Leslie Dixon
Leslie Dixon is an American screenwriter and film producer .
Life
Leslie Dixon is the daughter of the journalist and copywriter Daniel Rhodes Dixon (1925–2009). Her grandparents were the painter Maynard Dixon (1875–1946) and the documentary photographer Dorothea Lange .
Leslie Dixon grew up in San Francisco and never went to college or any other film school. She kept her head above water with small part-time jobs and began reading scripts to see for herself how to write them. She then moved to Los Angeles and knew exactly what she wanted to be. As a screenwriter, her first work Nothing but Trouble with the Guy was filmed. After writing comedies for a few years, she also tried more serious films like The Thomas Crown Affair , The Happiness Principle and, most recently, No Limit .
Leslie Dixon is married to Tom Ropelewski , with whom she worked together in Loverboy - Love Made to Order , Look Who's Talking Now and A Friend to Fall in Love with .
Filmography (selection)
script
- 1987: Nothing but Trouble with the Guy (Outrageous Fortune)
- 1987: Overboard - A goldfish falls into the water (Overboard)
- 1989: Loverboy - love to order (Loverboy)
- 1993: Look Who's Talking Now (Look Who's Talking Now)
- 1993: Mrs. Doubtfire - The Prickly Nanny (Mrs. Doubtfire)
- 1997: That Old Feeling (That Old Feeling)
- 1999: The Thomas Crown Affair (The Thomas Crown Affair)
- 2000: The principle of happiness (Pay It Forward)
- 2003: Freaky Friday (Freaky Friday)
- 2005: As Long As You Are There (Just Like Heaven)
- 2007: Hairspray
- 2007: After 7 Days - Flittered Out (The Heartbreak Kid)
- 2011: Limitless (Limitless)
Producer
- 1990: Madhouse
- 1997: That Old Feeling
- 2000: A Friend To Fall In Love With (The Next Best Thing)
- 2011: Limitless
Executive Producer
- 1989: Loverboy - love to order (Loverboy)
- 1993: Look Who's Talking Now
- 2014: Gone Girl (Gone Girl)
Awards
- 2001: Worst Film - A Friend To Fall In Love With (nominated)
Web links
- Leslie Dixon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Interview with Alan Glynn and Leslie Dixon on mulhollandbooks.com (English)
- Interview with Neil Burger and Leslie Dixon on starpulse.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Info on legacy.com
- ↑ Kelly Nickell: Interview: Pay It Forward's Leslie Dixon. In: Writer's Digest. February 11, 2008, accessed April 20, 2011 .
- ^ Leslie Dixon on filmreference.com (English), accessed August 1, 2011
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dixon, Leslie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |