Kurt Wimmer
| Kurt Wimmer | |
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| Born | 1964 (age 51–52) |
| Occupation | film director, film producer, screenwriter |
Kurt Wimmer (born 1954) is an American screenwriter, film producer and film director.
Biography
He attended the University of South Florida and graduated with a BFA degree in Art History. He then moved to Los Angeles where he worked for 12 years as a screenwriter before making his 2002 film, Equilibrium.[1] In numerous interviews he cites Equilibrium as his directorial debut and first film, in which he also has a cameo role as a practitioner of the fictional martial art Gun Kata; however in fact the first picture he directed was "One Tough Bastard" for Live Entertainment.
Filmography
- One Tough Bastard (1995) (director)
- Sphere (1998) (adaptation)
- The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) (writer)
- Equilibrium (2002) (writer/director)
- The Recruit (2003) (writer)
- Ultraviolet (2006) (writer/director)
- Street Kings (2008) (writer)
- Law Abiding Citizen (2009) (writer)
- Salt (2010) (writer)
- Total Recall (2012) (writer)
- Point Break (2015) (writer)
- Salt 2 (TBA) (writer)
References
External links
- Kurt Wimmer at the Internet Movie Database
- 10 Questions with Kurt Wimmer
- Kurt Wimmer at 2005 UFA Conference
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