Ehren Kruger

Ehren Kruger (born October 5, 1972)[1] is an American screenwriter and film producer. He is best known for writing three of the five installments in the Transformers film series: Revenge of the Fallen, Dark of the Moon, and Age of Extinction.[2]

Ehren Kruger
Born (1972-10-05) October 5, 1972
Virginia, U.S.
OccupationScreenwriter, film producer
Years active1998–present

Life and career

Kruger was raised in Alexandria, Virginia, and attended the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, graduating in 1990.[3] He graduated from New York University in 1993 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.[4]

His produced screenplays include Arlington Road, Scream 3 and Reindeer Games.[5] He was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay for The Ring.[6]

He also did uncredited rewrites to Scream 4, when Kevin Williamson had to leave production.[7][8]

Early on in his career after penning the screenplay Arlington Road, he received the Nicholl Fellowship from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1996.[9] Kruger wrote the script of the television series adaption of Terry Gilliam's film The Brothers Grimm.[10]

Filmography
Year Film Credit Director Studio Rotten Tomatoes
1998 Killers in the House Writer Michael Schultz Studios USA (N/A)[11]
1999 Arlington Road Writer Mark Pellington Screen Gems
PolyGram Pictures		 63%[12]
New World Disorder Writer Richard Spence Carousel Picture Company (N/A)[13]
2000 Scream 3 Writer Wes Craven Dimension Films 39%[14]
Dracula 2000 Uncredited; re-writes Patrick Lussier 18%[15]
Reindeer Games Writer John Frankenheimer 25%[16]
2002 Impostor Screenplay Gary Fleder 22%
The Ring Screenplay Gore Verbinski DreamWorks Pictures 71%[17]
2005 Rings Co-writer Jonathan Liebesman (N/A)[18]
The Ring Two Writer Hideo Nakata 20%[19]
The Skeleton Key Writer Iain Softley Universal Studios 37%[20]
The Brothers Grimm Writer
Producer		 Terry Gilliam Miramax Films 38%[21]
2007 Blood & Chocolate Screenplay
Executive producer		 Katja von Garnier Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 11%[22]
2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Co-Writer Michael Bay DreamWorks Pictures
Paramount Pictures		 20%[23]
2011 Dream House Producer Jim Sheridan Universal Studios 6%[24]
Scream 4 Executive producer, Uncredited Rewrites Wes Craven Dimension Films 60%[25]
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Writer Michael Bay Paramount Pictures 35%[26]
2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction Writer 18%[27]
2017 Rings Executive producer F. Javier Gutiérrez 8%[28]
Ghost in the Shell Co-Writer Rupert Sanders 44%[29]
2018 Ophelia Producer Claire McCarthy IFC Films 60%[30]
2019 Dumbo Writer
Producer		 Tim Burton Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures 47%[31]
2020 Top Gun: Maverick Co-Writer Joseph Kosinski Paramount Pictures N/A

References
  1. "Kruger, Ehren 1972-". Encyclopedia.com. Gale. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  2. Ehren Kruger Returns to Write 'Transformers 4'; Shia LaBeouf Definitely Out
  3. Grove, Lloyd (July 9, 1999). "The Reliable Source". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  4. "Features". Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  5. "'Scream 3' Writer Working on Fourth Film, Actors Pissed?". Bloody Disgusting.
  6. "Horror Writers Association - Past Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners". horror.org. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  7. "'Transformers' Writer Boards Disney Mountain Adventure Movie (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  8. Sharkey, Betsy (April 15, 2011). "Movie review: 'Scream 4'". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  9. "Ehren Kruger Arlington Road" (PDF).
  10. The Brothers Grimm Headed to the Small Screen
  11. "Killers in the House (1998)". Rotten Tomatoes. IGN Entertainment, Inc.
  12. Arlington Road at Rotten Tomatoes.
  13. New World Disorder - Rotten Tomatoes
  14. "Scream 3 (Cream of the Crop)". Rotten Tomatoes. IGN Entertainment, Inc.
  15. "Dracula 2000". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  16. "Reindeer Games (Deception) (2000)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
  17. "The Ring". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  18. "Rings". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  19. "The Ring Two". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  20. "The Skeleton Key". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  21. "The Brothers Grimm". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
  22. Blood and Chocolate. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 02 July 2013
  23. "Rotten Tomatoes T-Meter Rating of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  24. "Dream House (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  25. "Scream 4 (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  26. "Transformers: Dark of the Moon". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  27. "Transformers: Age of Extinction". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  28. Rings (2017), Rotten Tomatoes, retrieved March 26, 2019
  29. Ghost in the Shell (2017), Rotten Tomatoes, retrieved March 26, 2019
  30. Ophelia (2018), Rotten Tomatoes, retrieved March 26, 2019
  31. Dumbo (2019), Rotten Tomatoes, retrieved March 26, 2019

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