John August
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1970-04-04 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Also known As
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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 s...
Acting
2021
as Self - Screenwriter
2009
as Self
Production
2005
as Screenplay
2003
as Screenplay
2005
as Screenplay
1999
as Screenplay
2007
as Director
2003
as Screenplay
2010
as Executive Producer
2012
as Screenplay
1998
as Director
1998
as Writer
2007
as Writer
2012
as Story
2000
as Writer
1999
as Second Unit Director
1999
as Writer
2000
as Screenplay
2019
as Screenplay
2003
as Story
1999
as Co-Producer
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as Screenplay
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as Writer
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