James Greer (writer)

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James Greer
James greer.jpg
Greer in 2010
Occupations
  • novelist
  • screenwriter
  • director
  • musician
  • critic
Years active1991–present
Notable workBad Eminence, Unsane, The Failure
StylePost-modernism, experimental literature

James Greer is an American novelist, screenwriter, director, musician, and critic. As a screenwriter, he is known for writing the 2018 thriller Unsane directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Claire Foy and Juno Temple, as well as the family comedies Max Keeble's Big Move , Just My Luck and The Spy Next Door . He lives in Los Angeles. [1]

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Career

Musician/Critic

Greer was senior editor and senior writer at Spin [2] magazine in New York City in the early 1990s, during which time he helped define the generational cohort that became later widely-known as Generation X. [3]

He wrote and performed all instruments/vocals on the song "Trendspotter Acrobat" on the EP Sunfish Holy Breakfast by Guided By Voices. He was the bassist in the band from 1994 to 1996. [4] [5]

Greer started a band in 2012 with musician Lola G. called DTCV. [6] Pronounced "detective", it was an indie rock duo from Joshua Tree, California. The band released a double album called Hilarious Heaven in 2013 on Xemu Records, followed by a compilation of their early singles and EPs, The Early Year. The duo released their second studio album, Uptime!, in 2015. [7] In April 2016 the band released its third and final studio album, entitled Confusion Moderne, on Xemu Records. [8]

Novelist/Author

Greer has published three novels: Artificial Light (Little House on the Bowery/Akashic, 2006), [9] The Failure (Akashic, 2010). [10] Artificial Light won a California Book Award Silver Medal for First Fiction. [11] and Bad Eminence (And Other Stories, 2022), which Andrew Gallix in The Irish Times called "this year's cult classic," writing that the novel was "hilarious, exhilarating and mind-blowing". [12]

In 2013 Greer released his first book of short fiction, titled Everything Flows, via Curbside Splendor. Publishers Weekly said of the book "Halfway between the mind of God and a vivid dream, Everything Flows is proof that there remain new places to go, both on paper and in the known universe." [13]

FICTION

NON-FICTION

Screenwriter

Greer has written or co-written several movies, including Max Keeble's Big Move [14] (Disney, 2001), Just My Luck [15] (20th Century Fox, 2006) starring Lindsay Lohan, the Jackie Chan vehicle The Spy Next Door [16] (Lions Gate, 2010) and Unsane , [17] directed by Steven Soderbergh, and starring Claire Foy and Juno Temple (Fingerprint Releasing, Bleecker Street, Regency, 2018). In February 2018, Deadline Hollywood reported that Greer was set to write a script called Planet Kill for Soderbergh to produce. [18] He also has adapted the John Barth novel The Sot-Weed Factor (novel) for a projected series from Soderbergh. [19]

Discography

Guided By Voices

DTCV

Filmography

Writer [20]

FILM

TV

Director [21]

References

  1. ↑ "James Greer is comfy under the magnifying glass in new band Détective". Denverpost.com. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  2. ↑ Crew, Adrienne (August 8, 2006). "Interview in LAist discussing Greer's "influence on a generation of music journalists"". Laist.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Unsane writer James Greer on the death of Kurt Cobain and birth of Generation X". March 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  4. ↑ "James Greer: Making the World His Bitch (and Elephants)". Vice.com. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Steven Soderbergh's 12-hour John Barth adaptation, via James Greer". Los Angeles Times. April 2, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  6. ↑ "DTCV AllMusic Biography". AllMusic.com. July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  7. ↑ "DTCV | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Consequence of Sound Advance Stream of Confusion Moderne". consequence.net. April 1, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  9. ↑ Jaime-Becerra, Michael (October 8, 2006). "Los Angeles Times review of Artificial Light". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  10. ↑ Baron, Zach (March 24, 2010). "Review of The Failure in the Village Voice". Villagevoice.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2010. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  11. ↑ Official California Book Awards Site Archived June 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ "James Greer's Bad Eminence: A wicked thrill opened at your peril".
  13. ↑ "Fiction Book Review: Everything Flows by James Greer".
  14. ↑ Max Keeble's Big Move IMDB page
  15. ↑ Just My Luck IMDB page
  16. ↑ The Spy Next Door IMDB page
  17. ↑ Kroll, Justin (July 18, 2017). "Juno Temple to Co-Star With Claire Foy in Steven Soderbergh's Next Movie (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  18. ↑ Busch, Anita (February 1, 2018). "Studio 8 Acquires 'Planet Kill' For Steven Soderbergh To Produce, May Direct". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  19. ↑ "Steven Soderbergh's 12-hour John Barth adaptation, via James Greer". Los Angeles Times. April 2, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  20. ↑ James Greer at IMDb
  21. ↑ James Greer at IMDb
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