Audrey Wells

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Audrey Wells (born April 29, 1960 in San Francisco , California - † October 4, 2018 in Santa Monica , California) was an American screenwriter , film director and film producer .

Life

Audrey Wells, whose paternal ancestors came from Austria , grew up in San Francisco. Here she worked as a disc jockey for the jazz radio station KJAZ FM. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and the University of Los Angeles with a Master of Fine Arts . She wrote a variety of scripts. She was also responsible for the scripts for the films she directed. Particularly noteworthy is her directorial work on Under the Tuscan Sun , which she also produced and which also became a commercial success. In 2006 she was a jury member at the Sundance Film Festival . When it comes to writing, she has mainly specialized in comedies or romances. In 2007 she co-wrote the romantic comedy Daddy Without a Plan .

The day before the US theatrical release of The Hate U Give , for which she wrote the script, Wells died on October 4, 2018 at the age of 58 of complications from cancer. She left behind her husband and daughter.

Filmography

Director

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mike Barnes: Audrey Wells, Screenwriter on 'Under the Tuscan Sun' and 'The Hate U Give,' Dies at 58 . In: HollywoodReporter.com . October 5, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Wells, Audrey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter, film director and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco
DATE OF DEATH 4th October 2018
Place of death Santa Monica