Jeff Andrus

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Jeffery Hughes Andrus , pronunciation: ændrəs , (born March 19, 1947 in King City , California , † March 27, 2011 in Coeur d'Alene , Idaho ) was an American screenwriter and writer .

Life

Jeffrey Hughes Andrus received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University , where he studied English under Wallace Stegner and Nancy Packer . He then studied at the University of California Film School , Los Angeles . In 1971 he won the Samuel Goldwyn Creative Writing Competition with the script for the comedy Doc . He became a freelance writer and worked in various functions in the film business. In addition to advising and revising scripts, the television drama All Together Now broadcasted his first film script in 1975 . TV films such asThe Goldsmith's Shop and The Beaten Man . In parallel, Andrus also wrote books, including the two mystery novels Tracer, Inc. and Neighborhood Watch .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1975: All Together Now
  • 1987: A Man of Steel ( Proud Men )
  • 1989: The goldsmith's shop ( La bottega dell'orefice )
  • 1990: Recording: Murder ( The Fatal Image )
  • 1991 Whisper of the Heart - The Story of Ricky Bell ( A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story )
  • 1992: Ways out of nowhere ( Miles from Nowhere )
  • 1993: men do not tell ( Men Do not Tell )
  • 1994: Blood Bonds ( Separated by Murder )
  • 1994: Children of the Dark ( Children of the Dark )

Works

  • 1994: Tracer, Inc.
  • 1996: Neighborhood Watch
  • 2000: The Courage To Be Brilliant
  • 2009: Malibu Palms

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Jeff Andrus." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2007. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 26 Apr 2011.
  2. ^ "Jeff Andrus." The Writers Directory. Detroit: St. James Press, 2011. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 26 Apr 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Andrus, Jeff
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andrus, Jeffrey Hughes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH King City , California
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 2011
Place of death Coeur d'Alene , Idaho