Zach Helm
Zach Helm (born January 21, 1975 in Santa Clara , California ) is an American screenwriter , director and playwright .
life and work
Zach Helm's script for the feature film Stranger Than Fiction earned him a lot of positive reviews, a WGA award and comparisons with Hollywood authoring legend Charlie Kaufman .
In 2007 Helm made his directorial debut in the film adaptation of his very first screenplay, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Shop . He had already written it ten years earlier, but without being able to find anyone interested in the subject. Helm's first play, Speed , premiered in 2007 in Paris under the direction of John Malkovich . The German-language premiere took place on March 21, 2013 in the Theater in der Josefstadt under the direction of Stephanie Mohr .
From 2001 to 2008 Helm was married to the actress Kiele Sanchez .
Filmography
script
- 2003: Other People's Business (TV movie)
- 2006: Weird Than Fiction
- 2007: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Shop
- 2009: Good Canary (TV movie)
Director
- 2007: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Shop
- 2009: 140
executive producer
- 2003: Other People's Business (TV movie)
actor
- 1997: Chicago Hope (series; episode The Day of Terror )
Web links
- Zach Helm in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Interview on comingsoon.net (English)
- ↑ Barbara Petsch: "Speed": Happiness seekers in New York . In: http://schaufenster.diepresse.com/ . Schaufenster (Die Presse) , March 14, 2013, accessed on May 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Kiele Sanchez - Biography . In: imdb.com . Retrieved October 3, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Helm, Zach |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santa Clara , California, United States |