John August

Schrijver, Producer, Regisseur

4 april 1970 (56 years)
John August (born August 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. He is known for writing the films Go (1999), Charlie's Angels (2000), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Big Fish (2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Frankenweenie (2012), the Disney live-action adaptation of Aladdin (2019), the novels Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire (2018), Arlo Finch in the Lake of the Moon (2019) and Arlo Finch in the Kingdom of Shadows (2020).

He hosts the screenwriting podcast Scriptnotes with Craig Mazin, maintains an eponymous screenwriting blog, and develops screenwriter-targeted software through his company, Quote-Unquote Apps.

August is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, voting in the Writers branch. In 2016, he was awarded the WGAw's Valentine Davies Award for his dignified contributions to the entertainment industry and the community at large and has been nominated for a BAFTA and a Grammy.

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Known For

  • Sjakie en de Chocoladefabriek
    Sjakie en de Chocoladefabriek2005
  • Big Fish
    Big Fish2003
  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
    Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time2010
  • Corpse Bride
    Corpse Bride2005
  • Dark Shadows
    Dark Shadows2012
  • Frankenweenie
    Frankenweenie2012
  • Charlie's Angels
    Charlie's Angels2000
  • Go
    Go1999
  • Aladdin
    Aladdin2019
  • Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
    Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle2003
  • The Nines
    The Nines2007
  • Titan A.E.
    Titan A.E.2000

Cinematografie

2019
Aladdin · as Screenplay
2012
Frankenweenie · as Screenplay
2007
2005
Corpse Bride · as Screenplay
2005
2003
Big Fish · as Screenplay
2003
2000
2000
Titan A.E. · as Screenplay
1999
Go · as Screenplay

2010
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time · as Executive Producer
1999
Go · as Co-Producer

2021
Attack of the Hollywood Cliches! · as Self - Screenwriter
2011
On Story · as Self
2009
2007
2004
1992
HBO First Look · as Self
1991
Movie Days · as Self - Interviewee
1979

2012
Dark Shadows · as Story
2000
D.C. · as Co-Executive Producer
2000
D.C. · as Created By
1999
Go · as Second Unit Director