Philip Eisner is an American
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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best known for writing the screenplay for the 1997
science fiction
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horror film
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''
Event Horizon
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'', which was produced by
Paramount
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and helmed by director
Paul W. S. Anderson
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.
Screenplays
In addition to writing the film ''
Event Horizon
In astrophysics, an event horizon is a boundary beyond which events cannot affect an observer. Wolfgang Rindler coined the term in the 1950s.
In 1784, John Michell proposed that gravity can be strong enough in the vicinity of massive compact obj ...
'' (1997), Eisner also wrote ''
Firestarter: Rekindled'' for
Sci Fi
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(now known as
Syfy
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) which was produced in 2002. In early 2005,
Scott Rudin
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Productions acquired Eisner's supernatural thriller
spec script
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''Furious Angels''.
Eisner also wrote the screenplay for ''
The Mutant Chronicles'', which was released in 2009 and stars
Thomas Jane
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and
John Malkovich
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. The film tells the tale of 28th century soldiers battling so-called "NecroMutants."
Eisner was the lead screenwriter for ''
Sweet Girl'' released in 2021. The film is about a devastated husband who vows to bring justice to the people responsible for his wife's death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter. The film stars Jason Momoa.
Comic book writing
Eisner writes the comic book ''Bad Guys'' which is coordinated by
Kevin Spacey
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's TV/film production company
Trigger Street Productions
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and Kickstart Comics.
Teaching
He also teaches several screenwriting courses at the UCLA extension.
UCLA extension
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References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Screenwriters from California
American male screenwriters
Screenwriting instructors
University of California, Los Angeles faculty