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'@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@ '''Malia Scotch Marmo''' is an [[United States|American]] [[screenwriter]]. She wrote the [[screenplay]]s for [[Lasse Hallström]]'s first American film, ''[[Once Around]]'', [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Hook (film)|Hook]]'', [[Daisy von Scherler Mayer]]'s ''[[Madeline (1998 film)|Madeline]]'' and wrote the first draft of [[Michael Crichton]]'s novel ''Jurassic Park'' for the Steven Spielberg film. == Early life == -Scotch Marmo was born and raised in Wakefield, Massachusetts.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/01/movies/at-the-movies.html|title = At the Movies|last = Van Gelder|first = Lawrence|date = February 1, 1991|work = The New York Times}}</ref> After receiving an associates degree from Bunker Hill Community College,<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.lituanus.org/1993_3/93_3_04.htm|title = The Lithuanian Angle in a Hollywood Movie: An Analysis of "Once Around"|website = Lituanus: Lithuanian Quarterly Journal of Arts and Sciences|last = Wolkovich-Valkavicius|first = William}}</ref> she went on to earn a bachelor of arts degree as a double major in English Language and Literature and Spanish Language and Literature at Boston University.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/101338/Malia-Scotch-Marmo/biography|title = Malia Scotch Marmo|accessdate = |website = All Movie Guide|publisher = New York Times}}</ref> She received her Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://arts.columbia.edu/film/malia-scotch-marmo-0|title = Columbia University School of the Arts Film, Featured Alumni}}</ref> +Scotch Marmo was born and raised in Wakefield, Massachusetts.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/01/movies/at-the-movies.html|title = At the Movies|last = Van Gelder|first = Lawrence|date = February 1, 1991|work = The New York Times}}</ref> After receiving an associates degree from [[Bunker Hill Community College]],<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.lituanus.org/1993_3/93_3_04.htm|title = The Lithuanian Angle in a Hollywood Movie: An Analysis of "Once Around"|website = Lituanus: Lithuanian Quarterly Journal of Arts and Sciences|last = Wolkovich-Valkavicius|first = William}}</ref> she went on to earn a bachelor of arts degree as a double major in English Language and Literature and Spanish Language and Literature at [[Boston University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/101338/Malia-Scotch-Marmo/biography|title = Malia Scotch Marmo|accessdate = |website = All Movie Guide|publisher = New York Times}}</ref> Scotch Marmo received her Master of Fine Arts from the [[Columbia University School of the Arts]] in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://arts.columbia.edu/film/malia-scotch-marmo-0|title = Columbia University School of the Arts Film, Featured Alumni}}</ref> + +== Career == +While Scotch Marmo was still enrolled in Columbia University's graduate film program, her thesis screenplay ''<nowiki/>''was acquired by producers [[Amy Robinson]] and [[Griffin Dunne]]. Robinson and Dunne brought the script to Swedish director [[Lasse Hallström]] and, in 1991, [[Once Around|''Once Around'']] ''<nowiki/>''became his first American film, starring [[Richard Dreyfus]] and [[Holly Hunter]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102590/|title = Once Around|date = |accessdate = |website = IMDB|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Once Around|url = http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/once-around-19910118|last = Travers|first = Peter|publisher = Rolling Stone|date = January 18, 1991}}</ref> + +During pre-production for ''Once Around'', Scotch Marmo came to the attention of acclaimed film director [[Steven Spielberg]], who hired her to write [[Hook (film)|''Hook'']], also released in 1991. ''Hook'' starred [[Robin Williams]] as an adult [[Peter Pan]], [[Dustin Hoffman]] as [[Captain Hook|Captain James V. Hook]], and [[Julia Roberts]] as [[Tinkerbell]]. Scotch Marmo also served as associate producer on the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102057/?ref_=ttqt_qt_tt|title = Hook|website = IMDB}}</ref> + +<nowiki> </nowiki>While ''Hook'' was being shot, Scotch Marmo began working on her next Spielberg project, ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', released in 1993. ''Jurassic Park'', which has had four sequels to date, starred [[Sam Neill]], [[Laura Dern]], [[Jeff Goldblum]], and [[Richard Attenborough]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107290/|title = Jurassic Park|date = |accessdate = |website = IMDB|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> Scotch Marmo wrote the second draft of ''Jurassic Park'', between the drafts of novelist [[Michael Crichton]] and [[David Koepp]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/5-versions-of-jurassic-park-you-never-saw-20130611?page=2|title = 5 Versions of 'Jurassic Park' You Never Saw|date = June 11, 2013|accessdate = |website = Indiewire|publisher = |last = Taylor|first = Drew}}</ref> + +Next up for Scotch Marmo was rewriting [[Norman Jewison]]'s ''[[Only You (1994 film)|Only You]].'' Released in 1994, ''Only You'' starred [[Robert Downey, Jr.]] and [[Marisa Tomei]] as star-crossed lovers.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.ew.com/article/1994/10/28/only-you-love-among-ruins|title = 'Only You': Love Among the Ruins|date = January 17, 2015|accessdate = |website = Entertainment Weekly|publisher = |last = Hart|first = Marion}}</ref> ==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0549369}} '