Ed Solomon

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Edward "Ed" Solomon (born September 15, 1960 in Saratoga , California ) is an American screenwriter , film producer and director .

Life

After graduating from Saratoga High School in 1978, he attended UCLA from 1978 , where he graduated in economics in 1982. He then traveled a short time as a stand-up comedy around the country before the writing staff of the ABC - sitcom Laverne & Shirley landed and wrote three episodes of the series. After a stop at It's Garry Shandling's Show , he co-created the characters Bill & Ted with Chris Matheson and, in 1989, the first feature-length film Bill & Ted's Crazy Journey through Time . After the sequel to Bill & Ted's crazy journey into the future , Solomon was mainly active in mainstream films and studio productions with several scriptwriters, where he was sometimes not even mentioned in the credits. So he was originally supposed to write the script for X-Men . He was also the first in a series of screenwriters to be hired for Charlie's Angels . The opening scene was the only scene that was subsequently used in the film.

With Levity 2003 his directorial debut came with a story about a man who asks to 22 years in prison in his hometown for forgiveness for his actions. During his studies at UCLA, he worked for the student organization Prison Coalition , which teaches young people in high-security prisons. For this he worked in a prison in San Fernando Valley . During his class, he met an 18-year-old convicted murderer who always carried a photo of his victim with him. Solomon could never forget this picture over the years, so he began to write it down in 1986. But after 40 pages of paperwork, he realized that it was more like a comedy than a drama. On his second attempt in 1991, he stopped again after 50 pages because it didn't feel right. It wasn't until 1996 that he was able to finish the script. He then spent four years securing funding for the film.

Solomon has been married to the English-American actress Cynthia Cleese since 1995 and is therefore the son-in-law of John Cleese .

Filmography (selection)

Awards

Saturn Award

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hall of Fame Inductees . Saratogahigh.org . Archived from the original on December 10, 2009. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  2. ↑ a b Jennifer M. Wood: From Blockbusters to Billy Bob - Screenwriter Ed Solomon makes directorial debut with Levity . Moviemaker.com . February 3, 2007. Archived from the original on December 11, 2012. Retrieved on April 4, 2011.
  3. ↑ a b UCLA Alum Ed Solomon's "Levity" 'Goes Deep' . tft.ucla.edu . August 13, 2003. Retrieved on April 4, 2001.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.tft.ucla.edu
  4. ↑ Solomon's 'Levity' goes deep. Accessed April 6, 2018 .
  5. ^ Interview with Ed Solomon. (No longer available online.) Australian Broadcasting Corporation , March 7, 2001, archived from the original on February 14, 2005 .;
personal data
SURNAME Solomon, Ed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Solomon, Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter, film producer and director
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Saratoga , California , United States