the film's adaptation
- Wrote the original draft to the screenplay for "Jurassic Park III․"
- Once worked as a campus tour guide for Drake University
Awards
- 2003ACCA-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
- 2003Stinker Award-Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing More than $100 Million Using Hollywood Math: nominated
- 2004BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: nominated
- 2004Critics Choice Award-Best Writer: nominated
- 2004Gold Derby Film Award-Adapted Screenplay: nominated
- 2004IOMA-Best Adapted Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura non originale): nominated
- 2004PFCS Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
- 2004Razzie Award-Worst Screenplay: nominated
- 2006Grammy-Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: nominated
- 2006IOMA-Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale): nominated
- 2007Best Film-: nominated
- 2013Annie-Writing in an Animated Feature Production: nominated