Evan Daugherty (born 1981) is an American screenwriter. He wrote the films ''
Killing Season'',
''
Snow White and the Huntsman
''Snow White and the Huntsman'' is a 2012 American fantasy film based on the German fairy tale "Snow White" compiled by the Brothers Grimm. The directorial debut of Rupert Sanders, it was written by Evan Daugherty, John Lee Hancock and Hossein Am ...
'' and the
film adaptation
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of ''
Divergent''.
Career
Daugherty’s first screenplay was ''Shrapnel''. It won first place in the 200
Script Pipelinecontest
and was featured in the 2008 ''Black List'',
for screenplays not yet made into films
Daugherty also wrote, directed, and edited the short film ''Rusty Forkblade'', which won the 2007 Bronze Medal for Excellence at the Park City Film Music Festival. Warner Bros. announced in 2009 that
John Stevenson, director of ''
Kung Fu Panda
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'', was working on a new ''He-Man'' film, ''Grayskull'', with scripting duties handed to Daugherty.
Daugherty's original screenplay, ''
Snow White and the Huntsman
''Snow White and the Huntsman'' is a 2012 American fantasy film based on the German fairy tale "Snow White" compiled by the Brothers Grimm. The directorial debut of Rupert Sanders, it was written by Evan Daugherty, John Lee Hancock and Hossein Am ...
'' was sold to
Universal Pictures
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for $3.2 million. It was later altered by
John Lee Hancock
John Lee Hancock Jr. (born December 15, 1956) is an American filmmaker. He directed the sports drama films ''The Rookie (2002 film), The Rookie'' (2002) and ''The Blind Side (film), The Blind Side'' (2009), and the historical drama films ''Savin ...
and
Hossein Amini
Hossein Amini ( fa, حسین امینی; born 18 January 1966) is an Iranian-born British screenwriter and film director. Amini has worked as a screenwriter since the early 1990s. He was nominated for numerous awards for the 1997 film '' The Win ...
. Daugherty's idea for ''Snow White and the Huntsman'' came from a homework assignment by his professor at
New York University
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In 1832, the ...
to "take a new spin on a classic fairytale".
According to the
Writer's Guild, he contributed 50%-60% of the screenplay, with Hancock and Amini each contributing 20%-25%.
Daugherty performed rewrites on ''
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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''.
In 2015 the film was nominated for five
Golden Raspberry Awards
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, including
Worst Screenplay.
Daughtery was attached to a
third ''G.I. Joe'' film for
Paramount Pictures
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.
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/ref> He was also set to write and executive produce ''Esmeralda'' for ABC
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** Disney–ABC Television ...
, based on ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (french: Notre-Dame de Paris, translation=''Our Lady of Paris'', originally titled ''Notre-Dame de Paris. 1482'') is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. It focuses on the unfortunate story o ...
'', though no new details have since emerged. He contributed material to the 2018 reboot of ''Tomb Raider
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''.
Filmography
See also
*Notable alumni of St. Mark's School of Texas
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References
External links
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1981 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
American male screenwriters
American male writers
American screenwriters
St. Mark's School (Texas) alumni
Tisch School of the Arts alumni