Rafael Moreu

Rafael Moreu
Moreu in 1994
Born	1961or1962(age 62–63) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Alma mater	New York University
Occupation	Screenwriter
Spouse	Kristin Ellingson ​ (m. 1989)​

Rafael Moreu (born 1961or1962) ^[1] is an American screenwriter, best known for his work in horror and thrillers.

Early life and education

Moreu was born in Miami, Florida, to a family who had fled Cuba in the early 1960s. He is a graduate of New York University, where he studied film and met his future wife Kristin Ellingson, whom he married in 1989. ^[1]

Career

Moreu wrote the movies Hackers (1995) and The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999). ^{[2] [3]} For Hackers, he saw the film as more than just about computer hacking but something much larger: "In fact, to call hackers a counterculture makes it sound like they're a transitory thing; I think they're the next step in human evolution." ^[4] He had been interested in hacking since the early 1980s. After the crackdown in the United States during 1989 and 1990, he decided to write a script about the subculture. For research, Moreu went to a meeting organized by the New York-based hacker magazine 2600: The Hacker Quarterly . There, he met Phiber Optik, a.k.a. Mark Abene, a 22-year-old hacker who spent most of 1994 in prison on hacking charges. ^[4] Moreu also hung out with other young hackers being harassed by the government and began to figure out how it would translate into a film. He remembered, "One guy was talking about how he'd done some really interesting stuff with a laptop and payphones and that cracked it for me, because it made it cinematic".

The Rage: Carrie 2, which was originally titled The Curse, was initially scheduled to start production in 1996 with Emily Bergl in the lead, but production stalled for two years. ^[5] The film eventually went into production in 1998 under the title Carrie 2: Say You're Sorry.

References

1. Miele, Frank (September 14, 1995). "Cyberpunk movie thriller has Flathead roots". The Daily Inter Lake . p. A1. Retrieved February 14, 2025. Moreu, 33...
2. "Rafael Moreu Filmography", Allmovie, retrieved 2010-12-24
3. Sterritt, David & Anderson, John (2008) The B List: The National Society of Film Critics on the Low-budget Beauties, Genre-bending Mavericks, and Cult Classics We Love, Da Capo Press, ISBN   978-0-306-81566-9, p. 101
4. McClellan, Jim (January 8, 1995). "Cyberspace: The Hack Pack". The Observer .
5. Creepshows: The Illustrated Stephen King Movie Guide by Stephen Jones, p.124

External links

• Rafael Moreu at IMDb