Kurt Wimmer (screenwriter)

Kurt Wimmer (born March 9, 1964 ) is an American screenwriter and director .

Life

Wimmer attended the University of South Florida , from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in art history . He then moved to Los Angeles , where he has worked as a screenwriter and director ever since.

Wimmer made his debut as a screenwriter in 1992 with the comedy film Double Trouble - Wait Until My Brother Comes . This was followed by two scripts for horror films. In 1996 he wrote the story for the action film The Wolves . In the same year Wimmer made his debut as a director and directed the action thriller One Tough Bastard . So far, two more films have followed that he has directed.

For the film Equilibrium - Killer of Emotions he developed the fictional martial art of Gun Kata together with the choreographer and martial arts expert Jim Vickers . He also made use of gun kata in the film Ultraviolet . However, the film was less successful than its "predecessor".

In 2009 Wimmer first appeared as a producer and was involved in the film Law of Vengeance , for which he also wrote the screenplay.

In 2010, Wimmer wrote the script for the agent thriller Salt with Angelina Jolie. After this film was successful worldwide, Wimmer has now also been engaged for the script for the sequel to the action thriller. When the second part will go into production and whether Angelina Jolie will take on the lead role again is currently unknown.

Filmography (selection)

• 1992: Double Trouble - Wait till my brother comes ( Double Trouble ) (writer)
• 1993: The Neighbor (screenplay)
• 1994: Relative Fear (screenplay)
• 1996: The Wolves ( The Wolves ) (writer)
• 1996: One Tough Bastard (directorial debut)
• 1997: Sphere (screenplay)
• 1999: The Thomas Crown Affair ( The Thomas Crown Affair ) (writer)
• 2002: Equilibrium - Killer of Emotions (screenplay, director)
• 2003: The use ( The Recruit ) (writer)
• 2006: Ultraviolet (screenplay, director)
• 2008: Street Kings (screenplay)
• 2009: Law Abiding Citizen ( Law Abiding Citizen ) (writer)
• 2010: Salt (screenplay)
• 2012: Total Recall (screenplay)
• 2015: Point Break (screenplay)

Web links

• Kurt Wimmer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• 10 questions for Kurt Wimmer

supporting documents

1. ↑ FAQ about Gun Kata on gunkatta.com ( Memento from January 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), a website about Gun Kata (English)
2. ↑ - Film review on news.de ( memento of the original from August 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ "Equilibrium" director Kurt Wimmer also writes "Salt" sequel