Jon Spaihts

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1970-02-04 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Jon Spaihts

Biography

Jon Spaihts (/speɪts/) (born February 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter and author. He is best known for co-writing Denis Villeneuve's Dune (2021) and its sequel Dune: Part Two (2024), both films based on the novel of the same name by Frank Herbert. He also wrote the screenplays for the films Prometheus (2012), Passengers (2016), and Doctor Strange (2016). For his work on Dune, Spaihts was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Spaihts was born in New York City, the son of Jean, a computer programmer, and Jim Spaihts, an electronics engineer. Spaihts is an alumnus of Princeton University. His science fiction romance...

Acting

2016

Passengers

as Autodoc (voice)

Production

2012

Prometheus

as Writer

2025

A Minecraft Movie

as Executive Producer

2016

2024

Dune: Part Two

as Executive Producer

2016

Passengers

as Writer

2026

Dune: Part Three

as Screenplay

2016

Passengers

as Executive Producer

2017

The Mummy

as Screenstory

2011

The Darkest Hour

as Screenplay

2011

2021

Dune

as Screenplay

2021

Dune

as Executive Producer

-

2024

Dune: Part Two

as Screenplay

2024

The Crow

as Executive Producer

-

Gears of War

as Screenplay

2024

Live a Little

as Writer

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