Audrey Wells

Audrey Wells
Born Audrey Ann Lederer
(1960-04-29)April 29, 1960
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died October 4, 2018(2018-10-04) (aged 58)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupation Screenwriter, film director, producer
Years active 1996-2018

Audrey Wells (April 29, 1960 – October 4, 2018) was an American screenwriter, film director, and producer.[1]

Career

Wells was born Audrey Ann Lederer in San Francisco, California, to Austrian-American psychiatrist Wolfgang Lederer and Romanian-American psychologist Alexandra Botwin Lederer. She worked as a disc jockey at San Francisco jazz radio station KJAZ FM. She graduated from U.C. Berkeley and UCLA.[2]

She wrote a number of successful screenplays and directed three for which she had created the script. Her works were primarily comedies and/or romance films. Among her notable films are The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996) and Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), both of which she also produced. Her 1999 film Guinevere won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival.[3] Wells also co-wrote the script for the comedy The Game Plan.

Death

Wells died of cancer on October 4, 2018 at age 58, the day before The Hate U Give, for which she wrote the screenplay, was released.[4]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Audrey Wells". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ Mervosh, Sarah (October 7, 2018). "Audrey Wells, Screenwriter Behind 'The Hate U Give,' Dies at 58". The New York Times. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  3. ↑ Turan, Kenneth. "Movie Review : A 'Guinevere' to Capture Any Man's Heart". The Los Angeles Times.
  4. ↑ Stedman, Alex (October 5, 2018). "'The Hate U Give' Screenwriter Audrey Wells Dies at 58". Variety. Retrieved October 5, 2018.


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