Menno Meyjes

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Menno Meyjes
Born1954 (age 70–71)
Bloemendaal, North Holland, Netherlands
Alma mater San Francisco Art Institute (1980, MFA)
Occupation(s) Screenwriter, director, producer
Website mennomeyjes.com

Menno Meyjes (born 1954) is a Dutch screenwriter, film director, and producer. [1] He is an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award nominee, and a Goya Award and Hugo Award winner.

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Biography

Meyjes was born in Bloemendaal, North Holland in 1954. He moved to the United States in 1972 and studied at San Francisco Art Institute, graduating with a master's degree in 1980. In 1984, he founded the graphic design magazine Emigre, with fellow Dutchmen Marc Susan and Rudy VanderLans. [2]

Meyjes first gained attention for his spec script The Children's Crusade, which was later produced in 1987 by Francis Ford Coppola as Lionheart. [2] His first produced screenplay was the 1985 film The Color Purple, directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Alice Walker's 1982 novel of the same name. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Meyjes worked with Steven Spielberg again, when he was a script doctor Empire of the Sun (1987), and then co-wrote the story for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989. The same year, he won a Goya Award for writing the Spanish film Twisted Obsession .

In 2002, Meyjes wrote and directed the film Max . [3]

In 2012, Meyjes adapted the Dutch novel The Dinner into a film. [4]

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
1985 Amazing Stories NoYesTelevision series (Episode: "The Mission")
The Color Purple NoYes
1987 Lionheart NoYes
1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade NoStory
1991 Ricochet NoStory
1994 Foreign Student NoYesAlso co-producer
1998 The Siege NoYes
2002 Max YesYes Directorial Debut
2007 Martian Child YesNo
2008 Manolete YesYes
2011 Black Gold NoYes
2013 The Dinner YesYes
2015De ReünieYesYes
2016 De Held YesYes
TBAClose EnoughNoYes

Uncredited written works:

References

  1. ↑ "Menno Meyjes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-11-10.
  2. 1 2 Susan, Marc. "An Interview with Menno Meyjes" (PDF). Emigre .
  3. ↑ Stephen Holden (2002-12-27). "Hitler Before the Führer: An Anxious Young Painter". The New York Times .
  4. ↑ "Het Diner - recensie". Moviescene. November 6, 2013.


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