Mark Andrus

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Nationality: American
Birthplace: Long Beach, California, USA

biography

While working on his MFA in professional writing at USC, California native Mark Andrus came to the attention of producer Norman Lear who signed him to a contract at Embassy Productions. His first produced screenplay was the offbeat comedy "Late for Dinner" (1991), about two friends who are cryogenically frozen and thawed nearly thirty years later. The film suffered from an overly sentimental conclusion. Andrus provided the story and shared screenwriting credit with director James L Brooks on the critically-lauded "As Good As It Gets" (1997). This comedy-drama centered on the relationships of a Continued

Credits

Screenplay
2007
screenplay
2001
screenplay
1997
From Story
1997
screenplay

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Grew up in Riverside, California
1991 
First produced screenplay, "Late for Dinner"
1997 
Shared screenwriting credit with director James L Brooks on "As Good As It Gets", based on his story; shared Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay
2002 
Penned the screen adaptation of "The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood", directed by Callie Khouri

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