Marc Klein

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Marc Klein is a screenwriter and director who became internationally known through films such as Because There You Are , A Good Year or Upper East Side Love .

life and career

Marc Klein has worked in the film business in various functions since the mid-1990s. He began in 1993 as a personal assistant to screenwriter and producer Paul Aaron on the television film Laurel Avenue directed by Carl Franklin . In 1995, he filled the same role for director Jon Turteltaub on the set of the Sandra Bullock comedy While You Were Sleeping Again. With these valuable experiences, Klein wrote the screenplay for the film Because There You Are by director Peter Chelsom in 2001 . The film, a pointed and intelligently staged romantic comedy starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale , was very successful at the box office and brought in many times its budget.

In 2006, director Ridley Scott commissioned him to write the screenplay for his film A Good Year , a romantic drama starring Russell Crowe , Albert Finney and Marion Cotillard , and to travel to the south of France for research purposes. To this end, Klein worked with Peter Mayle , who wrote the novel.

In 2007, Klein directed Upper East Side Love , a comedy starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alec Baldwin, in his first feature-length film.

In 2012 he and Jason Keller wrote the screenplay for the film production Spieglein Spieglein - The Really True Story of Snow White with Julia Roberts for the filmmaker Tarsem Singh .

Filmography

As a screenwriter

As a director

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marc Klein in: The New York Times
  2. ↑ Marc Klein in: Cinematherapy for Lovers: The Girl's Guide to Finding True Love One Movie at a Time , by Nancy Peske and Beverly West, Delta, 2009, p. 193
  3. ↑ Marc Klein in: The Ridley Scott Encyclopedia , by Laurence Raw, Scarecrow Press, 2009, p. 193
  4. ^ Marc Klein in: The Hollywood Reporter
  5. ↑ Marc Klein in: Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition , by Roger Ebert, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2012, page 395
personal data
SURNAME Klein, Marc
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Screenwriter and director
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century