Simon Kinberg

Birth Name:

Simon Kinberg

Birth Place:

London, England

Profession

Producer, Writer, Script department, Director, Assistant director, Actor

Movieline magazine gave him its award for Screenwriter of the Year in 2005
Completed his undergraduate work at Brown University and earned his MFA at Columbia University Film School
Sold a pitch to Warner Brothers when he was still in film school
The screenplay for the highly successful "Mr․ and Mrs․ Smith" started out as his film school thesis project
Quote: "I love what I do, so I have a lot of energy for it․"
Quote: "I think 'Star Wars' is a religion in a way that no other story of the last century has been․"
Founded a production company called Genre Films that made a first look deal with Twentieth Century Fox
Worked behind the scenes to polish a number of scripts by other authors that went on to be turned into major blockbusters, including "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" and "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows․"
Fade In magazine listed him as one of the "Top 100 People You Need To Know in Hollywood" in 2005
Spoke at the 2009 commencement ceremony for Los Angeles' Brentwood School

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