Doug Miro (born January 20, 1972) is an American screenwriter based in Los Angeles. Miro studied screenwriting at the

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and graduated with a degree in English from

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Life and career

Miro's screenplays include '' Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'', and the '' Sorcerer's Apprentice'', both which were written with his longtime collaborator, Carlo Bernard. Their credits also include '' The Uninvited'' for DreamWorks and producers Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, and ''

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'' for Miramax. They are currently at work on ''National Treasure 3''. Miro and Bernard first made their mark with ''Motor City'', an adaptation of the novel ''Edsel'', (Loren Estleman) a film noir set in 1950s Detroit. The team also adapted Dean King's ''Skeletons of the Zahara: A True Story of Survival'', which chronicles the wreck of a Connecticut merchant ship and the crew's subsequent adventures in the Sahara Desert in 1815. After reading their adaptation,

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and Kathleen Kennedy hired the writing team to work on the script for the 2011 ''

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'' movie. Miro is a creator and executive producer of the Netflix series '' Narcos'' and '' Narcos: Mexico.''

Filmography

*(2005) ''

'' *(2009) '' The Uninvited'' *(2010) '' Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' *(2010) ''

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'' *(2015 - 2017) '' Narcos'' *(2016) '' The Great Wall'' *(2018 - 2021) '' Narcos: Mexico''

References

External links

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Doug Miro Speaking at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

Doug Miro on Twitter
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