Known For
Writing
Born
Apr 04, 1970
Place of Birth
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Credits
17 titles
John August
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John August, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
Self - Screenwriter
Aladdin
Screenplay
Frankenweenie
Screenplay
Dark Shadows
Story
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Executive Producer
Tales from the Script
Self
The Nines
Director
Corpse Bride
Screenplay
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Screenplay
Big Fish
Screenplay
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Screenplay
Charlie's Angels
Writer
Titan A.E.
Screenplay
Go
Screenplay
God
Director
Untitled Teen Missing Mother Film
Writer
Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of Wizard of Oz
Screenplay