Herschel Weingrod

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Herschel Alan Weingrod (born October 30, 1947 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin ) is an American screenwriter and film producer .

Life

Herschel Weingrod graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison from 1965 to 1969 with a bachelor's degree in European history . He then went to London for two years, where he completed his studies from 1969 to 1971 at the London Film School with a Masters .

During this time he met Timothy Harris , with whom he collaborated several years later in several Hollywood films such as The Soldiers of Fortune , Twins and Kindergarten Cop . It was Weingrod who got Harris to write film scripts when they co-wrote the screenplay for the comedy Cheaper to Keep Her in 1980 . Before that, the mutual friendship resulted in Harris adapting a screenplay by Weingrod, which was never made into a film, into a novel, which was published in 1979 under the title Heat Weave . They also jointly founded the production company Myrtos Productions , which entered into a two-year contract with 20th Century Fox in 1992 , from which the jointly produced film Falling Down was born in 1993 . In 2007 Weingrod was involved as a producer on the film drama The Final Season .

Filmography (selection)

Awards (selection)

British Academy Film Award

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Herschel Alan Weingrod on peoplesmart.com (English), accessed October 20, 2011.
  2. ^ Herschel Weingrod on filmreference.com , accessed June 24, 2011.
  3. ↑ Herschel Weingrod on movies.nytimes.com , accessed on 24 June 2011th
  4. ^ Herschel Weingrod on movies.yahoo.com , accessed June 24, 2011.
  5. ↑ Tom Nolan: The comeback Kyd - Tom Nolan Talks With Returning Novelist Timothy Harris. from: januarymagazine.com May 2004, accessed June 24, 2011.
  6. ↑ TIMOTHY HARRIS AND HERSCHEL WEINGROD SIGN WRITING / PRODUCING DEAL WITH FOX. from: thefreelibrary.com, September 17, 1992, accessed June 24, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Weingrod, Herschel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weingrod, Herschel Alan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Milwaukee , Wisconsin, United States