Erin Cressida Wilson (born February 12, 1964) is an American
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
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,
screenwriter
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...
,
professor
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, and
author
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"''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility f ...
.
Wilson is known for the 2002 film ''
Secretary
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'', which she adapted from a
Mary Gaitskill
Mary Gaitskill (born November 11, 1954) is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. Her work has appeared in ''The New Yorker'', ''Harper's Magazine'', ''Esquire'', ''The Best American Short Stories'' (1993, 2006, 2012, 2020), and ...
short story. It won her the
Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay
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and holds a rating of 75% on
Rotten Tomatoes
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. She also wrote the screenplays for the 2006 film ''
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus'', starring
Nicole Kidman
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; for the 2009 erotic thriller ''
Chloe
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'', directed by
Atom Egoyan
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(remake of the 2003 French film ''
Nathalie...''); for the 2014 drama ''
Men, Women & Children'', co-written with its director
Jason Reitman
Jason R. Reitman (; born October 19, 1977) is a Canadian-American actor and filmmaker, best known for directing the films ''Thank You for Smoking'' (2005), ''Juno'' (2007), '' Up in the Air'' (2009), ''Young Adult'' (2011), and '' Ghostbusters: ...
(from the novel by
Chad Kultgen
Chad Kultgen (born June 16, 1976) is an American novelist, journalist, and podcaster. He has published the novel "How to Win the Bachelor" with podcasting co-host Lizzy Pace, along with several online pieces, including an opinion article in ''The ...
); and the 2016 mystery thriller ''
The Girl on the Train'', from the
Paula Hawkins novel of the same name and it is her highest-grossing film to date.
Wilson has also authored dozens of plays and short works. She has taught at
Duke University
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,
Brown University
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, and
University of California, Santa Barbara
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.
Early life
Education
Wilson attended San Francisco University High School and studied Theatre at
Smith College
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, a women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Filmography as screenwriter
* ''
Secretary
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'' (2002)
* ''
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus'' (2006)
* ''
Chloe
Chloe (; ), also spelled Chloë, Chlöe, or Chloé, is a feminine name meaning "blooming" or "fertility" in Greek. The name ultimately derives, through Greek, from the Proto-Indo-European root ', which relates to the colors yellow and green. T ...
'' (2009)
* ''
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film'' (2013)
* ''
Men, Women & Children'' (2014)
* ''
The Girl on the Train'' (2016)
* ''
Snow White
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a 19th-century German fairy tale that is today known widely across the Western world. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' and numbered as Ta ...
'' (2024)
* ''
Eileen
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People Artists
*Eileen Agar (1899–1991), British Surrealist painter and photographer
*Eileen Fisher (born 1950), clothing retailer and designer
*Eileen ...
'' (TBA)
* ''
Cheshire Crossing
''Cheshire Crossing'' is a fantasy webcomic written and originally illustrated by Andy Weir from 2006 to 2008, and later illustrated by Sarah Andersen for Tapas (syndicate), Tapas from 2017 to 2019. The latter version was published as a graphic ...
'' (TBA)
* ''
Maestra
Maestro (; from the Italian ''wikt:maestro#Italian, maestro'' , meaning "wikt:master, master" or "teacher") is an honorific title of respect (plural: maestros or maestri). The term is most commonly used in the context of Western classical music ...
'' (TBA)
* ''
Indecent Proposal
''Indecent Proposal'' is a 1993 American erotic drama film directed by Adrian Lyne and written by Amy Holden Jones. It is based on the 1988 novel by Jack Engelhard, in which a couple's marriage is disrupted by a stranger's offer of a million d ...
'' (TBA)
*
Untitled Madonna biopic (TBA)
References
External links
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Living people
American women screenwriters
American dramatists and playwrights
Independent Spirit Award winners
Writers from San Francisco
Duke University faculty
Brown University faculty
University of California, Santa Barbara faculty
21st-century American women writers
Screenwriters from California
1964 births
Screenwriters from North Carolina
Screenwriters from Rhode Island
21st-century American screenwriters
American women academics