Raynold Gideon Biography

Fast Facts

• Co-wrote "Stand By Me," which won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay
• Quote: "You don't write important movies․ You write movies to entertain people․ Then if there is some importance that falls from it as it moves through the world, then fine․"
• Began a writing partnership with Bruce A․ Evans in 1979
• Usually rewrites each scene multiple times before moving on to the next one
• Best known for writing PG rated films, he intentionally departed from his family-friendly material to co-write a screenplay about an upstanding family man with an addiction to murder, "Mr․ Brooks․"
• Served as a producer on many of the films that he co-wrote with Bruce A․ Evans
• When he first started writing with Bruce A․ Evans, he had the money to buy a typewriter while Bruce didn't, which led to the tradition of Gideon sitting in front of the typewriter, eventually the computer, while they both brainstormed