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Ehren Kruger
Born (1972-10-05) October 5, 1972 (age 52)
Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, film producer
Years active1998–present

Ehren Kruger (born October 5, 1972) is an American screenwriter and film producer. He is best known for writing three of the five films in the Transformers film series which are Revenge of the Fallen, Dark of the Moon and Age of Extinction. The writer screenplay for Enemy of the State (film). [1]

Life and career

Kruger was raised in Alexandria, Virginia, and attended the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, graduating in 1990.[2] He graduated from New York University in 1993 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.[3]

His produced screenplays include Arlington Road, Scream 3 and Reindeer Games.[4] He was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay for The Ring.[5]

He also did uncredited rewrites to Scream 4, when Kevin Williamson had to leave production.[6][7]

Early on in his career after penning the screenplay Arlington Road, he received the Nicholl Fellowship from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (an international competition open to new screenwriters) in 1996.[8] Kruger wrote the script of the television series adaption of Terry Gilliam's film The Brothers Grimm.[9]

Filmography

Film
Year Film Credit Director Studio Rotten Tomatoes
1998 Killers in the House Writer Michael Schultz Studios USA -[10]
1998 Enemy of the State (film) Writer David Marconi Aaron Sorkin Henry Bean Tony Gilroy Tony Scott Touchstone Pictures
1999 Arlington Road Writer Mark Pellington Screen Gems
PolyGram Pictures 		62%[11]
New World Disorder Writer Richard Spence Carousel Picture Company 17%[12]
2000 Scream 3 Writer Wes Craven Dimension Films 36%[13]
Dracula 2000 Uncredited; re-writes Patrick Lussier 17%
Reindeer Games Writer John Frankenheimer 25%[14]
2002 Impostor Screenplay Gary Fleder 22%
The Ring Screenplay Gore Verbinski DreamWorks Pictures 72%[15]
2005 Rings Co-writer Jonathan Liebesman
The Ring Two Writer Hideo Nakata 20%[16]
The Skeleton Key Writer Iain Softley Universal Studios 39%[17]
The Brothers Grimm Writer
Producer 		Terry Gilliam Miramax Films 37%[18]
2007 Blood & Chocolate Screenplay
Executive producer 		Katja von Garnier Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 11%[19]
2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Co-Writer Michael Bay DreamWorks Pictures
Paramount Pictures 		19%[20]
2011 Dream House Producer Jim Sheridan Universal Studios 6%[21]
Scream 4 Executive producer, Uncredited Rewrites Wes Craven Dimension Films 58%[22]
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Writer Michael Bay Paramount Pictures 36%[23]
2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction Writer 18%[24]
2017 Rings Executive producer F. Javier Gutiérrez 6%
Ghost in the Shell Co-Writer Rupert Sanders 46%
2018 Ophelia Producer Claire McCarthy - -
2019 Dumbo Writer
Producer 		Tim Burton Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures -

References

  1. ^ Ehren Kruger Returns to Write TRANSFORMERS 4; Shia LaBeouf Definitely Out
  2. ^ Grove, Lloyd (July 9, 1999). "THE RELIABLE SOURCE". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  3. ^ "Features". Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  4. ^ "'Scream 3' Writer Working on Fourth Film, Actors Pissed?". Bloody Disgusting.
  5. ^ "Horror Writers Association - Past Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners". horror.org. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  6. ^ "'Transformers' Writer Boards Disney Mountain Adventure Movie (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  7. ^ Sharkey, Betsy (April 15, 2011). "Movie review: 'Scream 4'". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  8. ^ "Ehren Kruger Arlington Road" (PDF). {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. ^ The Brothers Grimm Headed to the Small Screen
  10. ^ "Killers in the House (1998)". Rotten Tomatoes. IGN Entertainment, Inc.
  11. ^ Arlington Road - Rotten Tomatoes
  12. ^ New World Disorder - Rotten Tomatoes
  13. ^ "Scream 3 (Cream of the Crop)". Rotten Tomatoes. IGN Entertainment, Inc.
  14. ^ "Reindeer Games (Deception) (2000)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
  15. ^ "The Ring". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  16. ^ "The Ring Two". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  17. ^ "The Skeleton Key – Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  18. ^ "The Brothers Grimm". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
  19. ^ Blood and Chocolate. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 02 July 2013
  20. ^ "Rotten Tomatoes T-Meter Rating of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen". Rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  21. ^ "Dream House (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  22. ^ "Scream 4 (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  23. ^ "Rotten Tomatoes T-Meter Rating of Transformers: Dark of the Moon". Rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  24. ^ "Transformers: Age of Extinction". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 4, 2014.


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