Chris Galletta

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Chris Galletta
Born1981 (age 41–42)
Tottenville, Staten Island, New York
Occupation Screenwriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater St. John's University

Chris Galletta (born 1981) is an American screenwriter. He is best known for writing the 2013 coming-of-age film The Kings of Summer .

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Early life

Galletta, who comes from an Italian background, [1] grew up in Tottenville, Staten Island, New York, where he attended Tottenville High School. [2] He graduated from the St. John's University College of Professional Studies; his major was in television and film studies. [3] He later attended the Columbia University School of the Arts and graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in 2010. [4]

Career

Galletta first worked in the entertainment industry on the Late Show with David Letterman where he was an intern. [1] He worked on Letterman as a contributing writer for several years before he left to pursue writing film screenplays full-time. [5]

Galletta's first screenplay, Toy's House, was written as the thesis of his degree at Columbia University. [4] [5] In 2009, the script made the Black List, a survey of the best unproduced film screenplays, and was purchased by Big Beach Films the same week that the list was published, before Galletta had graduated from Columbia. [4] [6] The film was directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and renamed The Kings of Summer . It premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival to positive reviews. [1] Elements of the screenplay are based on Galetta's experiences as a youth living on Staten Island, but the producers of the film changed the location to Chagrin Falls, Ohio, a move that Galetta endorsed for giving the story "an 'any town' type of feel." [1]

Galletta has also managed to sell a pitch for a screenplay to New Line Cinema, which he described as "an action comedy set in Rio de Janeiro". [1] The story was co-written with Todd Strauss-Schulson, who is also slated to direct the film, although Galletta was hired to write the script individually. [4] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Bailey, Rob (October 2, 2013). "Staten Island native Chris Galletta's 'Kings of Summer' hailed as a sleeper hit of the season". Staten Island Advance . Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  2. ↑ Paulsen, Ken (March 25, 2013). "Inspired by Staten Island and a hit at Sundance, 'Kings of Summer' debuts May 31". Staten Island Advance . Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Chris Galletta '03CPS". St. John's University. September 29, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Galkin, Alexandra (January 23, 2013). "Writer Chris Galletta on Sundance Favorite 'Toy's House' & Casting Ron Swanson". Bullett Magazine. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Chris Galletta". Screenwriters Colony. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  6. ↑ Boone, Christopher (January 30, 2013). "Exclusive Interview: Writer Chris Galletta on Sundance 2013 Film 'Toy's House'". No Film School. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  7. ↑ Miller, Julie (January 30, 2013). "Sundance First-Timer Chris Galletta on His Comedy, Toy's House; Making Will Smith Laugh; and His Greatest Gifting-Station Disappointment". Vanity Fair . Retrieved February 22, 2014.
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