Floyd Mutrux (born June 21, 1941) is an American stage and film director, writer, producer, and screenwriter.

Career

He began his work in Hollywood as an uncredited writer for ''

Two-Lane Blacktop ''Two-Lane Blacktop'' is a 1971 American road movie directed by Monte Hellman, written by Rudy Wurlitzer and starring songwriter James Taylor, the Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates, and Laurie Bird. Plot Two street racers, the Dri ...

'' (1971). His career continued with '' The Christian Licorice Store'' (1971; writer/producer), '' Dusty and Sweets McGee'' (1971; writer, producer and director) and '' Freebie and the Bean'' (1974; story and executive producer). He wrote and directed ''

Aloha, Bobby and Rose ''Aloha, Bobby and Rose'' is a 1975 American Road movie, road drama film written and directed by Floyd Mutrux and starring Paul Le Mat, Dianne Hull and Robert Carradine. The plot concerns a young working-class couple who accidentally cause the de ...

'' (1975) and '' The Hollywood Knights'' (1980). Mutrux also directed ''

American Hot Wax ''American Hot Wax'' is a 1978 biographical film directed by Floyd Mutrux with a screenplay by John Kaye from a story by John Kaye and Art Linson. The film tells the story of pioneering disc jockey Alan Freed, who in the 1950s helped introduce ...

'' (1978). His later work includes ''

Dick Tracy ''Dick Tracy'' is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy (originally Plainclothes Tracy), a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the ''Detroit Mirror'', and it ...

'' (1990; executive producer), '' American Me'' (1992; writer/executive producer), ''

Blood In Blood Out ''Blood In Blood Out'' (also known as ''Bound by Honor'' and ''Blood In Blood Out: Bound By Honor'') is a 1993 American epic crime drama film directed by Taylor Hackford that has become a cult-classic film with a cult following among the Mexic ...

'' (1993; screenplay), '' There Goes My Baby'' (1994; writer/director) and ''

Mulholland Falls ''Mulholland Falls'' is a 1996 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Lee Tamahori, written by Pete Dexter, and starring an ensemble cast featuring Nick Nolte, Jennifer Connelly, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Melanie ...

'' (1996; story). Mutrux co-wrote the musical theater productions '' Million Dollar Quartet'' (2010), ''

Baby It's You! ''Baby It's You!'' is a jukebox musical written by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott, featuring pop and rock hits of the 1960s, with a special emphasis on songs by the Shirelles and other acts signed to Scepter Records. The show "tells the story of ...

'' (2009).Jones, Kenneth
"Producers of ''Baby It's You!'' Eyeing Broadhurst Theatre and Beth Leavel"
. ''Playbill''. January 14, 2011.Jones, Kenneth
"Shirelles Musical ''Baby It's You!'' Takes More Steps Toward Broadway"
playbill.com, October 20, 2010. and ''Heartbreak Hotel'', which opened at the Broadway Playhouse in Chicago on June 30, 2018 and closed on September 9, 2018. He and co-writer Colin Escott were nominated for a

Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual cer ...

for ''Million Dollar Quartet''. In the last twenty-five years Mutrux has written and sold over fifty screenplays.

Personal life

Mutrux studied in New York while working at Second City, Chicago, and later attended

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

. He married Penny Long, with whom he had one son, Ashley, but they later divorced. He is now married to Brigitte Mutrux.

References

External links

Official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mutrux, Floyd American male screenwriters 1941 births Living people American film producers American film directors American theatre directors American musical theatre librettists American male dramatists and playwrights American dramatists and playwrights