Skip Woods | |
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| Born | Skip Woods December 4, 1969 (age 52) |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, film director, film producer |
Skip Woods (born December 4, 1969) is an American screenwriter, producer and film director. He has primarily worked in the action genre as the writer of the films Swordfish (2001), Hitman (2007), and A Good Day to Die Hard (2013), in addition to co-writing X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and The A-Team (2010).
Woods lives in Los Angeles, California.[ citation needed ]
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
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| 1998 | Thursday | Yes | Yes | Co-producer |
| 2001 | Swordfish | No | Yes | Co-producer |
| 2007 | Live Free or Die Hard [1] [2] | No | Uncredited | No |
| Hitman | No | Yes | No | |
| 2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | No | Yes | No |
| 2010 | The A-Team | No | Yes | No |
| 2013 | A Good Day to Die Hard | No | Yes | Executive |
| 2014 | Sabotage | No | Yes | Executive |
| 2015 | Hitman: Agent 47 | No | Yes | Yes |
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