Randall Frakes

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Randall Frakes (* around 1949 ) is an American filmmaker and author. Occasionally he also appeared under the names RLA Frakes and Randy Frakes . Frakes is best known for his longstanding collaboration with James Cameron .

Life

Randall Frakes grew up in Brea, California . He was interested in filmmaking from an early age. While in high school, he made his first 8mm short films, some of which were shown in the local cinema before the main films.

After graduating from school, Frakes joined the United States Army . During his service, he was stationed first in South Korea and later in Germany , where he was editor of the newspaper of the 16th Signal Battalion. For his investigative report on corruption and breaches of duty in the Mannheim Army location , he was awarded a prize by the troop newspaper Stars and Stripes .

After retiring from active service, Frakes studied film studies at Columbia College Hollywood , majoring in screenwriting and production.

Frakes became known above all through his longstanding collaboration with director James Cameron , with whom he is also very close privately. In the early 1970s both wrote their first short stories and screenplays together. Cameron, William Wisher Jr. and Frakes co-produced the short film Xenogenesis in 1978 , in which Cameron and Frakes directed and Wisher played the lead role.

Then Frakes first worked as a special effects cameraman for Roger Corman's New World Pictures, for which Cameron was also working at the time. For example, Frakes worked for the special effects in the films Sador - Rulers in Space (1980), The Rattlesnake (1981) and Planet of Terror (1981). The first scripts were written at the same time, but they were never implemented.

After Cameron had the idea for Terminator in a dream in 1981 , he consulted with Wisher and Frakes about the first draft of the script. Cameron later sold it to producer Gale Anne Hurd for $ 1 on condition that he was allowed to direct it. Cameron and Hurd continued to refine the script and received sole writing credits . Frakes then wrote the official Terminator novel together with Wisher . Then Frakes wrote numerous other scripts for films such as Roller Blade , Hell Comes to Frogtown , Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force or Twisted Fate , all of which were filmed by the trash film director Donald G. Jackson .

In 1992 he wrote the official novel for the film based on Cameron's and Wishers screenplay for Terminator 2 - Reckoning Day .

Following Cameron's success with Titanic , Frakes created the book Titanic: James Cameron's Illustrated Screenplay , with script commentary and an interview with Cameron. Frakes has acted as a consultant on most of Cameron's projects.

Filmography (selection)

Script collaboration

  • 1978: Xenogenesis (short film)
  • 1986: Roller Blade
  • 1988: The Hunter (Hell Comes to Frogtown)
  • 1989: Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force
  • 1991: American Steel
  • 1992: Deadly Avenger
  • 1993: Twisted Fate
  • 1994: The Force
  • 2000: Whitman Returns (Blowback)
  • 2000: Sacrifice - Der Sweetwater-Killer ( Sacrifice , TV movie)
  • 2001: Altar of Satan (Devil's Prey)
  • 2001: Deadly Disguise (Instinct to Kill)
  • 2002: Bad Karma
  • 2003: Killing Candy (Stealing Candy)
  • 2010: Groupie - She protects the band (Groupie)
  • 2016: Zaatari (short film)

Director

producer

  • 1978: Xenogenesis (short film)
  • 1988: The Hunter ( Hell Comes to Frogtown)
  • 1993: Twisted Fate

Special effects

Fonts

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kent Hill: Frogtowns and Fiascos: An interview with Randall Frakes . In: podcastingthemsoftly.com of November 26, 2016
  2. ↑ a b c d e Blake Harris: HDTGM: A Conversation with Randall Frakes, Writer / Producer of 'Hell Comes to Frogtown' . In: slashfilm.com from May 13, 2016
  3. ↑ a b c Randall Frakes: Terminator 2: Judgment Day. A novel. Spectra, 1991, ISBN 978-0553291698 ., "About the Author" section, p. 241.
  4. ^ A b Dana Goodyear: Man of Extremes: The Return of James Cameron . In: newyorker.com of October 26, 2009
  5. ↑ Eriq Gardner: Read James Cameron's Sworn Declaration on How He Created 'Avatar' . In: The Hollywood Reporter, December 10, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Frakes, Randall
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Frakes, RLA; Frakes, Randy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American filmmaker and author
DATE OF BIRTH around 1949